Join us for an artist talk + participatory embrodiary workshop with Subversive Threads artist Rae Haynes, in conversation with Courtney Pederson and Georgia Hayward.

Subversive Threads is a new solo exhibition by artist Rae Haynes. Known for a contemporary feminist practice that interrogates gender ethics and the language of abstraction through text-based works, textiles, and installation, Haynes brings together personal history and political inquiry in this exhibition.

The work emerges from Haynes’ research into the legacies of embroidery in feminist art, particularly through the lens of Rozsika Parker’s seminal text The Subversive Stitch (1984). This inquiry led to the discovery of genealogical connections to Mary Linwood (1755-1845), a pioneering British textile artist and educator renowned for her 'needle painting' technique and public exhibitions in 19th-century London. Further archival investigation revealed that in the 1890s, Haynes’ ancestors Claudia and Ada Hull established Linwood College in Bulanaming/Marrickville, named in honour of Mary Linwood.

The conversation will be followed by a Q&A.

Explore the exhibition here.

Free with RSVP. 20 spots for workshop, bookings are essential.

ACCESSIBILITY: The gallery is wheelchair accessible from the Brunswick St entrance. Please note due to current building works at the Judith Wright Arts Centre, the passenger lift is not usable. Bathrooms can be accessed from the Level 1 courtyard entrance of the Judith Wright Arts Centre.

If you have any specific access needs or questions, please either email admin@outerspacebrisbane.org or send us a message on Instagram.

Outer Space is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the Outer Space community.