Naarm Textile Biennale- Social Fabric will be a collaborative group exhibition consisting of textile artists from Victoria. The exhibition will showcase progressive textile art, exploring the relationship of textiles to other art disciplines and the limitlessness of textile art.

Social Fabric will highlight and explore the ability of textiles to preserve memories of people, places and times. The exhibition will look at the value of textiles in our lives and on the role of textiles in telling stories and presenting contemporary cultural and political issues. Flinders Lane was the centre of the fashion and textile trade in Melbourne for many years. Forty-Five Flinders Lane was part of this history as home to many textile businesses over the years. Social Fabric returns textiles to a place built to showcase them.

Social Fabric will highlight textile artists and the quality of their work raising awareness of contemporary textile arts. With textiles traditionally being held in low esteem and considered as ‘just women’s work’, this exhibition will be an important opportunity to challenge its standing alongside other fine art. Social Fabric will showcase the variety of textile techniques, wide range of materials and interpretations that challenge traditional ideas of textile art.