This Week has 10 days Oct 28 - November 7 2010



Champaign by artist designer Kate Jenkins repesented by the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery from England [photo: joe lewis]

 Last year it was Champaign and Caviar to remind us of the "High Life" in 2008 it was sardines, cigarettes and a blue plate special. or at least that was the beaded and crocheted work by British designer and textile artist Kate Jenkins was showing at the Rebecca Hassack Gallery. One of my favourite Galleries that comes to the TIAF.

Thursday October 28th 2010 in Toronto is a very busy day with the 11th Art Toronto [TIAF 2010] opening at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street West North Building, Exhibit Hall A and B with its now annual benefit for the Art Gallery of Ontario kicking of the event 6:30-10:00 pm.

TIAF October 28 - November 1

to see some images from this years art fair see this facebook album
TIAF October 28, 2010

Notes on the Art Writing and Publishing market place

It has become a growing concern for me as a publisher trying to find writers who specialize in textile in terms of research, reviewing of contemporary or historic material, and as a writer looking beyond the limited number of publications dealing with Textiles ranging from the newsstand available Fibrearts and Selvedge Associational publications like Textile Forum from the European Textile Network and Surface Design from the Surface Design Association which have a general subscription outside or membership  membership only publications like Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, from the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. Specialized academic publications like Textile History from The Pasold Research Fund which has been publishing for over 40 years. The more specialized the publication the higher the price is to get it and there is an assumption of obscurity. Does anybody really want to read about The East Anglian Linen Industry. Rural industry and local economy, 1500-1850. [ actually today i started to read "The Linen Trade of Europe" by John Horner published in 1920 in Belfast by the Linen Hall Press at the Textile Museum's library so i for one would say yes to reading about the East Anglian Linen Industry By Nesta Evans in published by The Pasold Research Fund in 1985.]

 Then there are the interesting on-line experiments like Clothes line the on-line Journal of Costume which i just found today and of course there is John Hoppers "the Textile Blog" which I think is exceptional.

What this means is there is a market place for textile writing unfortunately every one is currently suffering financially and the institutional subscriber such as Museums and universities are not renewing subscriptions, printing cost are prohibitive and the Internet has become a new delivery system. Traditional publishers are losing their market share and we are losing places to publish and things to read. So who do you write for and do you subscribe to these publications. When a write ask me "How much do you pay" as a first response to a request for an article I realize my answer has to be "do you have a subscription to fibreQUARTERLY?"

I am just asking are we digging our own grave rather then watering a garden that will continue to nourish us? Or to put it terms of being a maker: Do you buy other peoples work? 

And now back to events in and around Toronto

Lois Schklar, Familiar Territory: Pathways opens Thursday October 28th, from 7-10 at The Department 13 89 Dundas St West, Toronto

http://www.thedepartment.ca/index.html

Lois Schklar is organizing a show for March 2011: Thirty Years of Dolls, will trace the journey of her doll making through the display of 30-40 dolls, early work from 1979-1986 and mid career work from 1991-2003. Half of the work in the exhibition gallery will be on loan from collectors and the rest from her own inventory. 

MADE presents:


A display of Bev Hisey's work at "FABRICation - Studio Production Textiles for Interiors"
August 24 - October 24, 2010. Cambridge Galleries; Design at Riverside 

 

OP: Hand Tufted Carpets by Bev Hisey
Wed, Oct 27, 2010 - Mon, Feb 28, 2011 
Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street West,
Toronto, Ontario 


Opening October 28th 9:30 - 11:00

An exhibition of hand tufted carpets by Bev Hisey in the Gladstone Cafe.
Since 2002 Bev Hisey's work is been in MADE Canadian Design "Radiant Dark" exhibitions presented during the what is now the Toronto International Design Festival for the past few winters.Her work is available through Made and other outlets across north America. visit her website http://www.bevhisey.com/

Dirty Dishes - Influenza  by Bev Hisey 4o" diameter 100% wool. Canvas
Made presents Radiant Dark 09 Elegant Corruptions

Notes for writing about Carpets:

The obvious market for stories on designers and interior design objects is the large number of popular interior design magazines which go from "How to" shopping driven publications like Canadian House and Home, or "in the know" design shopping magazines like Azure. Then there are more obscure academic journals, but because Bev Hisey is a designer of Contemporary Carpets  Hali Modern:Carpets and Textiles for Interiors  would be a good choice. 

Hali (the name means carpet in Turkish) " is the glue that holds the international rug and textile art market together. Described as "the benchmark against which all other art publications measure their quality", HALI is an international quarterly magazine of exceptional style, brimming with information. It is essential reading for the amateur and the connoisseur alike"

Hali Modern which they have published since 2005 is for a consumer of contemporary design. 

Hali Modern " Wider appreciation and the increased involvement of top-tier designers has taken contemporary design rugs to a new level. We look at the innovative collaborations and commissions that are changing the face of the industry"

Kai Chan: A Spider's Logic part two opens at the Textile Museum of Canada on Nov 7

Two Islands and a River, Kia Chan, 2010 Silk Thread, 234 X 333 X 5 cm, this piece is on display at the  Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery of Markham [photo by Joe Lewis]

Kai Chan: A Spider's Logic

Nov 7, 2010 - May 1, 2011
Textile Museum of Canada
55 Centre Avenue Toronto, Ontario

(Dundas St. W & University Ave., St. Patrick subway)

A 35-year retrospective at the Textile Museum of Canada from November 7, 2010 - May 1, 2011 and the Varley Art Gallery of Markham from September 26, 2010 - January 30, 2011. http://www.varleygallery.ca/

That concludes my round up for the next 10 days but November is just beginning and we have Hard Twist and Piece Work at the Gladstone to look forward to and the Christmas One of a Kind.

Hard Twist 5: Chorma
Nov 26, 2010 to Jan 30, 2011
The Gladstone Hotel

Nov 26, 2010 to Jan 30, 2011

The Gladstone Hotel’s 5th Annual Juried Textile Exhibition, held in the 3rd and 4th floor Galleries, opens on Friday November 26, 2010 – 6pm-10pm .
Year five of this annual juried exhibit is all about colour. Participating artists explore colour symbolism, meaning, relationships and perceptions through textile and fibre-based mediums.

Hard Twist artists present an exceptional palette of works ranging from the monochrome of Angela Iarocci’s subtle scientific exploration Sky Condition that visualizes the climate data of Canada’s urban centres, through American artist Joyce Melander- Dayton’s playful patterned expressions to Amanda McCavour’s intense “super-saturated, super-spiro-scribble decoration that is so bright it’s almost blinding”.

HARD TWIST 5: CHROMA! runs for two full months and is free to the public 12pm-5pm daily in the third and fourth floor public galleries at the Gladstone Hotel

2010 Participants:

Amy Bagshaw, Fiona Bailey, Susan Bidinosti, Monserrat Brandan, Kerry Croghan, Dhashi Farha, Lindsay Fisher, Holly Gabel, Angela Iarocci, Say Ivison, Shuyu Lu, Alanna Lynch, Amanda McCavour, Renata Meirelles, Joyce Melander-Dayton, Melanie Schaffer, Kat Shaughnessy, Mafalda Silva, Marcy Sperry, W Collective, Sarah Waldman-Engel, Jennie Wood

Curators: Helena Frei and Chris Mitchell,

2010 Jurors: Eva Ennist, Shaun Moore, and Julie Nicholson

Heather Goodchild:" hooked"  at hard twist 2009

 You can see images from last years exhibition in my facebook album
november 2009 more textile things to see
 

One Of A Kind

I bought these Susan Harris Spats at the Gladstone during pieceWORK which will be happening again this year during the first weekend of Hard Twist and as always you will find Susan at the One Of A Kind Show

Check out my facebook album from the spring One Of A Kind Show to remind yourself what it is all about 

March 31 2010, One of a Kind , weave in

So if you attend any of these events and post something on a blog, in facebook, or want to write about for me, leave a comment, send a link or just get in touch. This is just what is happening in Toronto, other exhibitions and events are happening across the country.

where do you share your information?

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Nuit Blanche, BMO 1st Art then TSA symposium in Lincoln Nebaraska in one week

From running around Nuit Blanch in Toronto on 2 Oct untill sitting at friends computer in Calgary the day after Thanks Giving (Canadian version) I have seen and heard from makers, educators, museum professionals, artist, artisans, historians and free trade textile traders from around the world.



the dancing feet of the"Textiles and Settlement: from Plains space to Cyber Space"

 "Textiles and Settlement: from Plains space to Cyber Space" the 12th biannual Symposium of the Textile Society of America took place in Lincoln Nebraska October 6-9 2010 and I was there

To have a small climps into what I saw visit my facebook album `` veiws from the 12th TSA Biennial Symposium 2010`

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mean while life in Toronto did go on unobservered by me. here a few of the things I did get to see.

Stage Book (Arabella) by Celine Gorham
New Brunswick College of Craft & Design
Found books, hand embroidered and tea stained cloth, cotton string, button
27.9 x 19 x 21.5 cm; 11 x 7.5 x 8.5 in,

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The 8th annual BMO 1st Art! Exhibition at MOCCA 952 Queen West in Toronto. Deans and instructors of undergraduate certificate, diploma, and degree programs in visual art are invited to select from their graduating classes three students, whose ability and imagination place them 1st among their peers. A distinguished selection committee chooses a national winner and one winner from each eligible province and territory.

This years selection committee consisted of:

Paul Butler, Artist, Director and Curator, The Other Gallery
Wayne Baerwaldt, Director and Curator, Illingworth Kerr Gallery
Marnie Fleming, Curator of Contemporary Art, Oakville Galleries
Jeanie Riddle, Artist and Director, Parisian Laundry

BMO representatives: Gilles Ouellette, President, BMO Private Client Group and Dawn Cain, Curator, BMO Financial Group

The works of art produced by the 2010 winners cover a range of themes in a variety of media including:

*Celine Gorham, winner of New Brunswick is a fibre artist and her award-winning piece is a three dimensional paper and cloth structure made from re-purposed books and embroidered and dyed cloth.

* An autobiographical sculpture of a decaying loaf of bread that symbolizes a difficult childhood

* A digital print that uses whole and fragmented light bulbs to represent success and failure

* An oil painting that features characters and settings to address the themes of irrationality and absurdity

* A prosthetic spine that represents literal and figurative support

* An etching that tells the story of human transformation into animal form

This annual competition has included students working with fibre including these 2009 Winners; Bronwyn Gallagher from New Brunswick College of Craft and Design and Hope Clark from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University

Homage to Monet by Bronwyn Gallagher
New Brunswick College of Craft and Design
Hand painted, hand woven complex weave structure using silk and merino wool
3 pieces, each 60 x 6 in; 152.4 x 15.2 cm

Pink Codfish Doll by Hope Clark
Soft sculpture with detachable parts, fabric, acrylic paint, thread
7.9 x 3.5 x 28 in; 20 x 8.8 x 71.1 cm, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University

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Representing the best of Canada's newest generation of artists, all of the BMO 1st Art! winners’ works will be on public display at MOCCA 952 Queen Street West in Toronto from October 6 - 31, 2010.

The winning pieces can also be viewed on BMO Financial Group’s website at:: http://www2.bmo.com/bmo/files/images/7/1/BMOfirstArt.html

‘Pae White: Material Mutters’ opened at the Power Plant  last firday .  From 9 October, 2010 – 2 January, 2011.

Pae White began creating massive tapestries in 2004, ambitious undertakings that use heavily digitally manipulated photos of crumpled aluminum foil, plumes of smoke and dynamic image collages of collected scraps of image, pattern, colour and text as their content. White’s ambitious commission for The Power Plant is a tapestry entitled Sea Beast, a large-scale image of a found macramé wall hanging. The new piece signals a new visual direction in her work – its source is a woven form, including mussel shells, label and tassels, and involves a three-dimensional scan. The survey ‘Pae White: Material Mutters’ contextualizes Sea Beast with many of White’s past tapestries of epic scale, as well as two video projections and a series of new works on paper, Smoke Studies.

visit the Power Plants web site for more information; http://www.thepowerplant.org/current.html



Kia Chan`s The Tower and its Spirit 1984 wood, thread, cotton organza 234 X 59 X 51 cm and 239 X 56 X 61 cm ( in the collection of the Museum of Civilization CMCC -94_576.1...-2)

 Kai Chan: A Spider's Logic Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery in Markham Ontario is
part one of a retrospective of the 35 year career of Chinese born Canadian based "fibre artist" part 2
opens at the Textile Museum of Canada in November

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and if you wonder what i did the week befor  ``the last week of september 2010, Kai Chan: A Spider's Logic`

My Facebook Photo Diary

Fabric pattern "Genevieve" this piece of cloth is a reissue of a design by  Genevieve Prou in 1938. It is from the Pierre Frey Paris, Textile and Home decor company [photo by Joe lewis, taken during a darken Slide presentation by Patrick Frey at the Textile Museum of Canada]

The evening of Thursday September 16th was a night of French Textile Design History and cutting edge contemporary Canadian Fashion Design in downtown Toronto. Starting of at the Textile Museum of Canada where the Martingrove Collegiate Institute  student exhibition "Fabricating Fear" in Fibre Space as been replaced with exhibition of Tie Dye  by students from the Claude Watson School of the Arts.

Tie dye by a student named Carol from the Claude Weston School of the Arts [photo by joe Lewis]

I was at the Textile Museum to see  Primavera Interior Furnishings presenting  Patrick Frey of Pierre Frey Paris a French Interior Decor and TexTile Design company. billed as "the design event of the season" it was the story of a family business and a history of textile production in France from the time of Louie XIV "the Sun King" .

On the left is a piece of printed textile from the archive which holds over 30,000 "documents" on the right a new yardage based on the historic design. photo by Joe lewis, taken during a darken Slide presentation by Patrick Frey at the Textile Museum of Canada]

The impressive thing that emerged from this presentation was the methods in which they work with freelance designers accessing the archive to create new designs as well as adding to the archive by ... but that is a larger story for another occasion. They need to congratulated on saving a large portion of historic French textiles which are being catalogued by Sophie Rouart. On their Blog which began in June 2005 there is a good mix of event orientated "reportage" along with pieces on different textiles in the archive. Freyquence, the Pierre Frey Blogspot

Diego Marin of Primavera  and Lynda Reeves (who is an Honorary Trustee of the Textile Museum of Canada needs no introduction to fans of Canadian House and Garden Television, etc etc. ) pictured here with Patrick Frey to her left and his son Pierre Frey to her right.[ photo by Joe Lewis ]

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 Please note that Sophie Rouart book " Toile De Jouy" from publishers Citadelle & Mazenod (in French) and the English version "Toile De Jouy: Printed Textiles in the Classic French Style" from Thames & Hudson with text by Melanie Riffel, and Sophie Rouart and photographs by Marc Walter would be a good addition to your library.

If you have seen Sofia Coppal's Marie Antoinette you have see the textiles of Pierre Frey Paris in action

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After the Textile Museum i headed over to Queen Street East for a runway presentation of new fashion by Annie Thompson at Rouge Concept Gallery, 732 Queen Street East, Toronto

This is a close up of the spine on the back of the dress fashion designer Annie Thompson wore at her fashion show at rouge Concept Gallery 

 for more images visit this facebook album
Textiles on a Thursday in mid September Toronto 

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the KnitCambridge exhibit on the Main Street Bridge took place Saturday at 3 p.m. The exhibit will remain until Sept 27

On Saturday, September 11th 2010 in Cambridge Ontario they celebrated contemporary Canadian textile art by opening a unique art installation by Cambridge Centre for the Arts 2010 Artist-in-Residence Sue Sturdy; along with two textile based exhibitions organized by Cambridge Galleries: Fibreworks 2010 at Queen's Square and FABRICation! 

Cambridge Centre for the Arts 2010 Artist-in-Residence Sue Sturdy

Yvonne Wakabayashi, Pina fibre seaforms (set of 2) on exhibit in fibreworks 2010 at Queen's Square Gallery in Cambridge

Laura Friedland Design and Moose Mountain Company from Vancouver, British Columbia. is part of FABRICation: Studio Production Textiles for Interiors, August 24 - October 24, 2010, Cambridge Galleries Design at Riverside.[photo by Joe lewis]

 Fibreworks | FABRICcation | Knit camBRIDGE expect the unexpected Album from the weekend of September 11-12 2010

Well that has been the last seven days in my life, what will the next week bring?

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Lois Schklar: Thirty Years of Dolls .. Can you help with this Retrospective

HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THESE DOLLS? 

I am trying to find dolls from owners whose names I do not have or do not know. You may have bought my work through The Apple Doll, Prime Gallery, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition or other venues in and around Toronto or elsewhere. Or you may know someone who owns one or more of my dolls.
 
I am particularly interested in finding the dolls in the picture above or similar types. It would be helpful for me if you could photograph the work(s) you have and send via email. Even if you are unable to or do not want to loan the work I would like to know where the dolls are. I need to have the information by November 1, 2010.
 
The exhibition, Lois Schklar: Thirty Years of Dolls, will trace the journey of my doll making through the display of 30-40 dolls, early work from 1979-1986 and mid career work from 1991-2003. Half of the work in the exhibition gallery will be on loan from collectors and the rest from my own inventory. The exhibition will be in March 2011.
 
I need to have the dolls for the exhibition by November 14, 2010.


Thank you for your support in this project.

lois.schklar@rogers.com

submitted from Akimbo and Lois Schklar
 

Expect the Unexpected: fQ's Fall Textile Listing

 There is an wonderful world out there along with all the other crap. The mistakes we have made and the hope we place in the next generation to save us may not be misplaced. There is imaginative high school student work on display now and through out the fall that will bring a smile to your face. Or in the case of the grade 10 students from  Toronto's Martingrove Collegiate Institute exhibition "Fabricating Fear" currently on in the Textile Museum of Canada's Fibre Space Gallery, a big belly laugh

"Night Fire" Kartik Dewan, 8cm X 3 cm x 20cm, polyester cloth with synthetic fibre fill [photo: joe lewis]

" My gargoyle is named Night Fire. It has brown eyes and ears. its is wearing black socks and a Buffalo nose, it has whit fur around the nose. Night fire is wearing a Ladybug Back Pack and wears white furry gloves and a colourful hat. I had originally picked these parts to make the teddy a scary looking gargoyle, but my original idea soon morphed into a very cute creature! the viewers will call it " a lovely, fun-loving and optimistic creature". This cute little gargoyle reminds me of a small girl returning home from school carrying an animal looking back pack."

Kartik Dewan

"Untitled freak" Stanislav Ahn, 32 cm High, 16 cm wide, 12cm length , polyester fabric, stuffing, cotton thread, plastic, wire and metal., cat- body, Seal- head and fins, rat - tail, Halloween mask- teeth, baby doll - sound mechanism. [photo: joe lewis]

 " The reason I made this creature the way I did is because I wanted to mix delicate beauty with extreme freakiness. The "cuteness" of the mouse is balanced with some additional features like teeth from a Halloween costume, a scar on the belly of the animal. I've also added a sound mechanism to make this seemingly sweet animal a little bit scary. Pull its hand or its foot to discover the Beauty within."..Stanislav Ahn

Fabricating Fear: grade 10 students from Martin grove Collegiate Institute in Fibre Space Gallery TMC.[photo: joe lewis]

.Not to out done by grade 10 students David Harper's Skin & Bones exhibition along with Lia Cooks Faces and Mazes and Stephnen Schofield's Stuble continue at the Textile Museum of Canada have been held over until October 17th.  Drawing with Scissors: Molas from Kuna Yala curated by Max Allen which open on July 21, 2010 and runs until February 13, 2011.

Last to Win by David R. Harper [photo: joe lewis]

detail of Last to Win. [photo: joe lewis]

There are currently two interesting shows at the Bata Show Museum: BEAUTY, IDENTITY, PRIDE:
Native North American Footwear and SOCKS: Between You and Your Shoes. I dropped in during
"My Accidental Day " (yesterday) stroll along Bloor Street West after seeing “Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art”.The Bata Shoe Museum a place I have never really explored. "Socks: Between You and Your Shoes" and " Beauty, Identity, Pride: Native North American Footwear" are interesting exhibitions.

Probably Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), early 18th century, Batta Shoe Museum Collection P94.81 [photo credit: Joe Lewis]

"Many early 18th century Iroquois moccasins featured gathers along the centre seam of the vamp. These seams are commonly covered with decorative quillwork whose design is echoed in the quillwork on the collars and on the back seams. The tin cones and hair fringe are also typical features of these early moccasins" Bata Museum Didactic

Beauty Identity and Pride has been on exhibit since November 2007 and was to close in 2009 but is still on and needs to be seen. The display is divided into geographic regions, the Iroquois being in the North East area entitled "The Warriors and Harvesters" others are Subarctic, Southeast, the Plains, the Great Basin, and the Southwest regions of North America.

fort Providence Slavey, c. 1987 Bata Shoe Museum Collection S87.81 [photo: joe lewis]

" Moose hair tufting was introduced by Ursuline nuns working in eastern Canada in the 17th century, Slowly it moved west where it  was embraced by the Athapaskans. This decorative technique was revived again in the 1930s and became a technique for many Slavey Women"  Bata Museum Didactic

Stocking Frame shown along with 19th century American Stocking. [Photo: Joe Lewis]

"What could be cosier than slipping into a pair of hand-knit socks? What about pair of warm woven grass socks or shimmery silk ones? For thousands of years, people around the world have sought to separate themselves from their shoes with all manner of socks.  Some are humble, some are splendid but all were created to make us more comfortable as we walk through life." Bata Museum Website

Socks: Between you and your shoes is broken into Nicely Knitted, Sewn Together and Factory Fabricated and with the inclusion of  a Replica of Ötzi man’s shoe, (2002 Dr. Petr Hlavacek,) they present 5,300 years of socks. Ötzi man’s body was found in the Alps in 1991, his body been preserved but so had his clothing, including his shoes and “socks”.

possibly Spanish, 17th century, Bata Museum Collection P96. 101 (knitted) [photo: joe lewis]

 "Knitting was introduced into Europe by the Moors who ruled Spain from the 8th to the 15th centuries. Finely knit silk stockings became a highly desirable Spanish specialty. Queen Elizabeth is said to have declared that she would never again wear linen hose after trying on a pair of Spanish silk stockings. This pair of hand-knit silk stockings is probably Spanish and was made to be worn by a very wealthy child. The stockings were made using silk threads that had been dyed red, which was the most expensive dye in the 17th century. The use of silver and gold gilt thread also suggests that the wearer was well off." Bata Museum Didactic

Yup'ik, late 19th century P01.68 (woven grass) [photo: joe lewis]

 I did take some photos but don't have permission to us them yet so check out the website where the images are better any way. http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/index.html

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Cross Country Check In 

Montreal

Museum of Costume and Textile of Quebec presents Le Musée sort ses Griffes  an off site exhibition on display in the lively passages of the Montreal Eaton Centre with a selection of Quebec Designer's dresses from their collection. This show  featuring  over 35 pieces by Michel Robichaud, Raoul Jean Fouré Marie Saint Pierre, Joseph Helmer,  Marie-Paule Clairette Trudel just to mention some represents fashion from the 1950- 60

Joseph Helmer  Photo credit; Daniel Choiniere.this image is currently used without permission and is from the blog  "Montreal State of Mind" 

Across the rive at the Museum, LA RELÈVE SE RÉVÈLE an exhibition of work created by three young artist:  Eveline Menard - story, Melanie Morin - Textiles & Marie-Claude De Souza - poetry intervention, using the museums collection as a staring place to make new work. This show opened on July 30 and runs until October 17, 2010

Musée du costume et du textile du Québec
349, rue Riverside
Saint-Lambert, QC

Metro Longueuil, then bus no. 6, 13 or 15) or Highway 132, exit 6 Notre-Dame

Found during search 

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Jason W. Fowler Fitzpatrick

DIAGONALE opens their 2010-2011 season with an exhibition of Vancouver artist Jason W. Fowler Fitzpatrick. on September 18th

Jason W. Fowler Fitzpatrick, 557
September 10th to October 9th 2010
Performative intervention : September 10th to September 18th

The projects history comes from time based works that hinge on the transformational quality/potential of sculpture. “557” was first realized in Ontario under the title “Lucy”. After adding a few elements the project went to Calgary and was executed for twelve days, it was after the Calgary exhibition that the title “TNG 557” was implemented. For the exhibition in Montreal the project will be called “557”.

http://www.artdiagonale.org/

Submitted by: Diagonal

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Anna Biro

Text in Textile2
an interactive textile art exhibition
By the artist Anna Biro
From September 15 to October 22, 2010

Opening on September 15 at 5:00 pm

Centre des textiles contemporains de Montréal /
Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles
5800 St-Denis bureau 501
Montréal (Québec)
H2S 3L5
Canada

Visit Ann Biro's website and watch video of this piece  http://www.annabiro.com/

Submitted by: MCCT

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In Western Canada

Regina 

One of 155 crocheted sculptures in Dale Roberts the "Distorts Series" which is part of Thread Bound at the Art Gallery of Regina

Thread Bound
Art Gallery of Regina.
Opening Reception on the 22nd September, 7-9 PM

2420 Elphinstone Street, Regina, SK.

This exhibition features ten artists working in various media that use filament to either make marks, create objects, bind parts or as broader metaphors relating to labour, tradition, domesticity, or confinement.

Exhibition features:  Martha Cole, Christopher Campbell Gardiner, June Jacobs, Leanne Lloyd, Judy McNaughton, Sheila Nourse, from Saskatchewan, Dale Roberts  from Victoria, BC, Karen Tam and Kristina Thornton from Montreal, and Cara Sawka from Halifax, Guest curated by Wendy Peart.

for more information visit the website: www.artgalleryofregina.ca

Submitted by: Dale Roberts

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Castlegar

final chapter of Maggie Tchir and Kathleen Hill's installation, COSMIC HOUSE - POINT OF RETURN,

at the Opening on Friday September 17 at 7pm at the Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar across from the airport.

On Saturday September 18 they shall be giving a talk and a walk-about through the installation at 1 pm.

Through discussion, images and a 'walk-about' through the installation, Cosmic House - Point of Return, artists, Maggie Tchir and Kathleen Hill will discuss their collaborative creative process. They will address how the subject matter of their installation has affected both their own personal and professional lives and daily practices. The talk will begin at 1 pm at the Kootenay Gallery on Saturday September 18.

Submitted by: Maggie  Tchir

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Vancouver 

WRAPPED: An Exhibition of Kimono Inspired Garments 
 Jenefer Pleadwell - Jessica de Hass
September 9 - October 17.
Craft Council of BC Gallery at Crafthouse
1386 Cartwright st. Granville Island, VAncouver, BC.

Opening reception Sept. 9 6-8 pm. 

There will also be an artist talk on Sept 30 at 7pm.

Submitted by: Jessica de- Hass

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Ontario

ONE DAY… THREE OPENINGS! 

On Saturday, September 11th from 2-5 pm in Cambridge as we celebrate contemporary Canadian textile art by opening a unique art installation by Cambridge Centre for the Arts 2010 Artist-in-Residence Sue Sturdy; along with two textile based exhibitions organized by Cambridge Galleries. 

OPENING COMMENTS will take place on the Main Street Bridge at 3:00 pm.

RECEPTIONS to follow at Cambridge Galleries, Queen’s Square and Design at Riverside

  

Sylvia Kind,: detail of "9 impossibly small sweaters", 2007, Knit wool, zippers, buttons, Various dimensions.
Purchased by the Cambridge Galleries for their permanent collection.
to see more photos from fibreworks 2008 see my facebook album 

Fibreworks 2010

September 11-October 31, 2010
Jurors: Catherine Heard and David H. Kaye

Canadian artists from coast to coast participate in this juried competition, now in its 13th edition. The competition honours the community's rich textile manufacturing history and provides a showcase for the extraordinary work carried out by Canadian artists working in the fibre medium. This year's jurors, Catherine Heard and David H. Kaye, have selected works that truly represent the diversity and ingenuity of these artists.

ARTISTS IN THE 2010 EXHIBITION:

Sarah Alford, Maria Chronopoulos, Lyne Girard; Ann Marie Hadcock, Noelle Hamlyn, Kate Hampel,
Eleanor Hannan,  Cynthia Jackson, Sayward Johnson, Svava Juliusson, Valerie Knapp, Tracey Lawko.
Shuyu Lu, Sarah Maloney,  Judy Martin, Nancy Anne McPhee, Heidi Overhill,  Matthew Peddie & Alan Wilson.
Meghan Price ,  Elizabeth Roy, Angela Silver. Ilona Staples,  Kelly Thompson,  Laura Vickerson,
Yvonne Wakabayashi,  Meichen Waxer and  Anna Wieselgren

fibreworks 2010 artist Noelle Hamlyn: with embroidered jacket, made of tea bags. which won FIBRE - BEST OF CATEGORY at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, The Best of the TOAE 2009 exhibition at the First Canadian Place Gallery [photo: joe lewis]

FABRICation

August 24-October 24, 2010
Curated by Esther E. Shipman

This exhibition features the work of established and highly regarded textile designer-entrepreneurs from across Canada, whose work bridges the worlds of art and commercial fabrication. Each of the studios in the exhibition is represented by several examples of their work, providing an opportunity for a closer look into their individual design styles, products and collections.

ArchiTextiles lab | http://ccti.nscad.ca/textiles.php
Armstrong Fox Textiles | www.armstrongtextiles.ca
Monique Beauregard & Robert Lamarre/Seri+ | www.designtextile.qc.ca
Laura Friedland Design/Moose Mountain | http://laurafriedland.com
Bev Hisey | http://bevhisey.com
Institute of Everyday Life | www.ofeverydaylife.com
Virginia Johnson | www.virginiajohnson.com
Arounna Khounnoraj/bookhou | www.bookhou.com
MOTIF Textile (Marie-Hélène Langevin) | www.motiftextile.com
Joy Walker/WORKtextiles | www.joynwalker.com
Kathryn Walter FELT Studio | http://feltstudio.com
Lily Yung | www.lilyyung.com

"Blue Gold", a hand knotted carpet, Wool Topography with Silk Rivers 72" X 108 " designed by Bev Hisey and hand made by a "Rug Mart" certified maker. the tile of this rug is inspired by Maude Barlow's book " Blue Gold; The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Waters" written with Tony Clark and published in Canada by McClelland and StewartMADE's Radiant Dark 2010 photographed at - Assets & Values-an exhibition of modern Canadian Design 199 Bay street, Commerce Court west Ground floor lobby, Jan 20-24 2010 [photo: joe lewis]

Arounna Khounnoraj (Toronto, ON) "untitled" 2000, Salt and Copper wire.(approx 4' high)
This piece is part of the Cambridge Galleries permanent collection added in 2001
Gift of the Artist [photo: joe lewis]

KNIT camBRIDGE, Through September 26, 2010

Main St. Bridge installation under the direction of Sue Sturdy, Artist-in-Residence, Cambridge Centre for the Arts

More than 1,000 people, ranging in age from 4 to 103 years, have joined together to help cover the Main Street Bridge with creative knitting designs. Contributors come from Cambridge, across the province, North America and throughout the globe as far away as Australia. This colourful public artwork celebrates the rich textile history of the area and the resurgence of knitting as an exciting contemporary art form. Once the bridge installation is over the knitting will be washed and sewn into scarves to be used for a fundraising event on November 25th with all proceeds going towards the Cambridge Self Help Food Bank, YWCA and the Cambridge Arts Guild (Cambridge Centre for the Arts).


For more information about this project, please visit: www.knitcambridge.com

FREE ART BUS: The bus will be departing from the Virginia Johnson Boutique (132 Ossington Avenue, Toronto) at 1 pm. To RSVP for the ART Bus contact 519.621.0460 x127.

Submitted by: Cambridge Galleries

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Almont Ontario

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

September 11th ~ 12th, 2010, 15th Annual Fibrefest

This three day festival features fibre art vendors, demonstrations, a quilt and weaving exhibit, fashion shows, historical reenactments, plays, a textile appraisal fair and much, much more

Agnus Dei, by William C. G. Hodge, 21.5 inches by 30 inches, fabric collage, 2010

Uplift by William C. G. Hodge.
September 10th ~ October 7th, 2010

A joyful visual exploration of the Requiem mass. Specific Requiem Masses by Hector Berlioz, Zbigniew Preisner, and Guiseppe Verdi inspired the three larger works. Reading the text of the mass and particular elements from many favorite Requiem Masses inspires the other works. This exhibition will open as part of Fibrefest and continue through October 7.

Kyrie, by William C. G. Hodge, 14 inches by 18 inches, fabric collage, 2010 [image provided by artist] 

Visit the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum's new website for more information

You can see Uplift on William Hodge's website http://www.armurestudios.ca/ 

Found during regular search. Then I became a member of the museum  so I could get regular updates.

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Markam

Kai Chan: A Spider's Logic
September 26, 2010 - February 2011
The Frederick Horsman Varley Gallery
Curated by Sarah Quinton

The exhibition includes a selection of Kai Chan’s sculptural works, created between 1975 and 2010. The exhibition is in partnership with the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto. it is in two parts with the first section opening in Markham on September 26 at the The Frederick Horsman Varley Gallery  216 Main Street, Unionville (visit their facebook page ) and part two opens at the Textile Museum of Canada, 7 November 2010 to 1 May 2011.

Then the show will tour


View Larger Map for travel details between the Textile Museum in Toronto and the Varley Gallery in Unionville
you can easily travel on Public Transit if you don't drive it takes appropriately 90 minutes from Union Station

Public Programs at the Varley

Exhibition Tour:  with curator Sarah Quinton and artist Kai Chan

Date: Sunday, November 7

Time: 3:30pm-4:30pm

Admission: Free with admission

Panel Discussion: The Complex Practice of Simplicity

Date: Sunday, November 28

Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Fee: $10 members; $15 non-members

A panel discussion of Kai Chan's work with exhibition curator Sarah Quinton, Shannon Anderson (writer curator educator) , Charles Guilbert (Video Artist) and Kai Chan. Moderated by Lynne Milgram.(Professor of Anthropology OCAD University)

Pre-registration required. Contact the Varley at (905) 477-9511.

 There several other events and actives happening around Kai Chan: A Spider's Logic at the Varley in Markham visit their website by clicking on link above for more information


submitted by: Kai Chan

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Coming in October

Carmella Karijo Rother decorated canoe paddles as a fundraiser for WaterCan.

 There are Studio Tours happening across the country this fall as usual, Carmella Karijo Rother who is a past participant of the Chelsea/Wakefield Quebec Studio Tour which is now in its twentieth year and takes place during the first two weekends in October submitted this photo of her decorated paddle.

Current and past artists of the Chelsea/Wakefield Quebec studio tour have decorated canoe paddles as a fundraiser for WaterCan. The proceeds will provide Ugandans with new wells and be matched 3:1 by the Canadian International Development Agency. A selection of paddles, including mine, can be viewed during September at Trailhead in Ottawa. The entire roster of paddles will be on display and for sale during the tour.

Opening Friday October 1, tour days October 2-3, 9-11 www.tourcw.com

No.7 by Carmella Karijo Rother from Numbers series, was featured in the book “500 Art Quilts".
It will be exhibited with the work of other artists in the International Quilt Market & International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. October 30-November 1 and Nov 4-7, www.quilts.com

You can find more about Carmella you can visit her website at http://www.ckrother.com/

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In  advance of El Anatsui exhibition at the ROM the Institute for Contemporary Culture

Walls and Barriers – A Collaborative Project
Canada Court, Level 1
September 25 to October 23, 2010

This fall, the Institute for Contemporary Culture presents Walls and Barriers, a large collaborative art project created by young artists from 20 secondary schools and community agencies across the Greater Toronto Area. The 500+ participants will create an original public art installation in response to the work of internationally renowned African artist, El Anatsui. A solo exhibition of Anatsui's work will be on display at the ROM October 2010 to January 2011.

Inspired by Anatsui’s artistic practice and philosophy, each participant has transformed a 10x12 inch plexiglass panel into an individual artistic reflection on the obstacles they encounter in their own lives. Linked together, the colourful panels form a series of moveable walls, and become part of a larger community project.

Walls and Barriers connects young artists from different backgrounds to stimulate dialogue on the themes of overcoming walls and barriers. It offers them the opportunity to express themselves creatively in a project that will be exhibited at a major cultural institution, and pioneers an unconventional approach to art education.

Curated by Vanessa Barnett and Elena Soní.

El Anatsui’s shimmering mosaic-like patchwork “cloths” made of hammered pieces of metal waste [image provided by the Surface Design Association]

El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa, October 2, 2010 to January 2, 2011

The Institute for Contemporary Culture hosts the North American premiere of El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa, a career retrospective of the internationally renowned artist. Best known for monumental wall sculptures made from discarded bottle tops, Ghanaian-born artist El Anatsui, has transformed often-overlooked and discarded materials into monumental visual statements that reference global, local and personal histories, as well as traditional Ghanaian beliefs.
More Information

Film: Fold, Crumple, Crush: The Art of El Anatsui
Wednesday, November 24, 7pm
Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre
Documentary film on the art and life of El Anatsui, followed by Q&A with director Susan Vogel.

This exhibition is organized by the Museum for African Art, New York, and has been supported, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

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These are just some of the exhibitions and events on the books for this coming fall, The 2010 2011 exhibition season is off to a good start 

they will be seen by many and written about by few.If you see an exhibition that you want to review for fibreQUARTERLY we are always looking so please feel free to contact me at fibre_quarterly@yahoo.com

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