IN CONVERSATION: Dr Carol McGregor and Kyra Mancktelow
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11 Oct 2025
| Dates | Saturday 11 October 2025 (This event has past) |
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| Times | 3:30pm - 4:30pm |
| Cost | FREE |
| Booking | RSVP required (book via link below) |
| Age | Recommended for ages 12 and up |
Residue + Response curator Dr Carol McGregor and artist Kyra Mancktelow in conversation.
Residue + Response curator Dr Carol McGregor and artist Kyra Mancktelow in conversation.
Join Dr Carol McGregor and Kyra Mancktelow as they discuss textile art's capacity to challenge existing histories, build on traditions, and capture the residues and relationality of change in today's shifting society.
Please meet us at the front reception of the Ipswich Art Gallery from 3:25pm. We look forward to seeing you there.
Note: Please be advised that the gallery will be closed between 5:00pm and 5:30pm for the changeover between the gallery's opening hours and the opening event for Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial.
Dr Carol McGregor
Magandjin based artist Carol McGregor (Kulin Nation, Scottish) practices across multiple disciplines including textiles, print, paint and sculpture.
McGregor is currently a lecturer at the Queensland College of Art and Design. McGregor has exhibited extensively and her work features in national and international collections including QAGOMA and the National Gallery of Australia. She has also undertaken several artist residencies with the Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Gallery, USA; Tokyo University of the Arts; Bundanon Trust, NSW; Ballarat Heritage Festival and Museum Victoria.
Kyra Mancktelow
Kyra Mancktelow is a proud Quandamooka artist with strong cultural connections to Eulo and the South Sea Islander community of Vanuatu. Her multidisciplinary practice spans printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and bronze casting—each medium offering a unique and distinct aesthetic that brings her stories to life.
Currently undertaking a PhD at Queensland College of Art, Kyra regularly exhibits in both solo and group exhibitions nation wide. Kyra won the 2021 Telstra Emerging Artist Award at The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, and a Special Commendation at the 2021 Churchie National Emerging Art Prize.
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Sophie Honess, Rest (detail), 2023, made with vintage pre-owned materials, wool, latch hook mat.
Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial
04 Oct 2025 — 30 Nov 2025
Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial builds on the tradition of the Tamworth Fibre Textile collection which first began in 1973, showcasing 50 years of contemporary textile artists.