'Forest and Sea and the Place Between' Articulation's Next Exhibition
Articulation Textile group is on the exhibition trail once again. This time we are headed to Portals Gallery, one of the Cowichan Valley Arts Council's galleries.
Find the Portals Gallery in the Island Savings Centre,
2687 James Street, Duncan BC (250) 746 1633
The gallery is open Monday to Friday 11am- 5pm, Saturday noon- 3pm.
It is closed on Sundays and holidays.
Articulation’s exhibition 'Forest and Sea and the Place Between' opens on Tuesday, March 27th at 11am and closes April 18th at 5pm, 2019.
An artist reception will be held Saturday, April 13th from 3-5pm with three of the artists in attendance giving talks. We hope you will join us.
Our days spent searching shorelines for inspiration are long behind us and the revelations we have come to personally have evolved into art expressed in textiles.
Wendy Klotz on Glass Beach, Sidney
The Salish Sea inspired our reverence and interaction. Sidney Spit welcomed us at low tide and we all had the opportunity to breathe in the luxury of salted air and sunshine on our creative journey of discovery. Each of us experienced learning, examining, ruminating and filtering of our thoughts and reflections through our uniquely individual perspectives.
The forest surrounded us in backyards like this one on the Saanich Peninsula. It took us on walks and led us along rugged trails where we roamed, dwarfed by monumental green and hoped the bear patty we recently passed was not a fresh one.
Prairie dwellers among our group may not have been fully prepared for the enormity of the west coast’s timber cathedrals, their extreme verticality and the overwhelming saturation of green.
We have been working the details out across the west as our group has developed their individual ideas, in colour, in fabric, in paint, and in dye. I would not be surprised to see some felt or a quilt and you can definitely expect to see some intricate handwork, all gathered from the same experience yet interpreted and expressed very differently.
Mounting a show is not limited to creating the work. There are many details to follow up on and much head scratching to engage before the doors can open to the public. Members now are busy behind the scenes writing up information documents about their work. Editing, proofing, rewriting and editing some more.
We would love to hear your comments on our commentary once you have seen the show. As an artist, we often face the dilemma of wondering how much information is enough and what is too much. Does the work benefit by context or is it better to leave discovery as an open-ended term for both the creator and the viewer? As I said, there is so much to consider even as we put the finishing touches on our work and package it up to ship out. Stay tuned for our next post as we share some snippets of our process.
Articulation’s exhibition 'Forest and Sea and the Place Between' opens on Tuesday, March 27th at 11am and closes April 18th at 5pm, 2019.
An artist reception will be held Saturday, April 13th from 3-5pm with three of the artists in attendance giving talks. We hope you will join us.
Donna Clement leads an artist tour during the 'WAR: A Personal Response' exhibition in Sidney Museum.
Our days spent searching shorelines for inspiration are long behind us and the revelations we have come to personally have evolved into art expressed in textiles.
The Salish Sea inspired our reverence and interaction. Sidney Spit welcomed us at low tide and we all had the opportunity to breathe in the luxury of salted air and sunshine on our creative journey of discovery. Each of us experienced learning, examining, ruminating and filtering of our thoughts and reflections through our uniquely individual perspectives.
View of Sidney Spit as we started our ferry ride over to the island
The forest surrounded us in backyards like this one on the Saanich Peninsula. It took us on walks and led us along rugged trails where we roamed, dwarfed by monumental green and hoped the bear patty we recently passed was not a fresh one.
We have been working the details out across the west as our group has developed their individual ideas, in colour, in fabric, in paint, and in dye. I would not be surprised to see some felt or a quilt and you can definitely expect to see some intricate handwork, all gathered from the same experience yet interpreted and expressed very differently.
Mounting a show is not limited to creating the work. There are many details to follow up on and much head scratching to engage before the doors can open to the public. Members now are busy behind the scenes writing up information documents about their work. Editing, proofing, rewriting and editing some more.
We would love to hear your comments on our commentary once you have seen the show. As an artist, we often face the dilemma of wondering how much information is enough and what is too much. Does the work benefit by context or is it better to leave discovery as an open-ended term for both the creator and the viewer? As I said, there is so much to consider even as we put the finishing touches on our work and package it up to ship out. Stay tuned for our next post as we share some snippets of our process.
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