Tansa, the Japanese word for exploration, is the link that binds this Anglo-Japanese exhibition. The project began with exploration – a research visit to textile workshops, galleries and studios in Japan undertaken by eighteen UK artists, led by Professor Lesley Millar, Director of the International Textile Research Centre. All of the UK artists are involved in higher education at the University for the Creative Arts as lecturers, Post-Doctoral researchers and MA and PhD students. The Japanese artists they met included National Living Treasures, Grand Masters and renowned contemporary textile artists. Together, the group of artists from the UK and Japan will exhibit new work in the Tansa exhibition. As the renowned indigo dyer Hiroyuki Shindo has described it, the exhibition, ‘…seems to be becoming a bridge tying UK and Japan’ (2020).

CURATOR TOURS - join Professor Lesley Millar for a tour of the exhibition. Time slots are available on 27 January.

MEET THE ARTIST- time slots are available to meet some of our artists. Time slots are available throughout February and March.

Advance booking is essential for both Curator Tours and Meet the Artist. www.eventbrite.co.uk/tansa

You can also watch talks with Lesley Millar on our YouTube channel