Riverside Community Health Project - Hooky n Proggy

Textiles artists Liz Treadway and Sally Dhanis worked with 14 women over 7 weeks.  The women were a mixed group with half classing themselves as ‘Geordies’ and the other half from various other countries including Libya, Iran and Afghanistan.  The idea for this project was to use a very traditional English art form of Hooky and Proggy to create a shared piece of work exploring cultural identity and stereotyping. The final piece is large scale textiles piece which represents the women on the project and will be displayed in the centre.