The Surface Design Association’s 2019 biennial conference, Beyond the Surface, was in St Louis, Missouri. It was held in conjunction with the Innovations in Textiles 2019 a three-month-long event held every four years. With 43 participating venues and a large number of other museums and other historic buildings in the St Louis area, SDA members attending […]
Read More...During the Vancouver Island Surface Design Association (VISDA) ‘Pathways’ exhibition in the Portals Gallery, Duncan, a member sat in the gallery each day. When it was my turn to sit with the exhibition I had a lovely day. When I wasn’t talking to visitors I had time to look at every work, then I had knitting […]
Read More...Eco-Threads is a juried exhibition put on jointly by Vancouver Island Surface Design Association and the Coast Collective in Colwood, on from June 28 to July 9, 2017. There will be an artists’ reception from 3 to 5 pm followed by a themed fashion show from 7 to 9:30 pm. All of the work juried into the […]
Read More...The annual Vancouver Island Surface Design Association Currents Threads exhibition will open on April 15 and run until April 30, 2017. This year the group is returning to the Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery, Ladysmith. All of the work will have been completed in the last 3 years and has not been shown in any Current Threads exhibition before. […]
Read More...Judi MacLeod ‘White Lady,’ white linen, manipulated white cotton, hand and machine stitched Judi led the this year’s Current Threads exhibition committee. She led the hanging and compiled the artist statement binder among many other tasks. A close up of ‘White Lady’ because my poor photography didn’t really show any of the texture. Committee member Sarah McLaren […]
Read More...Laura Feeleus ‘Heartfelt’ VISDA’s annual exhibition is on at CACSP’s Tulista Gallery in Sidney. Works by Lori Mudrie, Terry Phillips, Donna-Fay Digance The exhibition is on until Sunday 4:00 pm July 31st. Works by Barb McCaffery, Margie Preninger There will be an Artists’ Reception on Saturday 2 to 4 pm July 23rd. Works by Bryony […]
Read More...Gathering Day 3 – Sunday, April 3, 2016 After meeting over breakfast in the hotel Gatherers took in hand their specially marked-up maps and a sources list highlighting art, textile and fibre shops; gardens in full spring bloom; art galleries and nearby eating establishments and headed off on self-guided tours of the area. Some had booked a […]
Read More...Eleanor Hannan website – eleanorhannan.com/ Jean Cockburn Blog – whenyouloveblue.blogspot.com Jennifer Love email – jenniferannelove@hotmail.com Judi McLeod website – www.gobc.ca/victoria-travel/judi-macleod_1033 Judi was the official photographer of the Gathering. She did a fabulous job capturing the atmosphere and the action of every event. Thanks, Judi. Katie Stein Sather Blog – quiltingmylife.blogspot.ca/ Lily Thorne Patt Wilson Bryony Dunsmore […]
Read More...Lesley Turner website – lesleyturnerart.com Shamina Senaratne website – shamina.info/ Terry Phillips website – terryphillipsartist.com/ Connie Chapman website – constancechapman.weebly.com/ Deborah Dumka website – deborahdumka.ca/ Donna-Fay Digance website – donnafaydigance.com/ Judy Alexander website – judyalexander.ca/ Laura Feeleus website – laurafeeleus.ca/ To find out more about any of the works visit the ‘Edge of the Forest’ […]
Read More...After Kerry Mason’s talk, there was time for a quick lunch at the Habitat Cafe on the Royal Roads University campus before walking across the road to the edge of the forest. Gaia College instructor, ecological landscape designer and consultant, Manon Tremblay (centre) took the first group upstream for their walk in the forest. She […]
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