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Articulation in Toronto

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I really enjoyed my visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario.  It was quite a rabbit warren of different rooms but the diversity of its collection was quite amazing.  Luckily the exhibition about Frida Kahlo and  Diego Rivera was going on. The exhibition had over 80 paintings and 60 photographs and it was interesting to compare their artwork, the first time I believe that they have been shown together. Theirs was a passionate relationship wrapped up in revolution and betrayal. They divorced at one time over Diego's affair with Frida's sister, but they remarried again.  It was so interesting to see the work they were doing during the same time period with their similarities and differences. I spent quite a long time in the area containing the Group of Seven work.  It was wonderful to be able to get up really close to the work without barriers in the way.  You could see the texture of the paint and the way it was applied.  The Group of Seven were really prolific when you think of

Articulation at the ROM

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During Articulation's visit to Toronto this November the members spent many hours at the Royal Ontario Museum. One of the delights was getting up close to El Anatsui's Straying Continents. A metal tapestry commissioned by the ROM in 2010. El Anatsui continues to use his signature flattened  liquor bottle tops but this work has large areas of the tops cut into lengths twisted together. As a result this work is more likely than his others to alter it's shape while hanging on the wall. 

BRIDGING WATERS exhibit in UK

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Our co-exhibitors The Material Girls have been getting lots of press with our show. Here is a wonderful article published in WORKBOX magazine about the exhibit...

June in London!

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Show #2 in the United Kingdom is coming up. Next weekend features a textile event in Horndon on the Hill, Essex . Their poster for the event... This is the continuation of the a joint venture between Articulation (Canadian textile group) and Material Girls (UK textile group) upon iconic waterways in their respective countries - the Bay of Fundy in Canada, and the River Thames in England. This show will travel the UK in 2012 and move to various locations across Canada in 2013 and 2014.

WOMEN OF FIBRE at the Whyte Museum

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The WOMEN OF FIBRE exhibit at the Whyte Museum opened on November 26 and continues until January 29th in Banff, Alberta. Write ups and photographs from the opening can be found on Lesley Turner and Donna Clement 's blogs. Click on their names for the links to the sites. Here is photo of the six particpating artists who were in town for the opening event:

Art Chat

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Our main focus was the Fundy shore line but a couple times we travelled in land. An afternoon in Fredericton seem to spark some conversation on the street. Gloria, Lesley, Leanne, & Donna

Cape de Or - NS

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We decided to take a side trip off the beaten path to spend a few hours at Cape de Or. It was picture perfect and the winds were amazing.