Tag Archives for mixed media
Fibre Alumni Exhibition at ACAD
Translator The ACAD Fibre Program is pleased to announce a new pop up gallery. The National Gallery of Contemporary Fibre Art will feature work from students, alumni and even objects from historical textile collections. Please join us on Thursday September … Continue reading
Folly: Château Mathieu
Translator Folly: Château Mathieu opens later this month at the Esplanade Art Gallery in Medicine Hat. In the summer of 2009, Alberta artists M.N. Hutchinson, Walter May, Gloria Mok, Greg Payce, Laura Vickerson and visual arts writer/curator Diana Sherlock received … Continue reading
Caroline Schofield | Thread and Pins
Translator Caroline Schofield is an artist living in Ireland. To see more of her work and learn about her recent experiments with thread and pins visit her website.
Featured | Jolie Bird
TranslatorArtist Jolie Bird has a new website. My art practice is grounded in Textiles, a time-honoured medium that requires dexterity, intellect and intuition. Textiles are both visual and tactile in nature; process and materials become intertwined with concept. I am … Continue reading
Michael Brennand Wood at ACAD
Translator The ACAD Fibre Department is very excited to present world renowned visual artist Michael Brennand-Wood to kick-off our new scholastic year. There are two events associated with Michael’s visit: Lecture “Pretty Deadly” Monday, September 12 at 5:30 pm in … Continue reading
Marie-France Cournoyer | Cage. Je pour tu être cage
Translator L’exposition de Marie-France Cournoyer décline dans l’espace plusieurs formats de cages réalisées en fil métallique. Leurs structures tentent de retenir des vêtements, non sans une certaine mollesse. Entre absence et présence, intérieur et extérieur, ce projet revisite la symbolique … Continue reading
Studio Practice | Tracy Sutherland
Translator Parallax is a series of small hand woven baskets, made from a metal frame and wool yarn. These are twined loosely, and placed in a salt solution. The way the salt grows cannot be controlled. I could add other … Continue reading
In Miniature | Mireille Perron + Bill Morton
TranslatorMiniatures by Mireille Perron and Bill Morton on exhibition at the Alberta College of Art & Design March 8 to 17 as part of the Fibre Program’s “Fibre Fortnight” Miniature Show and Silent Auction. More to come…
In Miniature | Barb Sutherland
TranslatorMiniature by Barbara Sutherland on exhibition at the Alberta College of Art & Design March 8 to 17 as part of the Fibre Program’s “Fibre Fortnight” Miniature Show and Silent Auction. More to come…
Studio Practice | Karen Thiessen
TranslatorThe collage series marks a significant shift in my artistic practice. Since 2005 I have been introducing new materials, techniques, and formats into my work. Paper, pixels, and acrylics have been rubbing shoulders with textiles, needles, and thread and the … Continue reading
Studio Practice | Jolie Bird
TranslatorFibre artist Jolie Bird produces large scale, graphic tapestries like this one featuring the artist and songwriter Daniel Johnston. Jolie is interested in the combination of color, pattern and material, and how it can be interwoven with pop culture imagery … Continue reading
Lesley Bricknell | Collaboration
TranslatorI have recently made a collaborative piece of work with another artist entirely through the medium of our respective blogs with no face to face contact! I have long admired Marion Michell’s combination of poetry and objects, often knitted or … Continue reading
Nancy Baker + Oriane Stender | Empire Falls
TranslatorEmpire Falls is a two person exhibition featuring the work of Nancy Baker and Oriane Stender at Flanders Art Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina March 4 to 28, 2010. The cycle of history dictates that where an empire rises, eventually … Continue reading
Benson Avenue Collective: OutOffSide
Translator Benson Avenue Collective is delighted to invite you to the opening reception of the OutOffSide group exhibition, curated by Uros Jelic. A reception will take place at 7pm on Saturday the 7th of November 2009 at the Artscape Wychwood … Continue reading
Oriane Stender’s Dead Soldier Project
Translator Dead Soldier Project, 2002- infinity newspaper, acrylic sealant, ink, thread on paper dimensions variable I started the Dead Soldier Project when the number of US soldiers killed in Afghanistan (and/or Iraq; it’s been so long I can’t even remember) … Continue reading