EXTRA PADDING

Olivia Arnold, Phoebe Beard, Andriana Carney, Margaret Goninon, Emma Loise Hayman, Ruby Hoppen, Karena Keys, Owen Lewis, Merryn Lloyd, Fiona Waters and Lois Waters.

3 May - 24 May 2026, Platform
Exhibition opening: 6pm Saturday 2 May 2026

We wish to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region.

What would happen if artists trained in fine art and working across performance, printmaking, object-making, ceramics and more, came together to explore textiles as a shared, unfamiliar ground? What might emerge through collaboration with a quilting guild, where quilts become sites of community, care and exchange, and the gallery becomes a safe space to work outside traditional fine art hierarchies?

Extra Padding will be the third iteration of a rolling collaborative project centred on exploratory textile art. We prioritise community, accessibility and irreverent joy. Welcome!

Image: Fiona Waters,Well Hung, 2025, textiles. Image courtesy of the artist.