STRIKING contemporary textile designs will be on display at an exhibition.

Called Touch, the exhibition showcases final project work by textile design students at the Cleveland College of Art and Design's Hartlepool campus.

Fabrics, furnishing prints, interior accessories, gifts, card and product designs are featured in the exhibition, which is at Hartlepool Art Gallery, in the town's Church Square, until Thursday.

Claire Munroe, of Hartlepool Borough Council's arts and museums service, said: "We are proud and delighted to host this exhibition. These inspiring young designers have had work exhibited at important trade fairs and have sold work to companies in New York, Japan, Paris, London and in Germany."

Admission to the gallery is free.

It is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5.30pm, and from 2pm to 5pm on Sundays. It is closed on Mondays.

Published: 15/06/2004