Terroir

Looking for a book for your coffee table?
Interested in what is going on in art in Nova Scotia?
Do you like Judy?
She is in this lovely catalog along with some very fine artists in Nova Scotia.
JUDY IS DOING A HAPPY DANCE

https://shop.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/…/terroir-a-nova-sco…

Judy couldn't find the star so she improvised.

                                                   Just have to do the finishing!

Working on..."Judy couldn't find the star for the tree so she improvised".

Visual Voice Fine Art

I will have three smallish rugs in this show at Visual Voice Fine Art in Truro.
And...I have some lovely rugs at Harvest Gallery in Wolfville.
And....I have a couple at the Designer Craft Shop in Halifax.
And...I am afraid I won't be doing the Designer Christmas Show at the Cunard Centre this year as I am busy getting ready for a show that is happening in Newfoundland in the summer.
RUGS...RUGS...RUGS.

Fiber Art Now

Fiber Art Now was kind and posted a recent rug of mine on their facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/FiberArtNow/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

Trump won.

On the floor colour sorting sari-ribbon

This seems like a good way to spend my morning..colour sorting sari-ribbon.
I have been meaning to do it for awhile.
But, it's hard for me to leave rug making.

Family Fun Day at AGNS

Tomorrow!

https://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/events-programs/family-sunday-terroir-make-your-mark

Rugs off to Harvest Gallery.

These fellas will be making their way to Harvest Gallery tomorrow...if you see something you fancy, please get in touch with Simone or Lynda...thanks!

http://www.harvestgallery.ca/

Reminder....Talk at AGNS

https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryNS/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

Home Economics: 150 Years of Canadian Rug Hooking

I went to the curator's talk yesterday...dragging my two children as Dad was away for a conference. They loaded up at the snack table and were very happy and I got out my notebook and took notes as fast as I could as Roxanne spoke.

Roxane Shaughnessy, Textile Museum of Canada, gave a great overview of rug hooking...in  Canada..over the last 150 years... from the pioneer days to the cottage industries in Grenfell and Cheticamp to the contemporary rugs.
  
There were a couple of things that she said that will probably show up in a rug or two:
unknown makers...cottage industries rising from the constant economic crisis in the East...matting season...Gagetown Hookers..and Florence Ryder.

There was a time for questions at the end of the talk and I asked Roxane, "There is a big debate in the rug hooking world as to whether rug hooking is art or craft and what do you think...is rug hooking art or craft?".... Roxane answered..."art"... and she very cleverly didn't elaborate.

After the talk, I took a peak around and spent most of the time on the top floor where the contemporary rugs were located. These rugs caught my attention as I felt the artists were trying to tell me something and I wanted to take the time and figure out what they had to say.

It was interesting for me to see where I fit in with the history and I am quite happy to be carrying on the tradition...I have no choice really.



The show is on till Nov 6th at the MSVU Art Gallery in Bedford, NS.

Roxane Shaughnessy

Yvonne Mullock with Mary Francis

Deanne Fitzpatrick

Joanne Close, Barabara Klunder, Nancy Edell

Hanna Epstein

Home Economics: MSVU Art Gallery

Tomorrow!

REMINDER: this Saturday, 24 September at 2pm
Visiting Curator’s Talk
In conjunction with the exhibition Home Economics: 150 Years of Canadian Hooked Rugs, Roxane Shaughnessy, Curator at the Textile Museum of Canada, will speak about hooked rugs and the cottage industry over the last 150 years in Canada.

Refreshments will be served.

https://www.facebook.com/MSVUArtGallery/?pnref=story

Artist Talk

https://artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/events-programs/terroir-talk-artists-laura-kenney-steven-rhude