WOVEN BRIDGES vernissage/finnisage on May 9, 2013

Below are some images from the vernissage/finnisage for WOVEN BRIDGES

Joanna Jarecka, Curator of Muzeum Tkactwa, and  WOVEN BRIDGES artists Krystyna Sadej (Canada/Poland), Thomas Cronenberg (UK), Thoma Ewen (Canada), Monique Lehman (USA/Poland), and Ewa Bartosz Mazus (Poland)

 

 

Thomas Cronenberg, Krystyna Sadej, Director of Muzeum Tkactwa in Kamienna Gora, Barbara Stadnik, and Thoma Ewen, with Thoma’s tapestries in the background.

 

Photos by L.Janiak

“Woven Bridges”

“Woven Bridges”  at  Muzeum Tkactwa, Kamienna Gora, Poland  from April 2 to May 9, 2013.

     Today tapestry can represent a remarkable beauty and a kind of textured poetry, and it can also represent three-dimensional rebellion against conventional outlooks. Woven Bridges showcases a variety of woven textile art, sharing and communicating the woven tapestry medium as contemporary fibre art”.



The Woven Bridges exhibit at Muzeum Tkactwa, the Museum of Weaving in Kamienna Gora, Poland, from April 2 to May 9, 2013 features a fibre art group with three Canadian Artists: Thoma Ewen, Krystyna Sadej, Ixchel Suarez and five invited guest-artists: Ewa Bartosz Mazus from Poland, Monique Lehman from United States, Thomas Cronenberg from Germany, Zofia Werblicka from Poland and Nicu Zeleznicov from Romania.

 Woven Bridges demonstrates the very strong connection between Canadian, American and European artists who share the same interest and love of tapestry weaving.  This exhibition comprehensively demonstrates the dynamic field of contemporary woven textile art, in which a rich variety of materials, diverse techniques and experimental forms can produce works of striking diversity and originality, combining humour and seriousness, recycling, and reflections on the nature of everyday life.

 

 

 

 

http://woven-bridges.blogspot.ca/

Woven Bridges - International Group Tapestry Exhibition at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

“Today tapestry can represent a remarkable beauty and a kind of textured poetry, a three-dimensional rebellion against conventional outlooks.”

The Woven Bridges exhibit features a fibre art group with three Canadian Artists: Thoma Ewen, Krystyna Sadej, Ixchel Suarez and three invited guest-artists: Ewa Bartosz Mazus from Poland, Monique Lehman from United States and Thomas Cronenberg from Germany.

The title Woven Bridges refers to the strong connection between Canadian, American and European artists who share the same interest and love of tapestry weaving. Exhibition visitors will discover a rich variety of materials, techniques and experimental forms. The work shows a striking diversity and originality, combining humour and seriousness, recycling, and reflections on the nature of everyday life.

Ewa Bartosz Mazus ~ creates extraordinary two and three-dimensional tapestries which are personal expressions and reflections of her life. Ewa is an established international tapestry artist and an art teacher who has received many awards. She exhibits in Europe, Canada and the US. She lives in Zakopane, Poland. (http://tkaninki0.tripod.com)

Thoma Ewen ~ has been exhibiting her tapestries nationally and internationally for more than 35 years. She directs Community Tapestry Projects and Artist-in-the-Schools projects; she also teaches tapestry workshops at the Moon Rain Centre, a community studio in a natural setting which she founded in Val des Monts, Quebec. (www.moonrain.ca)

Monique Lehman ~ from Pasadena, USA, produces sensational contemporary tapestries of landscapes, people and nature. She has exhibited her tapestries in many individual and group Art Shows in US, China, and in Europe. (www.tapestryart.org)

Krystyna Sadej ~ is an accomplished contemporary tapestry artist whose use of recycled materials transcends art activism, creating beauty out of environmental waste. Krystyna’s works of woven art have been exhibited in Asia, Europe, Canada and the US. She lives in Navan, Ontario and teaches at the Ottawa School of Art’s Orleans Campus. (www.krystynasadej.com)

Ixchel Suarez ~ creates dramatic woven art that makes a flamboyant impression. She is a talented art weaver, a lecturer, workshop leader and teacher who originally came from Mexico. She is Founder of the Oakville Tapestry and Painting Studios. Ixchel participated in numerous art shows in Mexico, Canada, Poland, France and US. (www.ixchelsuarez,com)

Thomas Cronenberg ~ is one of the leading contemporary tapestry artists in Europe today. His works are autobiographical memoirs and technical masterpieces. A many-time recipient of awards and prizes, Thomas has exhibited all over Europe and the United States, is a longtime contributor to and guest editor of the renowned Textile Forum magazine. (http://thomascronenberg.wordpress.com)

Ewa, Thoma, Ixchel, Krystyna, Monique and Thomas display a lively woven language out of soft and rough textural structures. Together, their work presents an energetic dialogue of cross-cultural vision that communicates possibility and an open-ended approach to experimental woven art.

Krystyna Sadej, Thoma Ewen & Ixchel Suarez

John Hannagan (Vice-President, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum), Ixchel Suarez,
 Krystyna Sadej, Michael Rikley-Lancaster (Curator) & amp; Thoma Ewen at the Vernissage, Saturday January 14th 2012

Woven Bridges will be on exhibition at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum until January 28 2012 

www.mvtm.ca

more on Woven Bridges:  

Moon Rain Centre's Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Moon-Rain-Centre-for-Textile-Arts-in-the-Outaouais/347386205271413

http://www.canada.diplo.de/Vertretung/kanada/en/__events/ottawa/tapestries

www.ottawagraphy.ca/events/woven-bridges 

Tapestry Exhibiton at Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

From December 20th 2011 to January 28th 2012 the exhibition, Woven Bridges will be at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum located in Almonte Ontario. The works of six internationally known artists will be displayed. A reception will be held on January 14th 2012 at 2 pm.

For more information please visit the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum website at

 http://mvtm.ca/museum/?page_id=534

Tapestries Exhibit and artists' lectures

"Tapestries" - an exhibit by Thoma Ewen, Krystyna Sadej, and two guest artists, Ewa Bartosz Mazus from Poland and Thomas Cronenberg from Germany.

Together, their work presents an energetic dialogue of cross-cultural vision and an open-ended approach to contemporary woven art.

City of Ottawa, the Centrepointe Theatre Gallery,

101 Centrepointe Drive

October 27 (after 6pm) to November 30 2011

On Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7pm, the City of Ottawa will host “Perspectives on Textile Art Today” with the following speakers:

 "Textiles in Europe Today" by Thomas Cronenberg

"Textile Woolen Mills in the Mississippi Valley” by Michael Rikley-Lancaster
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“Moon Rain Centre, the Textile Art Center in the Outaouais” by Thoma Ewen

The reception will follow the talk. We sincerely invite all to join us. The event is free of charge.  (Room 1A in the Ben Franklin Place complex, 101 Centrepointe Drive)

Photos by Justyna Szluinska