Name: Unpicking Threads: talk given by Juliet Lockhart
Start: 2025-10-02T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-02T11:30:00+01:00
Location: Colchester

Unpicking Threads: talk given by Juliet Lockhart

A look at the story of the excellent Mrs Mary Beale (1663-1699) and her extraordinary life told through stitched textiles.
About this Event

This talk is part of the lecture programme accompanying ArtConTex, a major textile event being held at The Minories from October 2nd to 5th 2025.

Join Juliet as she looks at the story of the excellent Mrs Mary Beale(1663-1699) and her extraordinary life during a chaotic period in history that encompassed the execution of a king, civil war, plague and fire. Find out how and why I have chosen to tell this story through stitched textiles.

Juliet is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and educator. she is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Suffolk in the Fine Art Department. The focus of her practice-led research is the life and work of seventeenth-century artist Mary Beale