Displays show how art knits us all together
Social Knitwork is a collaborative art project that aims to create connections between local communities after the extended isolation of lockdown.
The Bath-based Art Cohort group and artist Lou Baker, supported by Bath Spa University Harbutt Fund, have created the project which includes a trail of temporary outdoor art installations, including at the Bath Spa Uni Locksbrook art and design school campus
A display will also be held at the Art Cohort’s exhibition space in Chelsea Road during the project, which began on Saturday and runs until June 7.
Lou Baker will be in residence during the exhibition, knitting and adding to the installation, which will develop inside the artspace, making visible growing connections.
During the exhibition a number of outdoor installation sites will be set up in Bath, near The Art Cohort.
Walkers, families, neighbours and passers-by are invited to add their thoughts and objects to the installations physically the next time they pass that way or send messages via social media which will be added.
The location of the external sites will enable a walking tour of these temporary art installations.
A “making space” with art materials will be accessible to the public at The Art Cohort throughout the exhibition to make something to add to the installations.
A programme of free events will take place online alongside the exhibition: ■ Thursday, May 13, 2pm – Virtual Artist Talk with Lou Baker – Social Knitwork: Thinking of the Future;
■ Tuesday, May 18, 2pm to 3pm – Instagram Live Walking Tour with Lou
Baker and Kat Dawe Schmeisser;
■ Thursday, May 27, 6pm to 7pm – ‘Knit Together’ Virtual Knit Along Social with Lou Baker.
Find out more and book your place at www.theartcohort.co.uk