IN CONVERSATION: Dr Carol McGregor and Kyra Mancktelow
Kyra Mancktelow , Tamworth Textile Triennial: Residue + Response (installation view) Tamworth Regional Gallery, 2023. Photography, Steve Gonsalves.
11 Oct 2025
Kyra Mancktelow , Tamworth Textile Triennial: Residue + Response (installation view) Tamworth Regional Gallery, 2023. Photography, Steve Gonsalves.
| Dates | Saturday 11 October |
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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.
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 3:20pm. We look forward to seeing you there.
For more information on parking and how to get to our gallery, head to our VISIT page.
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.
She is the curator of Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial.
Portrait by Rhett Hammerton.
Kyra Mancktelow
Kyra Mancktelow’s multidisciplinary practice investigates legacies of colonialism, posing important questions such as how we remember and acknowledge Indigenous histories. A Quandamooka artist with links to the Mardigan peoples of Cunnamulla, Mancktelow's practice includes printmaking, ceramics and sculpture – each applying a unique and distinct aesthetic.
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.