About The Group
- Bethany Garner
- Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Committed to supporting the use of fibre as an art form, the blogs you visit here are links to happenings around Ontario and beyond. Use the links to your best advantage and make ART!
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Fibreworks Kingston welcomes LYNNE MORIN for her Lecture evening at St. Lawrence College... please join us!
LYNNE MORIN
Friday, November 7, 2014
Room 12040
St. Lawrence College
in the LINK Corridor, Upper Level, Administrative Wing
7-9 pm
Light Refreshments
Come enjoy Lynne's Trunk Show and Lecture
Several seats still available in our Design Focused Workshop Weekend.
contact: Bethany Garner, FW Coordinator
fibreworkskingston@gmail.com
Monday, October 20, 2014
If you are travelling to Oakville/Burlington for WORLD OF THREADS Festival or live in the area... please visit and enjoy CELEBRATE THE SEVEN...
Another opportunity to share the magic of the 'CONNECTIONS Fibre Artists' Exhibition "Celebrate the Seven" through November in Oakville, ON
JOSHUA CREEK HERITAGE ART CENTRE in Oakville will be featuring the CONNECTIONS Fibre Artists Exhibition "Celebrate the Seven"during the month of November with the Opening November 2, 2014.
Upcoming Exhibition
Celebrate the Seven
October 31 - November 30
Opening Nov 2
Gallery Hours
Tuesday through Sunday
1 pm to 4 pm
or by appointment
Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre
1086 Burnhamthorpe Road East, Oakville, Ontario Canada L6H 7B2
(1 km East of Trafalgar Road)
Phone: (905) 257-4730
Email: info@joshuacreekarts.com
The art of The Group Of Seven is the central theme of this exhibition.
The members of Connections Fibre Artists accepted the challenge to design and execute their own original art that reflects their individual research into the artists, the paintings and the styles of the Group of Seven. Although Tom Thompson died before the group formed, he was the inspiration for, and has always been considered a part of, the formation of The Group Of Seven.
Each member of Connections Fibre Artists has approached this theme from her or his own way ~ either inspired by their own memories of the Canadian landscape, by an emotional response to a particular Group of Seven artist/painting, or by some of the techniques and colour palettes used by these iconic Canadian artists.
The result is an exciting and intriguing exhibition celebrating the approach that Tom Thompson, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald, F.A. Farley, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer and Franklin Carmichael
took to develop an original Canadian art.
Connections Fibre Artists
The group was formed in 1999 by a small group of friends whose common bond was the love of stitching as an art form. Their focus was to promote awareness and enjoyment of fibre art through gallery shows.
Their mandate was ‘Experience, Experimentation, Expression’.
We combine our Experience with Experimentation to continue to develop and widen the boundaries of fibre art, creating original surfaces and Expressing our individual ideas and feelings in the process.
The CONNECTIONS Artists:
Wendy Anderson Breedveld, Sharron Begg, Penny Berens, Ralph Beney, Gordana Brelih, Bethany Garner, Dianne Gibson, Gunnel Hag, Pat Hertzberg, Helen Hughes, Linda Janzen, Chris Kummer, Frankie Lemonde-Meunier, Elizabeth Duggan Litch, Hilary Rice, Sybil Rampen, Gail Rhynard, Ann Sanders, Maggie Vanderweit Meredith, Jacqueline Venus, Dwayne Wanner, Jennie Wood, Nancy Yule
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Friday, October 3, 2014
Join in the FUN at St. Lawrence College, Kingston Campus, 4 evenings, November 5 - 26th!
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| Fabric painting, collage and assembly. Hand and machine stitch |
Innovation Studio 2: Find Your Creative Edge....
As you learn a multitude of creative techniques for combining paint and collage, your focus will be on the back-and-forth play of spontaneity and intention that characterizes the creative process.
Learn to trust your inner art “voice” while exploring color and composition; free your artistic skills by facing your inner critic; and find your creative edge by pushing the boundaries of your comfort zone.
In these four evenings in the classroom working with print, creative collage with a variety of playful objects and painting we offer you: a greater confidence in your expressive capabilities; new skills and techniques for creating art that is your own; the courage to break through creative blocks; and a set of practices for keeping your creative skills honed.
While experienced artists will benefit from this workshop, beginners are very welcome. The techniques involved are accessible, and everyone can work at their own level.
Register at Student Services, St. Lawrence College, 613-544-5400, ext. 60
or online at www.SL.on.ca here
(Click on Part Time Studies, Kingston Campus, Arts, Fibre... )
Hope you will join me for four fun-filled Wednesday evenings where you will be able to create all new work on paper, canvas, fabric or another choice of medium YOU enjoy. Use this opportunity to be among friends and enjoying using our large and bright classroom to PAINT, PRINT and COLLAGE in anticipation of holiday gifting, upcoming exhibitions or just for fun!
Information: Bethany Garner, Instructor textiledesignslc@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
I entered the PRINTED FABRIC BEE Challenge, INSPIRATIONAL WORDS Giveaway and WON these beautiful pieces of art cloth!
How excited can one art quilter be than to have the chance to collect small pieces of amazing and wonderful art from some of the worlds most talented print enthusiasts and artists!
I entered the September Giveaway, and was very pleased when Lynda Heines emailed to say I had won! Hooray and I am blessed. 2014 has been a great year for collecting art.
(below notification from Lynda's blog here)
Inspirational Words Set Winner
Congratulations to Bethany Garner of Canada who is the lucky winner of
this Inspirational Words set of fabric from The Printed Fabric Bee.
Bethany said she has following our group since we started almost a year
ago. I can hardly believe it's been a year! Time sure does fly.
Here are all but three of the pieces Bethany will be receiving soon. She'll also receive a little surprise from me.
Here are all but three of the pieces Bethany will be receiving soon. She'll also receive a little surprise from me.
And my thanks...
(Lynda sent me a wonderful set of two terrific stencils for printing text with her inspirational words first included: PLAY, CREATE, LAUGH, DREAM, BELIEVE, and second stencil included: LOVE, GIVE, TRUST, DAYDREAM, and IMAGINE.) They will be used with great JOY... thanks so very much Lynda.
This has been an amazing way to connect with the artists in this Giveaway and I encourage each of you to connect with them as well... here is the link to the new October Giveaway (and YOUR chance to win a set of fabrics)...
URBAN SURFACES
Needless to say, 2014 has been an amazing year for collecting fabric from friends across the art quilt and print world. Earlier this year I collected pieces from a challenge proposed by VIRGINIA SPIEGEL... the JAVA Challenge in support of Lynn Krawczyk's new book "Intentional Printing".
Those pieces along with the new PRINTED FABRIC BEE prints that arrived in my mailbox today will be the basis for a wall art collection for my home studio. Each piece will be framed on a wrapped canvas and hung in the studio to remind me of the amazing world of fibre art and the many friends we are blessed to have if we put ourselves out there!!!
Again HOORAY and thanks to the Printed Fabric Bee Artists: Lesley Riley, Lisa Chin, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Carol Eaton, Lynn Krawczyk, Susan Purney Mark, Jackie Lams, Carol Booth and Gerrie Congdon with so many thanks to Lynda Heines for her many emails and mailing the package!!
THANK YOU - I am thrilled and honored to have your work in my collection.
Bethany
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