Joya Time

In March/April 2022 I undertook an arts residency with Joy-AIR in the Alméria region of Spain (www.joya-air.org) As some of the work I produced there is about to go on exhibition, it seemed a good time to write about the trip. A new catalogue (‘Here & There’) is available which covers work made here in the British Isles and there, in Spain.

Inside Atacama

"The place has an ancient feel, a sense of the ground being somehow sacred. Vast and humbling.” Read Her Quiet Materials May 2019 blog to find out how textile artist Claire Benn draws on the landscape of the Atacama desert as inspiration for her work.

Lost in Translation

Art textiles are increasingly being installed centre stage alongside other art forms in major galleries, yet there remains a resistance in some quarters as to their credibility as fine art. Claire Benn looks in detail at contemporary attitudes to textiles in art. Read her account and find out where you stand …