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

The Kaleidoscope Community Quilt Project

Moon Rain and Gabby Ewen are excited to present  The Kaleidoscope Community Quilt Project, FUNtasia, Major’s Hill Park, Ottawa, May 6-23 2011.

The Kaleidoscope Quilt is the Canadian Tulip Festival’s visual celebration of Peace and Friendship through Colours, Culture and Community.

This unique piece of textile art will be created by the Canadian Tulip Festival’s 25,000 community members, in partnership with Moon Rain Centre www.moonrain.ca with textile artist Gabby Ewen’s direction.

The Kaleidoscope Quilt will be created using appliqué quilting and contemporary textile techniques and working with satin ribbons and brilliantly coloured fabrics which will be pieced and hand-sewn into the image of a radiant tulip in full bloom.

The Kaleidoscope Community Quilt Project is a hands-on intercultural, intergenerational participatory art activity that will be set up on the festival site for the duration of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Participants are invited to personalize a piece of fabric or ribbon by contributing a positive message of Peace and Friendship.

Messages of Peace and Friendship will be recorded and displayed, and all participants will be invited to sign, along the border of the quilt. The incorporation of these signatures into the art piece creates an active “living” record of all the community contributors and attests to the iconic quality of this legacy project.
For more information check out the offical website at

http://www.tulipfestival.ca/2011/03/21/the-kaleidoscope-community-quilt-project/

The Living Tapestry / La Toile Vivante

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile envent in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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The Living Tapestry/ La Toile Vivante, a solo exhibition of large format tapestries by Thoma Ewen, artistic director of Moon Rain Centre was presented at The City of Ottawa’s Trinity Art Gallery in the Shenkman Arts Centre from August 26 to September 28, 2010.

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Photos by Ken Ewen