Save the dates for Mary Linwood related events in Leicester, September 2025 – January 2026.
This is advance notice of in-person events related to Mary Linwood; Art, Stitch & Life at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery 13th September 2025 to 22nd February 2026. Entry to the exhibition is free.
Some of the events are drop-in, while others require booking. Some are free, some have ticket costs attached.
Social Stitch gathering in Mary Linwood exhibition
Mondays 3.00 – 4.30pm. 22nd Sept, 13th Oct, 10th Nov, 8th Dec, 12th Jan
Gallery 12: Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA
Bring your sewing or other crafts and join others to stitch in the beautiful surroundings of the Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch and Life exhibition.
Free drop-in event for adults
Mary Linwood Rediscovered
Sat 4 Oct, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Talk by exhibition curator Ruth Singer (with BSL). Rediscover Mary Linwood in this illustrated presentation by the exhibition artist and curator Ruth Singer
Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester LE1 5FQ
£8 concessions / £10 full
Booking via Leicester Museum & Art Gallery – link coming soon
Quiet Opening
Tues 7th Oct, 10:00 – 11:00am
Visit the Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch and Life exhibition before normal opening, when the museum is quiet. You can meet the artist in the exhibition space but this is not a guided tour.
Gallery 12: Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA
Free, booking required
Suitable for adults and young people 12+
Booking via Leicester Museum & Art Gallery – link coming soon
Make a scrapbook family event
Thursday 23 Oct, 11:00am – 3:00pm
Family Event
Gallery 12: Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA
Free, drop in
Suitable for age 6+
Textile Amulets with Ruth Singer
Saturday 25th Oct, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Workshop with Ruth Singer making textile amulets or tiny hand stitched invented mementoes inspired by the life and story of Mary Linwood. This workshop will be full of reflection, slow stitch and gathering of narrative to make a small piece to wear or share. Adult Workshop
Newarke Houses, The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY
£40. Bookings will open on 18th August
Sketchbook workshop with Mandeep Dhadialla
Sat 8th Nov, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Create a sketchbook inspired by Mary Linwood’s use of a scrapbook and her embroidery works, as well as from Ruth Singer’s exhibition pieces. We’ll make a hand-bound pamphlet stitch sketchbook and creatively combine collage, colour, texture, pattern and mark-making filling the pages with mixed media including staining papers with natural handmade pigments, drawing with found objects, stitch and layering. All materials are provided. This workshop is suitable for any level.
Newarke Houses, The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY
£60 Bookings will open on 18th August.
Tactile Textile Tour
Mon 10th Nov, 10:00 – 11:00am
Join the Mary Linwood exhibition artist and curator Ruth Singer for this hands-on gallery tour. Explore examples of Ruth’s work, historic embroidery and the materials used by Mary Linwood. Open to all but particularly suitable for blind or visually impaired adults.
Leicester Museum & Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA
Tickets £5 (carers free)
Booking via Leicester Museum & Art Gallery – link coming soon
Stitch Weekend
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November, 11:00am – 3:00pm
A weekend celebrating Mary Linwood and embroidery with workshops, demonstrations and talks. There will be lots to see and do at this exciting festival of thread and stitch.
Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester LE1 5FQ
Free, no booking required for the main event. Some workshop sessions will be ticketed, full details to come in September.
Meet the Artist Ruth Singer, curator of Mary Linwood exhibition
Sat 6th Dec, 10:00 – 11:00am
Join this exclusive gallery tour while the museum is closed and enjoy the Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch and Life exhibition in the company of artist and curator Ruth Singer.
Leicester Museum & Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA
£15 / £12
Suitable for adults
Booking link coming soon
Artist development day
Thurs 8th Jan, 10:00am – 3.00pm
Find out about working with museums and heritage as an artist / practitioner. The day includes a guided tour of Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch and Life and artist talks, workshops and learning opportunities.
Free, but must be booked in advance. Leicester Museum & Leicester Guildhall. Sorry, rooms are not accessible.
Free. Bookings will open 18th August
Hand Embroidery Masterclass with Ruth Singer
Sat 17th Jan, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Workshop with Ruth Singer exploring how to express yourself through hand embroidery. The workshop includes some familiar stitches used in new ways, some new stitches to learn, a huge range of threads to try and time to experiment with using embroidery in a freestyle, break-the-rules way.
Adult Workshop
Newarke Houses, The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY
£40. Bookings will open 18th August
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