Hello
all! In the coming weeks, I will be participating in two separate
exhibitions as a part of the World of Threads Festival taking place in
Oakville and Toronto. The second exhibition entitled De Rerum Natura (On
the Nature of Things) is at the Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre in
Oakville, with an opening reception on Sunday, Nov 4th. The show will
run from Nov. 2nd - 18th, 2012. If you would like to check it out, but
do not have access to a car, there will be an Art Bus Tour that takes
you from Toronto to Oakville. Please be sure to book your seat on the
bus as soon as possible, as spaces are filling up fast! Enjoy!
Oakville: Nov. 2 - 18, 2012
The Festival has been 3 years in the making and will highlight the work
of nearly 200 artists from 12 countries and 8 Canadian provinces. There
are 11 curators. We will be exhibiting diverse wall and sculptural
pieces and installations in a wide variety of fibre media. We are very
excited about the scope, content and quality of the work that will be
shown. The Festival is organized by dedicated volunteers Dawne Rudman (Festival Chair & Curator) and Gareth Bate (Festival
Curator). Artwork is coming from Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark,
England, France, Germany, Ireland, Peru, Spain, UK and the USA.
The Festival is based in Oakville, Ontario where there are 11 shows. For the first time we’ve expanded into Toronto with 10 shows. Oakville is the site of our 3 Major Festival Exhibitions: De Rerum natura (On The Nature of Things), Memento mori and Quiet Zone. If you don't drive, join us on our Art Bus Tour from Toronto to Oakville. Please note the Toronto Festival opens one week after Oakville. All exhibition dates, times and opening receptions vary. The flagship shows of the Festival are the Common Thread International exhibitions. Multiple curators have created exciting shows based on their own unique interests. We also have Independent Exhibitions who have joined onto the Festival. Use our online Exhibition Pages, Events Calendars, Directions and Maps to plan your visit.
Festival Website | Oakville Exhibitions | Toronto Exhibitions | Oakville Calendar | Toronto Calendar | Directions and Maps | Downloadable Festival Brochure | List of Exhibiting Artists
De rerum natura (On The Nature of Things) is a
highly eccentric exhibition evoking the collection of a mad 18th century
naturalist. All the artwork is dealing with themes of nature, plants
and animals. Curator Gareth Bate has observed that environmental work is
the most dominant theme in contemporary fibre art. This lush and
colourful environment is filled with striking and sometimes bizarre
work. The show features the work of 35 artists from Canada, Denmark,
United Kingdom and USA. They are working in a huge variety of media.
There will be installation, sculpture and 2D work. The title of the
exhibition is based on the ancient Roman poem De rerum natura by Lucretius who's rediscovery was a major inspiration for Renaissance artists.
Gareth is setting up the De rerum natura in opposition to Memento mori
his other exhibition at The Gallery at Sheridan Institute in Oakville.
That exhibition deals with themes of death, mortality and grief. The
work is dark and the polar opposite of life filled work of De rerum natura. All the Memento mori artwork
engages with techniques or the aesthetic of fibre, but none of the work
is actually made of fibre materials. Gareth is exploring the contrast
of fibre/life and artificial materials/death.
Download the 2012 Festival Exhibition Brochure.
Curator: Canada, Ontario, Toronto: Gareth Bate.
Artists
Download the 2012 Festival Exhibition Brochure.
Curator: Canada, Ontario, Toronto: Gareth Bate.
Artists
- Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver: Bettina Matzkuhn, Carlyn Yandle, Manitoba: Winnipeg: Heather Komus, Ingrid Lincoln, New Brunswick: Saint John: Sandra Betts, Ontario: Alliston: Amy Bagshaw, Kingston:
Phillida Hargreaves, Robin Laws Field, Sylvia Naylor, Kitchener: Joanne Young, Mississauga: Pat Hertzberg, Oakville: Sybil Rampen, Ixchel Suarez, Ottawa: Sayward Johnson, Rockwood: Susan Strachan Johnson,Toronto: Lizz Aston, karen darricades, Libby Hague, Jillian MacLachlan, Liz Menard, Leanne Shea Rhem,
Sheila Thompson,Tweed: Marta Mouka, Quebec: Montreal: Soufïa Bensaïd, Emily Jan, Valérie d. Walker, St-Sauveur: Marjolein Dallinga, Saskatchewan: Meacham: June J. Jacobs. - Denmark: Copenhagen: Birgitta Hallberg.
- United Kingdom: Liverpool: Sarah Martin.
- USA: California: San Francisco: Chris Motley, Georgia: Atlanta: Leisa Rich, Massachusetts: Somerville: Jodi Colella, Oregon: Philomath: Laura G. Berman, Virginia: Charlottesville: Lotta Helleberg.
