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An Opportunity To Reflect: Articulation Textile Group in 2019

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I am a 20-year veteran YMCA swimmer who was greeted at the pond this morning with a question. Are you taking any time off over the break to rest? It got me thinking... do I ever really take a moment to take in the enormity of what the past year really was? Do we give ourselves an opportunity to reflect, to even acknowledge all that has taken place? Amanda Onchulenko, 'Reflection,' Connected Heritage , New Iceland Heritage Museum, Gimli MB If you're like me, you are too busy: thinking, planning and doing, figuring out, keeping up or imagining what is next, but my friend made a very good point. To honour my friend's query in this brief season that hangs between Christmas and New Years, I will take this opportunity for a contemplative review of what we as Articulation Textile Group were up to during 2019. Leann Clifford, 'Ripple and Frond,' Forest and Sea and the Place Between , Portals Gallery, Duncan BC Its time to remind ourselves what evolved, what

'WAR: A Personal Response' Exhibition October 16 - November 29, 2018

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Articulation is joining the Sidney Museum in commemorating the 100 year anniversary when the Armistice was signed ending World War I in Europe.  Six Articulation members will each install a body of work exploring their personal war experiences. The Sidney Museum will have many artefacts on display illustrating Canada's involvement in past wars up to today's UN Peace Keepers. The exhibition is in the Sidney Museum, 2423 Beacon Avenue, Sidney BC V8L 1X5.  It opens October 16th and closes November 29, 2018. Artist-led tours are available. Please call Alyssa, Assitant Director, at 250 655 6355 to book a group tour. Articulation visits the war memorial in Weyburn Saskatchewan. Unlike other projects, the individual WAR bodies of work did not come out of a specific annual Study Session. Over the past few years, Articulation members have visited war-related museums and memorial sites whenever they have been together to do research. Each Articulation member