The Women's Line

The Silk Museum, Park Lane, Macclesfield, Ceshire, SK11 6TJ

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The Women’s Line is a snapshot of Macclesfield-resident women’s family trees presenting their female lines artistically through highly personal mixed media portraits and memories. The project engaged both artists and those not identifying as artists. Diverse adult community members attended 52 creative workshops and conversations across 7 months, building local creative community connections and opportunities. The workshops connected women with their heritage, inspiring them to connect with their ancestors and even discover more about themselves and each other and unifying us through both our differing and common experiences.

It culminates in an ambitious large-scale and immersive collective installation at the Silk Museum, and a smaller one in Macclesfield Library Gallery.

The ‘trees’ will hang from golden pegs like treasured ‘washing’ around the space, putting a spotlight on important female family members whose lives are so often erased through patriarchal societal norms.

The line will be a beautiful silk cord hand-spun with hand-dyed raw silk that is still imported by local firm, Gaddums, today.

The exhibition will include a launch celebration on September 14th from 2-4pm at the Silk Museum with music, performances, plus other events such as discussions and arts workshops during its run.

The Women’s Line is a Maccreate project. Maccreate aims to build creative community, collaboration and opportunities for high quality art projects in Macclesfield and support the growth of the town's reputation for arts, culture and heritage.

The project was made possible by UK Shared Prosperity Fund Levelling Up funding via Cheshire East Council.

To keep up-to-date visit The Women's Line at www.maccreate.org or follow on Instagram @the_womens_line.

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