Residencies 2014, Artist in Residence, National Trust , East Hall,

Grants & awards 2017 Selectors Prize for Innovation, Platform Gallery 2016, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Travelling fellowship enabling visits to France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and US to study “Exploring early European tapestries and their relevance to contemporary practice” 2014, Eaton Fund, for the purchase of a large George Maxwell tapestry loom 2014, Weavers Bazaar, provided frame looms for children’s activities during National Trust residency Professional 2014-current, Trustee, Heritage Crafts Association Experience 2013-2015, Weaving Features Editor, Journal for Weavers, Spinners & Dyers 2013-2016, Features Writer, UK Handmade Magazine 2013-2014, Advisory Board, Stroud International Textiles Collections National Trust (Maides Coign, 2014) Directories & Crafts Council Directory Memberships Full member, Society of Designer Craftsmen

Selected 2018 Solo Exhibition, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancs Exhibitions and 2017 Arts Christmas Exhibition, Skipton, North Yorkshire Juried Events 2017 Arts Trail, Manor House, Ilkley, West Yorkshire 2017 Open, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford 2017 1in4 Art Exhibition, , , West Yorkshire 2015, 2017 Lancashire and Yorkshire Craft Open, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancs 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Saltaire Arts Trail, Open Houses, Saltaire, West Yorkshire 2016 Summer Show: Weave, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff 2015, 2016 Art in the Pen, Skipton, West Yorkshire 2012, 2013 Saltaire Festival Makers Fair, Saltaire, West Yorkshire Past & Present Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancashire Stockists Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire Hawksbys, , West Yorkshire The Heart Gallery, , West Yorkshire Publications Freeth, Chrissie “Maides Coign” Journal for Weavers Spinners and Dyers, Spring 2015 pp 8-9 Yashue, Mich “Meet: Chrissie Freeth” UK Handmade Magazine, Winter 2014 pp 84-93 Dale, Sharon “Homespun Charms”, Yorkshire Post Magazine, 27 April 2013 pp 37-40 Behrens, Lorain, “Chrissie Freeth” How Do?!, August 2012 Issue 8 pp 37 Various appearances and mentions in local and national press including the Yorkshire Post and the Guardian Education , PhD Biocultural Anthropology, 1999 (Specific interest in archaeological textiles, had previously worked in textile-related museum) University of Bradford, BSc (Hons) Archaeology, 1996 Since graduating I held a number of roles in the archaeology department at Bradford including administrative, lecturing, course management and for over a decade I was an honorary research fellow. Links Website: chrissiefreeth.wix.com/weaver Blog: www.dizziebhooked.wordpress.com