Articulation Textile Group

(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

One day Donna, Lesley and Ingrid did a side trip to Shutz Falls, just west of Duncan. where we sat in the forest, amidst the greenery, and sketched... And another day was a trip to see the old-growth Douglas Fir forest in "Cathedral Grove" in the MacMillan Provincial Park along the Pacific Rim Highway heading west towards Tofino with Donna, Lesley and ReBecca... where we discovered fungi of many different types. But first we drove further north and pulled in off the highway and again wandered deep into the forest to sit and sketch. And then back to wander through the posted informational signs in Cathedral Grove .

We are all busy working on new pieces for the March 2010 show in Victoria, BC based upon the rain forest which covers Vancouver Island. In September of 2007 the group gathered in Duncan, BC as a base out of which trips were made around the Island. From Goldstream Park... to Victoria's Chinatown where we visited a Chinese Temple... orientation - L to R: Gloria Daly, Linda McKay, Vickie Newington, Lesley Turner, Miriam Birkenthal, Ingrid Lincoln, Leann Clifford, Wendy Klotz (Donna Clement taking the photo) and bought strange and wondrous fruits in the market to taste test later that evening at a BBQ put on by our host Gloria... This was all in our first day on the Island!

Here are some more gallery shots of our work hanging in the Mennonite Cultural Heritage Gallery in Winnipeg. The exhibition is on until November 14, 2009. If you can get out to see it, let us know what you think by adding a comment to this blog. Over the next few weeks we will be adding close-up images of the works. If you sign in as a Follower of this blog you will automatically be notified when new works are posted without having to search for our blog each time.