The aim of this special exhibition, shown for the duration of the festival at Electro Studios, was to showcase local artists’ reactions to their own personal grief. These were depicted in textiles, paint, ceramics, mosaics and text, all strong enough to open up conversations. Erica Smith’s Aids Day quilt was there (see Hastings Independent 292, link below) and it was good to see it again, but also a smaller work by her – a partial quilt made in …
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