Exhibitions Archives - Arnolds Attic

22nd June 202623rd June 2026

Right to Roam Exhibition

I’m delighted to share that Moors of Home is part of the Right to Roam exhibition in the North York Moors.

The exhibition runs from 20 June to 26 July 2026 at the Inspired by Gallery, Danby Lodge National Park Centre, Lodge Ln, Danby, Whitby YO21 2NB.

Right to Roam Exhibition

Who gets to roam the countryside? Who gets to care for it?

“Nearly a century ago, workers from the industrial towns and cities of northern England began organising, not for better wages or shorter hours, but for something many now take for granted: the opportunity to walk freely in the countryside. Their campaign culminated in the 1932 Kinder Scout Mass Trespass, a landmark moment that helped shape the future of public access and contributed to the creation of Britain’s National Parks……

Right to Roam - Moors of Home — Right to Roam exhibition – Moors of Home

……This exhibition reflects on the history of the right to roam movement and its impact on the creation of England’s National Parks and public rights of way. Bringing together artists passionate about access to our shared landscape and artefacts from the Working-Class Movement Library, this display delves into what access to the countryside means to artists……

Right to Roam exhibition — Moors of Home – detail

Right to Roam invites visitors to consider the legacy of those early campaigners and to reflect on their own connection to the landscape. It is an exhibition about access, but also about care, belonging, memory and ways people find meaning in the natural world.” – Inspired by Gallery.

17th June 202617th June 2026

Feast

I’m delighted to share that Breaking Bread is part of Feast – the Embroiderers’ Guild 2025/6 Members Challenge.

There’s something fitting about a piece called Breaking Bread sitting alongside other makers’ responses to the idea of feast. Food, and the rituals around it, carry so much of what we mean by home, gathering and sharing – it’s also the kind of ordinary everyday moments that I keep returning to in my work.

The Guild set a theme open to interpretation – food and celebration, a “feast for the eyes,” or something closer to indulgence and excess. All the submitted artworks feature in a Guild digital flip book, alongside the makers’ own descriptions and notes – it’s well worth a browse.

Breaking Bread - part of Feast EG Members' Challenge Flip Book — Screenshot – Breaking Bread – part of the EG Members’ Challenge Flip Book

The pieces will also be on show at the Embroiderers’ Guild stand at the Knit and Stitch shows in London and Harrogate later this autumn, so there’ll be a chance to see them in person too.

24th April 202624th April 2026

Weave

Introducing Fes iv: Weave – the fourth artwork in the Arabic Red Box series. This work is inspired by the pulse and rhythm of life flowing through the narrow alleyways and streets of Fes.

The story behind the artwork

Making the most of every day of the residency, I’d walk up and down the maze of alleyways, through the souks – from the heart of the medina up to the Blue Gate – and observe, photograph and take notes.

The words for this artwork are sourced from these notes, tracing a walk with a friend – from her home at Dar Drouj, weaving through the souks and the lively medina, and up to a busy weaver’s loom shop near the elaborately embellished Bou Inania Madrasa.

Weave

I first wrote the full narrative in English and then, working with a friend in Fes, translated it into Darija (Moroccan dialect of Arabic) to ensure the phrasing felt natural, authentic and true to the original sentiment.

“Through winding streets under the watchful gaze of the cats of Fes … sitting, sleeping, waiting to be fed. A constant hum of people moving, porters pushing hand carts carrying bread from baker to vendor, bartered exchanges, and noisy conversation. The pulse, the dance of daily life halted for a moment to stand aside and make room for donkeys carrying cargo on the steep and narrow streets. The occasional group of tourists thread a long string, pulled by a guide eager to share knowledge. Stalls selling Khlea, dates and prickly pear, vibrant heady spices piled high in endless buckets and pans, herb sellers with upturned crates laden with mint, lemon verbena, and marjoram. Past tanneries with their pungent vats of leather, indigo and dye. Uphill past a spinner, twisting thread stretched between nails on the wall and his electric drill, winding, making cord for kaftans. Onwards to a doorway, climbing steep, worn steps to a room of muted sunlight … shelves of cloth, cones of spun thread … and the timeless rhythmic click-clack of the shuttle on the loom.”

Original words composed by Catherine Hill.

Size: 21 x 21cm approx. This piece forms part of a series shaped by time spent on an art residency in Fes, Morocco. Hand‑embroidered in vintage red Sylko thread, the work nods to one of the national colours of Morocco.

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Right to Roam Exhibition

Right to Roam Exhibition

Feast

Weave

The story behind the artwork

Weave

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