The full programme has been revealed for the three-day arts festival set to take over Paisley town centre this summer, inspired by the town’s globally-significant heritage of weaving and radical politics.
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Weave Festival and Sma’ Shot Day Itinerary
FRIDAY 30 JUNE
CreativeMornings on theme of ‘survival’
Paisley Arts Centre
Friday 30 June
9am – 10.30am
In 2008, Tina Roth Eisenberg (Swissmiss) started CreativeMornings out of a desire for an ongoing, accessible event for New York’s creative community. The concept was simple, breakfast and a short talk one Friday morning a month. Every event would be free of charge and open to anyone.
Today, attendees gather in cities around the world to enjoy fresh coffee, friendly people, and an international array of breakfast foods. Volunteer hosts and their team members organise local chapters that not only celebrate a city’s creative talent, but also promote an open space to connect with like-minded individuals.
The growing archive of past breakfast talks is humbling. From design legends to hometown heroes, speakers are selected by each chapter based on a global theme. CreativeMornings remains free thanks to the support of local sponsors, generous venues, and long-term partners.
CreativeMornings on theme of survival will include a talk from Dan Coughlan, curator of textiles at Paisley Museum and Art Galleries.
This event is open to all and free to attend, tickets can be reserved from the CreativeMornings website and will be released shortly.
https://creativemornings.com/themes
Weaving workshops for kids / Spinning demonstration
Sma’ Shot Cottages
12noon – 4pm
The Sma’ Shot Cottages will provide an opportunity to see how the weavers worked and lived. There will be guides on hand in each room to explain what life was like back then. Come along and learn about the history, watch a spinning or a weaving demonstration then have a cup of tea and a scone in the tea room before having a wander round the gift shop. There will also be small hand looms available for kids to try their hand at weaving.
It’s easy to get involved in the weaving workshops simply drop in to the Sma’ Shot Cottages, you don’t need to book tickets.
Culture Street Installations / PACE Flashweave
Paisley Town Centre
2pm – 2.20pm
Flashweave is a short performance piece popping up at a space near you during the Weave festival. Mixing modern dance and music with the heritage of the Paisley weaving tradition Flashweave is street theatre at its most surprising!
Mariam Syed and Ariel Killick have both created pieces of work to represent their artistic impressions of Paisley. The pieces of art will be displayed at 2pm on Friday. Mariam, who is also the demonstrating the art of weaving at the Museum over the weekend, has created a Paisley tartan using the Paisley 2021 brand colours. Ariel Killick has created a graffiti art piece named “Weave Your Dreams of Wings To Fly’. The first of a handful of PACE flashweaves will be performed in front of the artwork, kicking-off the Sma’ Shot Day and Weave Festival celebrations.
Cloth by PACE
The Wynd Auditorium, School Wynd
7pm – 10pm
A teardrop of joy weaves its way through the colourful heritage of Paisley. Patterned streets brimmed full of memories threading their way in a youthful journey of discovery, recreating a spirit of adventure that brought more than prestige to our town’s towering mills and radical cobbled alleys. It brought life, woven into the hearts of those who danced then to a different beat. Drumming up a passion that lasts to this day, in a sma shot thread uniting us as one.
Dance and theatre, meets performance art, in an exciting showcase of the history of our town’s CLOTH presented by members of PACE Theatre Company’s talented and vibrant Spires Theatre.
This show will be a promenade experience.
Tickets cost £8 and £5 for concession and are available from PACE Box Office, The Spires , School Wynd or by calling 0345 130 5218.
‘Mass Movement’ – a visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi
Paisley Arts Centre
20 June – 4 July
10am – 4pm
Iranian textiles artist Paria GoodarzI (‘Iranian Ancient’, The Arches and Paisley Museum) premieres her latest work especially for Weave and Refugee Festival Scotland. Influenced by her own personal journey and experiences of re-building her life in Scotland, Paria tells the story of other refugees living in Scotland through large textile installation, print and contemporary stitching. The works convey feelings of sadness and nostalgia of personal loss, with recording memories of the beauty of welcome and kindness.
Simply drop in to Paisley Arts Centre to take part in ‘Mass Movement’ – a visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi, you don’t need to book tickets.
The Routes We Thread Exhibition – A visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi and Arpita Shah
Paisley Arts Centre
20 June – 4 July
10am – 4pm
Iranian textiles artist Paria Goodarzi (‘Iranian Ancient’, The Arches and Paisley Museum) and Indian photographer Arpita Shah (Portrait of Home, Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme) collaborate with women from a range of cultural backgrounds living in Scotland to create ‘The Routes we Thread’.
‘The Routes We Thread’ is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary arts project tracing heritage and new cultures in Scotland and our historical and contemporary connections with India and Iran, and around the world. The project uses our complex history with these countries to celebrate new cultures in Scotland, creating work around the themes identity, symbolising the cultural and personal threads we carry around with us.
Commissioned by Many Studios, Glasgow.
Simply drop in to Paisley Arts Centre to take view The Routes We Thread Exhibition by Paria Goodarzi and Arpita Shah, you don’t need to book tickets.
SATURDAY 1 JULY
The Parade
Brodie Park to Abbey Close
12noon – 1.15pm
This year’s parade is bigger and better than ever. Co-ordinated by renowned creators of outdoor theatre and spectacle ‘Walk the Plank’ (‘The Return of Comcille’, Winner Best Outdoor Event Award, Event Awards 2014) in collaboration with a diverse range of community groups and artists. This year’s parade explores the theme of ‘the threads that bind us’ empowering participants and audiences alike to celebrate what brings us together and offers us a sense of belonging. Through the parade you can learn the authentic Sma’ Shot story, one of workers rising up to defeat the ‘corks’ (the middle men between the owners and the weavers), weaver poets, songwriters and community leaders, and discover some of Paisley’s lesser heard voices of today.
Live zone
Paisley Arts Centre and Shuttle Street
Saturday 12noon – 10pm
A brand new live zone featuring music and spoken word at Paisley Arts Centre and Shuttle Street. The programme is brought to you by local promoters and groups; Paisley Music Guild, Renfrewshire Trad, Create Renfrewshire, LNP and Brick Lane.
Saturday night from 7pm to 10pm, Paisley Arts Centre will be taken over by The Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs). SAMAs are an independently ran music award, which currently takes place in Glasgow. The awards were established by music student Richy Muirhead whilst studying at University. Now in its eighth year, the SAMAs have supported a range of award winning artists including Be Charlotte, Colonel Mustard and The Dijon 5, Fatherson, and more.
Weaving demonstrations with visual art curator and weaver Dan Coughlan
Sma’ Shot Cottages
12noon – 4pm
Dan Coughlan, trained and worked as traditional handloom weaver in Ireland before going on to study textile design at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He completed his studies with a post-graduate diploma in textile design at the Scottish College of Textiles, Galashiels (now Heriot-Watt Border Campus).
In his current post as curator of textiles at Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, he looks after the world-famous collection of Paisley shawls, pattern books and sample books, which is a Recognised Collection of National Significance. He has extended this collection to include a number of historic handlooms and other equipment related to the traditional hand weaving industry. He has researched 19th century hand weaving technology and design, and was awarded a PhD by the University of the West of Scotland for his doctoral thesis on the draw loom, used for the weaving of Paisley shawls.
Simply drop in to Sma’ Shot Cottages between 12noon and 4pm to see weaving demonstrations with Dan Coughlan, you don’t need to book tickets.
Weaving workshops for kids / Spinning demonstration
Sma’ Shot Cottages
Saturday 12 – 4pm
The Sma’ Shot Cottages will provide an opportunity to see how the weavers worked and lived. There will be guides on hand in each room to explain what life was like back then. Come along and learn about the history, watch a spinning or a weaving demonstration then have a cup of tea and a scone in the tea room before having a wander round the gift shop. There will also be small hand looms available for kids to try their hand at weaving.
It’s easy to get involved in the weaving workshops simply drop in to the Sma’ Shot Cottages, you don’t need to book tickets.
Weaving demonstrations with textiles artist and weaver Mariam Syed
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Loom Gallery
12.30pm – 3.30pm
Come and observe award winning textile designer and weaver Mariam Syed as she weaves beautiful patterns on a loom in Paisley Museum’s famous loom and shawl gallery. Mariam Syed is a Woven Textile Designer specialising in vibrant contemporary fabrics and rugs for interiors. Her design practice encapsulates everything she is passionate about; vibrant colour, architecture and geometry. Geometry is central to her weaving and she enjoys weaving with reclaimed and sustainable yarns to create ethically responsible fabrics.
Simply drop in to Paisley Museum and Art Galleries between 12.30pm and 3.30pm to see weaving demonstrations with Mariam Syed, you don’t need to book tickets.
Dooslan Stane Stage
Abbey Close
1pm – 5pm
The Dooslan Stane stage, will host the union speeches, re-enactments and poetry / spoken word or ‘speakers corner’ type activities. The stage is inspired by the Dooslan Stane at Brodie Park, where historically weavers would congregate to speak out on things that mattered to them.
Village Storytelling Centre’s ‘Storytelling Yurt’
Abbey Close
1-5pm
With stories suitable for all ages, pop into our ‘storytelling yurt’ at Abbey Close and discover more about the Sma’ Shot story and Paisley’s weaving heritage from professional storytellers, including stories in Gaelic!
Paisley Make presents ‘Makers’ Market’
Paisley Abbey
1pm – 5pm
PaisleyMake returns to its birthplace for Sma’ Shot day and Weave Festival, offering a contemporary Makers Market, showcasing a variety of exceptional and innovative Scottish designers and makers. Featuring clothing, jewellery and interior design, you will be sure to discover something unique for summer.
PaisleyMake first launched back in 2016 at Paisley Abbey, with a festival of design centred around the Paisley pattern and discovering Paisley Museum and Art Galleries. PaisleyMake has since ventured to London Craft Week, sharing the inspiring untold story of Paisley and breathing new life into a community famed around the world for innovation in weaving, crafting and exporting luxury goods.
Abbey Close
1pm – 5pm
Throughout the day there will be live music on the main stage provided by Paisley’s finest local talent. There will be a wide variety of charity, food and drink stalls and Abbey Close will be fully licensed, plus keep an eye out for a variety of different street performances and free face painting.
Paisley Peacocks with Karen Hanvidge Ceramics Workshop
Paisley Town Hall, Alexander Wilson Suite
1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm
Karen Hanvidge is a ceramic artist based in Renfrewshire. As well as making and selling her ceramics in Paisley’s InCube Shop Karen designed and made the 10 artist’s prizes for the 2016 SAY Awards (Scottish Album of the Year) and also holds ceramic classes at Paisley Museum and Art Galleries funded by Paisley 2021 Culture, Events and Heritage Fund.
Karen will be holding ceramic tile designing workshops where you can design your own ‘Paisley Peacock’ on a tile which you will be able to take home to hang after the town hall joint exhibition on late Sunday afternoon.
There will be an exhibition of all work created during the weekend, along with a performance by those taking part in the Fèis Phàislig drumming and singing workshops and PACE theatre workshop taking place on Sunday 2 July at 4pm in Paisley Town Hall.
The workshops are open to all ages and are limited to 12 people per session. Places are free and available to book from Eventbrite, book early to avoid disappointment.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paisley-peacocks-workshops-with-karen-hanvidge-tickets-34793825268?aff=es2
Peace Crane’ origami workshops with Misty Concepts
Paisley Town Hall, Alexander Wilson Suite
1pm – 3pm and 3pm – 5pm
The origami crane is renowned as one of the most powerful international symbols for peace. To celebrate the peace created by the weavers and the mill owners during Sma’ Shot Day in 1856, Misty Concepts is hosting workshops taking you into the fascinating world of the art of paper folding through the creation of origami peace crane keepsakes.
There will be an exhibition of all work created during the weekend, along with a performance by those taking part in the Fèis Phàislig drumming and singing workshops and PACE theatre workshop taking place on Sunday 2 July at 4pm in Paisley Town Hall.
The workshop is suitable for adults however children aged 6 years and over are welcome with an accompanying adult. Sessions last one hour and there are 10 places available during each session, places are free and available to book from Eventbrite, book early to avoid disappointment.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peace-crane-origami-workshops-with-misty-concepts-tickets-34794247531?aff=es2
PACE Re-enactment
Abbey Close, Main Stage
1.30pm – 1.50pm and 3.50pm – 4.10pm
Young actors from the renowned PACE Youth Theatre present a dramatic re-enactment of the events surrounding the struggles of the Paisley weavers for payment of the Sma’ Shot, that fine white thread that bound all the other threads together in the weave. A victory for which we still remember and celebrate, for that invisible thread still binds together Buddies today and brings them to the heart of the town every first Saturday in July.
Burning of the Cork
Abbey Close
2pm – 2.10pm
A highlight of the Sma’ Shot celebration that sees the ‘corks’ (the middle men between the owners and the weavers) meet their fate at the hands of the working weavers in spectacular fashion. This year’s ‘burning of the cork’ has a brand new design that’s not to be missed – have your camera at the ready!
Fèis Phàislig Music Workshops
Abbey Close
2pm and 3.30pm
Join Fèis Phàislig (Gaelic for Paisley festival) for exciting come-and-try music workshops with some of Scotland’s top traditional musicians. Participants can take part in either singing or drumming workshops and will have the opportunity to participate in a showcase concert at the end of the day.
There will be an exhibition of all work created at the craft workshops taking place at during the weekend, along with a performance by those taking part in the Fèis Phàislig drumming and singing workshops and PACE theatre workshop. This will take place on Sunday 2 July at 4pm on Sunday in Paisley Town Hall.
The workshops are suitable for ages 8-18 years and each session holds 15 people. Places are free and available to book from Eventbrite, book early to avoid disappointment.
Drumming workshop – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feis-phaislig-music-workshops-drumming-session-tickets-34794478221?aff=es2
Singing workshop – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feis-phaislig-music-workshops-singing-session-tickets-34794537398?aff=es2
Outdoor Family Ceilidh with Scottish Trad Folk Group ‘Hò-rò’
Abbey Close, Main Stage
2.15pm – 3.05pm
An energetic Ceilidh for all the family, with award winning traditional folk band, Hò-rò. Winners of the ‘Danny Kyle award’ at Celtic Connections and the ‘One Step Further’ at the Hebridean Celtic Festival in 2014, Hò-rò hail from the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Their unique energetic tune arrangements and vibrant stage presence will have everyone up dancing!
Tea Dance
Paisley Town Hall
1pm – 3.30pm
Enjoy an afternoon of dancing, music and chatting with friends at Paisley Town Hall. John Findlay will keep you entertained all afternoon playing a series of timeless tunes on the keyboard.
Ticket information for the Tea Dance will be released shortly.
Sma Shot ‘Drum Off’ Finale
Abbey Close, Main Stage
5pm – 5.30pm
A high energy finale to the Sma’ Shot events in Abbey Close – gather with the Charleston Drum for a ‘drum off’ with local drumming groups.
Sma’ Shot Poetry Slam
Paisley Town Hall, Alexander Suite
7pm – 10pm
2017 sees the third annual Sma’ Shot Poetry Slam, compered by Shaun Moore.
An entertaining event that sees poets from Paisley and beyond compete for the £50 prize money and entry to the Scottish Slam Finals in Edinburgh, March 2018, in addition to being crowned as this year’s Sma’ Shot Bigshot.
Poets have two visits to the microphone to dazzle the expert judges and the three top scorers will go head to head in a finale before the winner is selected.
The event will be opened by great local musicians and Cat Caldwell will be keeping the audience entertained in between poetry rounds.
There will also be two poems written especially for this event by Kirstin Innes and Alan Bissett.
Kirstin Innes is a writer, journalist and the author of Fishnet, which won The Guardian Not The Booker Prize in 2015. She was a founder of the long-running Glasgow spoken word night Words Per Minute. She lives in Renfrewshire and is currently working on her second novel, Scabby Queen.
Alan Bissett is an award-winning novelist, playwright and performer who grew up in Falkirk and now lives in Renfrewshire. His new ‘one woman show’ (MORE) MOIRA MONOLOGUES will debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.
Cloth by PACE
The Wynd Auditorium, School Wynd
7pm – 10pm
A teardrop of joy weaves its way through the colourful heritage of Paisley. Patterned streets brimmed full of memories threading their way in a youthful journey of discovery, recreating a spirit of adventure that brought more than prestige to our town’s towering mills and radical cobbled alleys. It brought life, woven into the hearts of those who danced then to a different beat. Drumming up a passion that lasts to this day, in a sma shot thread uniting us as one.
Dance and theatre, meets performance art, in an exciting showcase of the history of our town’s CLOTH presented by members of PACE Theatre Company’s talented and vibrant Spires Theatre.
This show will be a promenade experience.
Tickets cost £8 and £5 for concession and are available from PACE Box Office, The Spires , School Wynd or by calling 0345 130 5218.
‘Mass Movement’ – a visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi
Paisley Arts Centre
20 June – 4 July
10am – 6pm
Iranian textiles artist Paria GoodarzI (‘Iranian Ancient’, The Arches and Paisley Museum) premieres her latest work especially for Weave and Refugee Festival Scotland. Influenced by her own personal journey and experiences of re-building her life in Scotland, Paria tells the story of other refugees living in Scotland through large textile installation, print and contemporary stitching. The works convey feelings of sadness and nostalgia of personal loss, with recording memories of the beauty of welcome and kindness.
Simply drop in to Paisley Arts Centre to take part in ‘Mass Movement’ – a visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi, you don’t need to book tickets.
The Routes We Thread Exhibition – A visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi and Arpita Shah
Paisley Arts Centre
20 June – 4 July
10am – 6pm
Iranian textiles artist Paria Goodarzi (‘Iranian Ancient’, The Arches and Paisley Museum) and Indian photographer Arpita Shah (Portrait of Home, Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme) collaborate with women from a range of cultural backgrounds living in Scotland to create ‘The Routes we Thread’.
‘The Routes We Thread’ is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary arts project tracing heritage and new cultures in Scotland and our historical and contemporary connections with India and Iran, and around the world. The project uses our complex history with these countries to celebrate new cultures in Scotland, creating work around the themes identity, symbolising the cultural and personal threads we carry around with us.
Commissioned by Many Studios, Glasgow.
Simply drop in to Paisley Arts Centre to take view The Routes We Thread Exhibition by Paria Goodarzi and Arpita Shah, you don’t need to book tickets.
SUNDAY 2 JULY
Block Print Workshops for all ages with Paria Goodarzi
Paisley Arts Centre
12noon – 4pm
Learn how to print and use stamp / block print to design your own tote bag using the Paisley pattern and design reflecting contemporary cultural identity. Led by Iranian textiles artist Paria Goodarzi, exhibiting ‘Mass Movement’ and ‘The Routes We Thread’ as part of Weave.
Simply drop in to Paisley Arts Centre between 12noon and 4pm to take part in the Block Print Workshops with Paria Goodarzi, you don’t need to book tickets.
Paisley Peacocks with Karen Hanvidge Ceramics Workshop
Paisley Town Hall, Alexander Wilson Suite
12noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm
Karen Hanvidge is a ceramic artist based in Renfrewshire. As well as making and selling her ceramics in Paisley’s InCube Shop Karen designed and made the 10 artist’s prizes for the 2016 SAY Awards (Scottish Album of the Year) and also holds ceramic classes at Paisley Museum and Art Galleries funded by Paisley 2021 Culture, Events and Heritage Fund.
Karen will be holding ceramic tile designing workshops where you can design your own ‘Paisley Peacock’ on a tile which you will be able to take home to hang after the town hall joint exhibition on late Sunday afternoon.
There will be an exhibition of all work created during the weekend, along with a performance by those taking part in the Fèis Phàislig drumming and singing workshops and PACE theatre workshop taking place on Sunday 2 July at 4pm in Paisley Town Hall.
The workshops are open to all ages and are limited to 12 people per session. Places are free and available to book from Eventbrite, book early to avoid disappointment.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paisley-peacocks-workshops-with-karen-hanvidge-tickets-34793825268?aff=es2
Peace Crane’ origami workshops with Misty Concepts
Paisley Town Hall, Alexander Wilson Suite
12noon – 2pm, 2pm – 4pm, 4pm – 6pm
The origami crane is renowned as one of the most powerful international symbols for peace. To celebrate the peace created by the weavers and the mill owners during Sma’ Shot Day in 1856, Misty Concepts is hosting workshops taking you into the fascinating world of the art of paper folding through the creation of origami peace crane keepsakes.
There will be an exhibition of all work created during the weekend, along with a performance by those taking part in the Fèis Phàislig drumming and singing workshops and PACE theatre workshop taking place on Sunday 2 July at 4pm in Paisley Town Hall.
The workshop is suitable for adults however children aged 6 years and over are welcome with an accompanying adult. Sessions last one hour and there are 10 places available during each session, places are free and available to book from Eventbrite, book early to avoid disappointment.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peace-crane-origami-workshops-with-misty-concepts-tickets-34794247531?aff=es2
Paisley Pins workshops
Paisley Town Hall
12noon – 1.30pm and 2pm – 3.30pm
Join Paisley Pins for an afternoon of pattern making. Your host will take your design away to be reproduced digitally using industry standard Vector software. The final designs will then be laser cut on to acrylic and finished to produce your own unique pin brooch to be sent on at a later date.
There are eight places per sessions, places are free and available to book from Eventbrite, book early to avoid disappointment.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paisley-pins-workshops-tickets-34796863355?aff=es2
Fèis Phàislig Music Workshops
Paisley Town Hall
1pm and 2.30pm
Join Fèis Phàislig (Gaelic for Paisley festival) for exciting come-and-try music workshops with some of Scotland’s top traditional musicians. Participants can take part in either singing or drumming workshops and will have the opportunity to participate in a showcase concert at the end of the day.
There will be an exhibition of all work created at the craft workshops taking place at during the weekend, along with a performance by those taking part in the Fèis Phàislig drumming and singing workshops and PACE theatre workshop. This will take place on Sunday 2 July at 4pm on Sunday in Paisley Town Hall.
The workshops are suitable for ages 8-18 years and each session holds 15 people. Places are free and available to book from Eventbrite, book early to avoid disappointment.
Drumming workshop – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feis-phaislig-music-workshops-drumming-session-tickets-34794478221?aff=es2
Singing workshop – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feis-phaislig-music-workshops-singing-session-tickets-34794537398?aff=es2
Live zone
The Cave, Shuttle Street
1pm – 10pm
Music will be provided all day between 1pm and 10pm on Sunday in the Live Zone. In the marquee outside Paisley Arts Centre, the entertainment will be provided on the Jukebox Sunday Blues Stage, which is in memory of Willie ‘Jukebox’ Matthews. You can enjoy the blues there between 1pm and 6pm, before making your choice of where to head to afterwards. The music will be continuing in the live zone so you can head over the Cave for the Blues Jam or you can head in to Paisley Arts Centre for the show there.
Tours of Paisley Museum and Art Galleries loom and shawl collection and pattern books with Dan Coughlan
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries
2pm, 3pm and 4pm – 30 minute tours
Paisley is famous for the world-renowned Paisley Pattern and the Paisley shawl collection is a Recognised Collection of National Significance to Scotland. In 2014 a loom gallery was created to showcase original hand looms that were used to produce the cloth.
Discover more about the looms, shawls and pattern collections with curator of textiles Dan Coughlan. A unique opportunity to see and hear about some of the patterns not on display.
Dan trained and worked as traditional hand loom weaver in Ireland before going on to study textile design at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He completed his studies with a Post- Graduate Diploma in Textile Design at the Scottish College of Textiles, Galashiels, (now Heriot-Watt Border Campus). In his current post as Curator of Textiles in Paisley museum, he looks after the world-famous collection of Paisley shawls, pattern books and sample books, which is a Recognised Collection of National Significance. He has extended this collection to include a number of historic handlooms and other equipment related to the traditional hand weaving industry. He has researched nineteenth century hand weaving technology and design, and was awarded a PhD by the University of the West of Scotland for his doctoral thesis on the draw loom, used for the weaving of Paisley shawls.’
There are 20 places available on each tour and places are allocated on a first come first served basis. To avoid disappointment aim to arrive at Paisley Museum and Art Galleries 15 minutes early.
Weaving Demonstrations with textiles artist and weaver Mariam Syed
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Loom Gallery
2.30pm – 4.30pm
Come and observe award winning textile designer and weaver Mariam Syed as she weaves beautiful patterns on a loom in Paisley Museum’s famous ‘loom and shawls gallery’. Mariam Syed is a Woven Textile Designer specialising in vibrant contemporary fabrics and rugs for interiors. Her design practice encapsulates everything she is passionate about; vibrant colour, architecture and geometry. Geometry is central to her weaving and she enjoys weaving with reclaimed and sustainable yarns to create ethically responsible fabrics.
Yorkston / Thorne / Khan
Paisley Arts Centre
7.30pm – 10pm
Yorkston / Thorne / Khan released their new album Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars on 7 April. It follows the band’s debut album, 2016’s critically acclaimed Everything Sacred, and presents a confluence of currents, among them the north Indian sarangi; jazz-tinged bass, reminiscent in places of Danny Thompson; acoustic guitar that owes a debt to Elizabeth Cotton, Dick Gaughan and Mississippi John Hurt; and three very different vocalists – James Yorkston (East Neuk of Fife), Jon Thorne (Isle of Wight) and Suhail Yusuf Khan (New Delhi).
Tickets are priced at £12 for adults and £10 for concessions, plus booking fee and are available online from Renfrewshire Leisure box office or by calling 0300 300 1210.
https://boxoffice.renfrewshire.gov.uk/
‘Mass Movement’ – a visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi
Paisley Arts Centre
20 June – 4 July
12.30pm – 6pm
Iranian textiles artist Paria GoodarzI (‘Iranian Ancient’, The Arches and Paisley Museum) premieres her latest work especially for Weave and Refugee Festival Scotland. Influenced by her own personal journey and experiences of re-building her life in Scotland, Paria tells the story of other refugees living in Scotland through large textile installation, print and contemporary stitching. The works convey feelings of sadness and nostalgia of personal loss, with recording memories of the beauty of welcome and kindness.
Simply drop in to Paisley Arts Centre to take part in ‘Mass Movement’ – a visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi, you don’t need to book tickets.
The Routes We Thread Exhibition – A visual art exhibition by Paria Goodarzi and Arpita Shah
Paisley Arts Centre
20 June – 4 July
12.30pm – 6pm
Iranian textiles artist Paria Goodarzi (‘Iranian Ancient’, The Arches and Paisley Museum) and Indian photographer Arpita Shah (Portrait of Home, Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme) collaborate with women from a range of cultural backgrounds living in Scotland to create ‘The Routes we Thread’.
‘The Routes We Thread’ is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary arts project tracing heritage and new cultures in Scotland and our historical and contemporary connections with India and Iran, and around the world. The project uses our complex history with these countries to celebrate new cultures in Scotland, creating work around the themes identity, symbolising the cultural and personal threads we carry around with us.
Commissioned by Many Studios, Glasgow.
Simply drop in to Paisley Arts Centre to take view The Routes We Thread Exhibition by Paria Goodarzi and Arpita Shah, you don’t need to book tickets.