La Magie des Fils / Woven by Hand

Woven By Hand: Contemporary Canadian Tapestries / La Magie des fils: 

tapisseries contemporaines canadiennes

Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada   

August  25th to October 6th, 2019

Curated by Thoma Ewen

pdf created by Association des Tisserandes du Quebec

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

Encounter Mexico-Canada, Contemporary Textile Art

Anahuac University North through the The School of Design invites you to the Encounter Mexico-Canada, Contemporary Textile Art.

May 25, 2011. CAD Auditorium

Round table at 12:30

Panelists:

Thoma Ewen

Ana Paula Fuentes

Miguel Peraza

Sergio Rasgado

Ixchel Suarez

Martha Turok

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La Escuela de Diseño de la Universidad Anáhuac, de la que tú eres pieza clave, semestre a semestre dirige sus esfuerzos hacia la formación integral de sus estudiantes y la vinculación con lo mejor del gremio profesional.

Clara muestra de ello se dará el próximo 25 de mayo, en cada uno de nuestros magnos eventos:

9:00 hrs. Entrega de Medalla Liderazgo Anáhuac en Diseño / Mtro. Ricardo Rosas / Auditorio de Rectoría

11:00 hrs. Inauguración de Expo Diseño / Hacia la sustentabilidad y el ecodiseño / Hall del CAD

11.00 Opening Expo-Design / towards a sustainability and eco-design/ CAD Hall

12:00 hrs. Inauguración de la Exposición / Arte Textil Contemporáneo: Encuentro México Canadá / Salón del Diseño

12:00 Hrs. Opening Exhibition/ Contemporary textile Art: encounter Mexico-Canada/ Design hall

12:30 hrs. Mesa redonda / Arte Textil Contemporáneo: Encuentro México Canadá / Auditorio del CAD

12:30 hrs Round Table / Contemporary textile Art: Encounter Mexico, Canada / CAD Auditorium

VIth WTA International Biennal of Contemporary Textile Art AIR

Thoma Ewen is invited to exhibit in a group tapestry exhibition with Ixchel Suarez, Krystyna Sadej, Peter Harris and Stella Tung in the Art Gallery of the School of Design, Anahuac University, in Mexico City from May 23 to June 2, 2011. Four Mexican tapestry artists will also be exhibiting in this exhibition.Thoma and Ixchel will participate in the conference, "Textil Mexico-Canada" on May 25th at 10 am, in the School of Design.
Thoma and Ixchel will then travel to Oaxaca, Mexico to speak at the International Textile Encounter, a conference at Museo Textil d'Oaxaca on May 31 at 7pm.
These events are in collaboration with the VI WTA International Biennal of Contemporary Textile Art AIR. which takes place in three cities in Mexico: Mexico City, Veracruz and Oaxaca.

http://www.wta-online.org/

The tapestry below will be exhibited at Anahuac University

Ribbons of Light

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pototgraph Jamie Cruickshank

Site 5

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Ixchel Suarez (CANADA)

Marie Pier St-George (CANADA)

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In the beginning of the World, it ia said that the Moon climbed up to the top of a tree. There she would weave; there she would spin; there in the tree. -Ixchel Suarez & Marie Pier St-George>
Photos by Ken Ewen, Gerald Bordeleau, Ken Ewen, Ken Ewen

Fils Lumineux / Threads of Light

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Fils Lumineux/ Threads of Light, a group exhibition of tapestries by five internationally known tapestry artists who participated in When Thirteen Moons Entwine, was presented in the Salle du Conseil, in the Hotel de Ville de Val-Des-Monts, Quebec, from August 28 to October 10, 2010.From left to right, are tapestries by Peter Harris, Canada; Ewa Bartosz-Mazus, Poland; Ixchel Suarez, Mexico/Canada; Krystyna Sadej, Poland/Canada; Thoma Ewen, Canada.

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Photos by Ken Ewen