Things are lining up for our two weeks in the mountains - starting a new study that, at the moment, includes the physical history of the Rockies (including geology, geography, forests - problems and diseases, flora and fauna) and the social history of the Rockies (including mountain culture, exploration, national park management and tourism, and the history of women in the Rockies.)
We are confirming speakers and are lucky to have lined up natural-historian Ben Gadd of Jasper, Tara Moran from U of C on glaciers, and Dr. Jennifer Salahud of ACAD among others. Excitement is certainly building to get out there and immerse ourselves in mountain culture.
March 11, 2008
March 08, 2008
Castles Of The Rockies
Based upon the photograph below that I took of the Banff Springs Hotel, this is a stitched piece that I am currently making for my upcoming exhibition at the McMullen Gallery in Edmonton on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Canada.
This exhibition runs April 19th to June 15th with an artist reception on April 24th that I will be attending. This could be called mixed media, but I prefer 'contemporary embroidery'.
March 03, 2008
Self Directed Residency, Banff Centre
Getting excited about Articulation's upcoming Artist Residency at the Leighton Studios in the Alberta Rocky Mountains, and the Banff Centre. The fibre art group Articulation is starting a new study session based upon women and the mountains - this will be called WOMEN ROCK. We are going to be there from March 22 through April 4th to start our design work for this study. This will be an ongoing study with us returning to our studios and working throughout 2008, and we hope to return in 2009 for another session at the Banff Centre.
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