To register you place please contact katy@seetapateldance.org by 14th January 2026.

The Art Station in Saxmundham invites you to dive headfirst into a riotous, exhilarating new exhibition presented by the Anglian Embassy (Blackwater Polytechnic in collaboration with the Grange Projects) — two insanely imaginative collectives whose playful, hands-on spirit blasts straight through the barriers of art and expectation. Their impact far outstrips their size. No holds barred.

Saturday 4 – Saturday 25 October 2025
Open 10am – 4pm weekdays, 12pm – 4pm Saturdays, closed Sundays
The Art Station, 48 High Street, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1AB

Saturday 18 October 4pm – 6pm
Performances from Plowman and Cummins, Nukleopatra and Stuart Bowditch
The Old Bank, 24 High Street, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1AE

Opening party Friday 3 October 6pm – 8pm. All welcome

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Freddie Robins has won the prestigious Brenda M. King Prize for Critical Writing in Textiles 2025, awarded by The Textile Society, for her essay Softness is Power: A feminist discussion and subversion of softness.

“Within this essay Robins explores and questions the art world’s acceptance of the ‘soft stuff’. Despite the resurgence of interest in textiles in recent years, and the more prevalent utilisation of textiles by ‘fine artists’ as well as ‘textile artists’ it seems that there is still a reluctance to accept and acknowledge the physical characteristics of textile work. This ‘debate’ is not new, it has been discussed in many forums, but more from the craft and textile perspectives than from the fine art perspective. Freddie Robins’ essay demonstrates that this investigation is valid and ongoing, providing an interesting and pertinent summary of ‘soft stuff’ and how it is viewed within the contemporary art world.”

The essay will be published in The Textile Society’s annual journal Text No.52.

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Freddie Robins is featured in TEXTILE FINE ART – Conversations with Artists Creating by Hand by Helen Adams textilecurator.com, with foreward by Ann Coxon. Published by Laurence King, London 2025.

“This volume brings together the work of 50 contemporary artists who use textiles. All are linked through their commitment to creating by hand but each brings a unique perspective. Through their conversations with textile curator, Helen Adams, we discover the artists’ pathways, motivations and inspirations in their own words.”
www.laurenceking.com

Other new publications featuring Freddie Robins:

Brink (a chapter authored by Freddie Robins and Zoe Laughlin) in Contemporary Thinking on Play, edited by Victoria de Rijke & Rebecca Sinker, published by Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, 2025.
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Narrative Textiles: Tell your story in mixed media and stitch by Ailish Henderson, published by Batsford, London, 2024.
www.batsfordbooks.com