This week Donna Clement & I travelled to Edmonton to take down Articulation’s exhibit of Winnipeg inspired work that has hung in the University of Alberta Hospital McMullen Gallery for the past couple of months. This a bag made by Miriam Levi Birkenthal that was a late entry to the exhibition because the courier person […]
Read More...This is Articulation member Wendy Klotz’s work in the Urban Textures exhibition in the University of Alberta Hospital McMullen Gallery. ‘Winterized Winnipeg, Saint Boniface, Confederation Life, and The Kelly Building’ ‘The Gates’ Puzzle’This work really suffers from my photography because it is made from silk that shimmers and looks so alive with lots of optical […]
Read More...These are the 3 works Leann Clifford put into Articulation’s ‘Urban Textures’ exhibition currently hanging in the McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton.
Read More...Donna and I drove up to Edmonton yesterday for our 2nd workshop in the McMullen Gallery. We encouraged those who came into the gallery to sit down for a while to play with some design methods: doodling within a divided basic shape & notan (dark & light) – a Japanese based exercise where one uses […]
Read More...Gloria’s ‘Ashlar’ is a response to the first Ford garage in Winnipeg. This image doesn’t show the detail but there is a lot of hand stitching in the Kantha style. There are 3 very different textile techniques in these works by Gloria. Just click on her name to the right to go to her website […]
Read More...More close-up views of works in Articulation’s Urban Textures exhibition in the McMullen Gallery, Edmonton.This is work by Linda Mackay. Linda Mackay focused on telling narratives with the facades of Winnipeg’s historic buildings. She dyed, screen printed and quilted.
Read More...This is the 3rd work in Ingrid’s ‘Facade’ series. Ingrid’s ‘River City’ ‘The opening of Urban Textures Ron drove up from Calgary for the opening & to pick up Katherine who had written her last exam that morning.
Read More...These paired works, ‘Night’ and ‘And Day’, began as white cloth dyed through deconstructed screens. Multiple layers of techniques were used to build up the resulting depth of marks and texture. 2 works in her ‘Facade’ series.As a long time Winnipegian, Ingrid has an intimate understanding of her city.
Read More...‘Motif de Fleur’ ‘Lilies’ The Urban Textures theme also included flowers because when we were in Winnipeg for our study week we spent time looking at gardens, particularly the impressive botanical gardens. That was when I saw magnificent hydrangeas, which brought back my childhood memories and I made the Nana’s Garden series in response. Donna […]
Read More...‘Alley’ ‘Stacked’ Vickie Newington`s artist statement and work. The 2 organisations that support the gallery.
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