About
Thea Batty is a Welsh artist, curator, and fashion repair specialist based in North Dorset. Her work is driven by a profoundly empathic approach to education as social practices.
Mission
As a descendant of over five generations of garment factory workers, Thea is committed to challenging unethical labor practices in the fashion and textile industry. She advocates for climate justice through the art of repair and gentle forms of protest.
Her mission is raise awareness through facilitating creative workshops and producing contemporary exhibitions, changing the consumer paradigm. Providing hand-on learning experiences that remove the fear of mending.
"EMPOWERING CHANGE, ONE STITCH AT A TIME"
Education & Training:
MA Fine Art, Curatorial Practices, Bath Spa University.
Princes Trust Enterprise Scheme.
Fashion History the Evolution of Style, UAL.
BA Hons Textile Design for Fashion and Interior, Bath Spa University.
Foundation in Art & Design, Coleg Ceredigion.
Enhanced DBS Certified.
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Projects & Roles:
100 Years of Shopping, Blandford Town Museum, Blandford Forum 2023 - 2024.
Sashiko Series, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 2023.
Cutting Corners Project: pop-up exhibition, Bath City Center, 2022.
Co-curator, Process of Practice, Michael Pennie Gallery, Bath, 2022.
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Workshops & Talks:
Sashiko Workshop, Red Dress Studio, Castle Cary, 2024.
Visible Mending for Dorset Arts Week, Hawkers Re-creatives, 2024.
Visible Mending Workshop, Defashion Dorset, Hawkers Re-creatives, 2024.
Ethical Mending, Blandford Forum Town Museum, Blandford Forum, 2024.
Visible Mending Workshop, Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury, 2023.
'Connecting Repair Cultures in Cloth' , The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 2023.
Ethical Mending, Sparsholt College, 2023.
Mindful Repair, The Carers' Center, Bath, 2023.
Repair Café, Bath Spa University, 2022.
Mindful Repair: Sashiko Workshop, The Museum of East Asian Art 2022.
Thea teaching a Visible Mending workshop at the Defashion Dorset festival powered by Hawkers Recreatives, May 2024.
