Winter Got You Down?

Time to check out the art on show by our SAQA Western Canada members!

Looking for some colour to offset cloudy skies?

As mentioned in the post at the end of December, members who also belong to Fibre Art Network (FAN) and Fibre Arts Voices have exhibits now running in the Okanagan and on Vancouver Island, respectively. 

Also in B.C., member Lesley Turner* and her artistic partner, Sarah McLaren have just mounted their show, Colour: A Personal Response at Place des Arts in Coquitlam.  Below is just a sample of this project, which is being featured in the Atrium Gallery there.

Photo: Lesley Turner

All three exhibits have Opening Receptions this week:

• Fibre Arts Voices - TODAY at 2 p.m.; 
• Colour: A Personal Response - Friday, January 12 - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
• FAN's Ekphrastic - Saturday, January 13 - noon - 3 p.m.

*If you've never installed an exhibit, check out how Lesley and Sarah went about it (with help from the Gallery) HERE.

Caught in the Deep Freeze?

Warm up with a Festival!

This weekend in Edmonton, Alberta is the 11th Annual Deep Freeze Festival, organized along 118th Avenue by the good folks at Arts on the Avenue.  Events run Saturday from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. -- family-friendly indoor and outdoor fun: sports, games, music, entertainment, food -- and ART!

Dervish!
15" x 15"
Monoprint, machine quilted
(C) M. Blank, 2016

Alberta member Margaret Blank has two pieces accepted into this juried show, and both will be available for purchase.  She expects to be at the Festival on Sunday afternoon to enjoy the festivities and take in the full art exhibit.

The Festival's Art Exhibit is up now at the Gallery in the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, 9225 - 118 Avenue, Edmonton, and may be previewed prior to the Festival. 

Gallery Hours: 

Preview: January 10 & 11: 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

During the Festival: Saturday, January 13: noon - 8:00 p.m.

and Sunday, January 14: noon - 6:00 p.m.

Opening Next Month!

SAQA WC members are showing their work as part of two group exhibits opening in British Columbia in January:

The Fibre Art Network's Ekphrastic will grace the walls of the Peachland Art Gallery in the Okanagan Valley, from the Opening Reception -- Saturday, January 13, 2018, noon to 3 p.m. -- through Saturday, February 10, 2018.

Participating SAQA members include Terry Aske, Diana Bartelings, Janet Bednarczyk, Joyce Brown, Alison Cowitz, Gloria Daly, Donna-Fay Digance, Diane Duncan, Dianne Firth, Robin Fisher, Jaynie Himsl, Karen Johnson, Judy Leslie, Judi Macleod, Pippa Moore, Jenny Perry, Dawn Piasta, Katie Stein Sather, Susan Selby and Mary Wilton.

And Pippa Moore and her colleagues will present their Fibre Art Voices exhibit at the Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach.  This exhibit runs from January 2 through January 27, 2018, with the Opening Reception being held January 10 at 2:00 p.m.

Both will be a feast for the eyes to those fortunate enough to be in the Okanagan or on the Island next month!