Holburne UP LATE with EMERGE Studio 25 July 25

Join us for a special evening in partnership with EMERGE Studios, showcasing Soft Rebellion: Reframing Craft in the Gallery Space: Unpicking the Margins Between Textile Tradition and Fine Art Mastery
Curated by Emerge Studio residents Lily Serendipity and Lola Bennett, Soft Rebellion is a bold new exhibition that invites visitors to question where craft ends and fine art begins.
This exhibition introduces a radical softness – one threaded through embroidery, quilting, weaving, and textile sculpture, engaging in a tactile dialogue with the Holburne’s permanent collection. Drawing on heritage crafts traditionally seen as domestic or decorative, Soft Rebellion repositions contemporary textile art as a site of conceptual depth, cultural commentary, and creative rebellion.
EMERGE is a creative incubator, designed to help emerging talent through giving vital space, training, and meaningful support at a pivotal time within an artist’s career pathway, bridging the gap between university and the professional world.
Venue
Holburne Museum
Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street BA2 4DB
Meet in the Holburne Museum entrance hall at 6.15 pm.

• Free admission to the collection galleries and exhibitions
• Discounted tickets (£7) for "Impressions in Watercolour : Turner & his Contemporaries" Exhibition
• Nicolas Party Exhibition (Wirth & Picture Galleries)
• Cafe open for drinks from 5pm – last orders 8.30pm

(The Museum has a Pay and display car park.)