Articulation Textile Group

Our summer days in Manitoba are treasured. We look forward to that hint of lime in frozen slews in the spring that herald warmer weather and our getting out into the great outdoors. Eventually, the snowbanks recede and the hardiest of perennials make their way to the light. The robins follow and then every natural process miraculously accelerates. It truly seems like we wait forever and before we know it summer is here, then almost gone. Manitoba's Inland Ocean in the Interlake, Lake Winnipeg at Ponemah. Already at the lake, the days are getting shorter and the shadows a little longer. Soon we might even be able to get up for the sunrise without an alarm. Temperatures are increasing their span and mornings are notably cooler. Nothing any Canadian can't handle but definitely, that hint of a changing season is in the air. These lovelies have already turned their faces from the sun, could they be articulating a new definition for sunscreen?   My travels in the Interl...

(L) Leann Clifford, Vickie Newington, Ingrid Lincoln, Donna Clement, Lesley Turner at the Canadian Quilters' Association biennial conference. View of 2 of the 6 booths Articulation filled with several bodies of work. 2 more booths of work. Wendy Klotz, Rain Forest, 'Old Growth', 'Clear Cut', 'Rebirth', each 24" x 30"

ARTICULATION is one of the guest artists invited to show at the Canadian Quilters' Association (CQA) conference being held at the Telus Convention Centre in downtown Calgary from April 28th through May 1st. We have over 200 feet of exhibition space that we are filling with the theme of Canadian landscapes. Our artist statement reads: “Ess-scape” – A Flight From Confinement Shedding the threaded bonds of traditional textile art, Articulation presents a collection of work by female artists who have studied issues and landscapes of Western Canadian mountain, rain forest, and urban regions. They break new ground while portraying the essence of the history, culture, and surroundings that the Rockies inspire. The BC rain forest communicates its own unique story while the architecture from man-made structures provides a different frame of reference for study and outlook. The suffix for ‘female’ is ‘-ess’ and by using it as a prefix, Articulation sets the tone for an exhibit that cel...