Exhibitions at Nunnington Hall

Spring exhibition

Threaded Landscapes by Nicola Harper

15 February  - 11 May 2025

Nicola Harper is a textile artist based in York. Her work reflects a love of both the clean lines of architecture and the organic forms of landscape and seascape.

Her pieces are a layering of mainly recycled, texturally interesting fabrics, yarns and thread.

Using a combination of techniques including free motion machine embroidery, appliqué and painting with acrylics, each piece blends both colours and textures together to create an embellished and sculpted piece.

Nicola takes inspiration for her pieces from her urban, rural and natural surroundings of her home in North Yorkshire. She is a member of York Textile Artists and the Society for Embroidered Work.

 

Community Gallery

The Community Gallery is a space created to support local makers and artists, and for their work to be enjoyed by all. Drop by every six weeks to see a changing selection of artists, and for the chance to discover your next favourite piece.

The gallery is on the top floor at Nunnington, alongside the main seasonal exhibition.

Tuesday 1 April - Sunday 11 May

Louise Goult Textiles

Louise Goult creates research-based textile artwork that narrates hidden stories and memories, protecting and honouring them through stitch. Exploring connection to identity, people, personality and changing personas, her work uses deconstruction and reconstruction techniques to tell quirky, often overlooked stories and facts.

Nettle Cottage Prints

Sarah and Becky are the printmakers behind Nettle Cottage Prints. Nestled in the wilds of the North York Moors from their log cabin studio, they create soothing, uplifting lino prints inspired by their moorland surroundings and slow, simple, seasonal living. Their work is strongly influenced by local and natural folklore. From the wild and elemental to the intimate and domestic, their simple folk art lino prints are each infused with nature’s palette and the magic of the everyday.

Sinead Barker

Sinead Barker’s work is a collection of textile art celebrating animals, chosen for their unique characteristics and the connection she feels to them. A combination of beautiful fabrics and machine stitching creates a colourful interpretation of the animals she admires.

Jillie Lazenby

Jille Lazenby is a self-taught contemporary abstract mixed media artist, based in Pickering, North Yorkshire. She creates floral and still-life scenes inspired by colour, pattern, flowers and brocante finds, and is strongly influenced by her love of interior design and textiles.

Coming up in 2025

British Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition

May - July 2025

The BWPA has celebrated nature photography in the UK since 2009. It aims to recognise the talents of photographers practising in the UK, whilst highlighting the great wealth and diversity of Britain’s natural history.

All exhibitions are on display in the gallery, on the top floor of the Hall. The gallery is open during normal opening hours and standard admission applies, there is no extra charge to visit the gallery.