The event, titled Visionaries of 20th-Century Textile Design: A Yorkshire Textile Renaissance, will take place on September 9 at 11am at Appleby Public Hall and will open the new season of lectures for The Arts Society Appleby-in-Westmorland. (Image: The Arts Society Appleby-in-Westmorland)Mr Gray is a respected curator, archivist, and lecturer who regularly presents in the UK and the US. (Image: The Arts Society Appleby-in-Westmorland)The September 9 lecture is open to all, not just Arts Society members. The Arts Society Appleby-in-Westmorland is part of a wider network of 360 societies across the UK and Europe. The society meets at Appleby Public Hall at 11am on the second Wednesday of each month, except during its summer break in June, July, and August.