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Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy Through Craft

Fife Contemporary are pleased to announce Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft, an upcoming exhibition challenging perceptions of women and craft at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries.

Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy Through Craft

About Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy Through Craft

8th Mar 2025 to 8th Jun 2025
Mon - Fri 10am to 5pm (until 6pm Thur) / Sat 10am - 4pm / Sun 12pm - 4pm
Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries
1-7 Abbot Street , Dunfermline KY12 7 N
Free entry
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Provocatively titled but thoughtfully curated, Hag. will bring together the work of 13 of Scotland’s most inventive, creative and impactful women craft artists, including Lise Bech, Judith Davies, Caroline Dear, Claire Heminsley, Fiona Hutchison, Ruth Elizabeth Jones, Gilly Langton, Jo McDonald, Susie Redman, Patricia Shone, Carol Sinclair, Amanda Simmons and Emma Louise Wilson. Celebrating the knowledge, power & alchemy mediated by their work, the exhibition will celebrate craft skills and approaches to practice developed by these significant women over decades of work and personal endeavour.

The mastery of their own craft skills is what unites these 13 women. Visitors to this exhibition can expect to see contemporary approaches to constructing forms through tapestry, basket weaving, and work in paper and textile, as well as work formed through transformative material processes such as kiln-firing glass, hand forming clay, or enameling and silversmithing. The relationship between artist and their close surroundings is also a theme, either as a source of inspiration, or directly as a source for the materials themselves.

Curated by Kate Pickering, the exhibition seeks to reclaim and redefine the term ‘Hag’ for the current age by celebrating the strength, wisdom, activism, rebelliousness and creativity of craftswomen. The exhibition has ambitious aims to challenge societal prejudices and foster a deeper understanding of the rich tapestry of experiences that women who engage intensively with their craft bring to contemporary culture.

I’m so excited to be able to bring this exhibition to Dunfermline. The show connects the historical power of craft with the narratives of these remarkable women and reclaims the term “hag” by turning it into a symbol of empowerment. My aim for this exhibition is to show how skill and creativity can transform materials and perceptions alike. – Curator, Kate Pickering

This exhibition is going to be empowering and invigorating for women across Fife, and artists across Scotland. It is going to be such a privilege for Fife Contemporary to bring the work of these 13 Scottish Craft Artists to the Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries – this great cultural asset in the heart of the city of Dunfermline. – Fife Contemporary Director, Kate Grenyer

Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft will open at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries on 8th March 2025, International Women’s Day.

Free entry, open daily:
Monday – Friday 10am to 5pm (until 6pm Thursdays)
Saturday 10am – 4pm
Sunday 12 – 4pm

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