The 62 Group of Textile Artists is an international group of professional textile artists founded in the United Kingdom in 1962.[1] The group is a Constituted Artists Co-operative, focussed on exhibiting the work of its members in the UK and overseas. Membership of the group is achieved through a selection process. The 62 Group requires members to submit work to a selection panel of their peers for every exhibition "If members fail to submit, or are rejected for three successive exhibitions, then membership is forfeited...a policy which ensures that the group consistently produces exciting work."[2] The increased profile of textile art and its evolution in the latter part of the 20th century "has to a great extent been dictated by members of the 62 Group."[3]
- ^ Coatts, M 1998, '62 group: the language of touch', /Crafts (0306610X)/, 150, pp. 55-56
- ^ Adams, J 2009, 'Breaking not bending‚At the limits of art', /Crafts (0306610X)/, 220, pp. 56–58
- ^ Leonard, P 1998, 'Submerging stitches‚Äîemerging ideas: the 62 Group has paved the road for contemporary textile art in Great Britain', /Fiberarts/, 25, 3, pp. 48–52, Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson), EBSCO/host/, viewed 21 January 2018