Please check out the new videos at http://moonraincentre.blogspot.ca/p/videos.html
These were produced by Liana Voia and used with her permission. More of her interviews can be seen at
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd315lkNlFFgOfeJxKwu4Vg
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Images from Woven Bridges
The Woven Bridges exhibit at Muzeum Tkactwa, the Museum of Weaving in Kamienna Gora, Poland
Photos Ewa Bartosz Mazus
Friday, March 8, 2013
“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.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
HAND SPINNING CLASS:
Hand-Spinning using the drop spindle and spinning wheel
Taught by 2 professional textile artists: Gabby Ewen & Claire Guérette
At Moon Rain Centre for Textile Arts in the Outaouais
Saturday and Sunday, March 23 & 24, 2013
$145 (includes an assortment of wool, hemp and silk fibres; an hardwood spindle made by
Ashford; use of hand carders, drum carder and spinning wheels)
Hand Spinning is an ancient craft that can be both a creative and meditative practice. The
results can range the rustic, sophisticated, elegant, wild and wacky (incorporating feathers,
space dyes, beaded threads, baubles, recycled materials such as newspaper and plastic
bags and anything else imaginable!). Hand spun yarns can be incorporated into felting,
knitting, weaving, embroidery, crochet and dyeing projects.
The world of spinning is so big and so much FUN to explore!
This bilingual workshop will cover the basic techniques for preparing, carding, blending,
spinning and plying a variety of animal and vegetable fibres using the drop spindle and
spinning wheel. These techniques are the basis for spinning anything your big heart and
creative mind can imagine!
For registration and more information please contact:
Gabby Ewen at Moon Rain Centre for Textile Arts in the Outaouais
819-457-9711
gabby.ewen@moonrain.ca
www.moonrain.ca
View this event on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/
Hand-Spinning using the drop spindle and spinning wheel
Taught by 2 professional textile artists: Gabby Ewen & Claire Guérette
At Moon Rain Centre for Textile Arts in the Outaouais
Saturday and Sunday, March 23 & 24, 2013
$145 (includes an assortment of wool, hemp and silk fibres; an hardwood spindle made by
Ashford; use of hand carders, drum carder and spinning wheels)
Hand Spinning is an ancient craft that can be both a creative and meditative practice. The
results can range the rustic, sophisticated, elegant, wild and wacky (incorporating feathers,
space dyes, beaded threads, baubles, recycled materials such as newspaper and plastic
bags and anything else imaginable!). Hand spun yarns can be incorporated into felting,
knitting, weaving, embroidery, crochet and dyeing projects.
The world of spinning is so big and so much FUN to explore!
This bilingual workshop will cover the basic techniques for preparing, carding, blending,
spinning and plying a variety of animal and vegetable fibres using the drop spindle and
spinning wheel. These techniques are the basis for spinning anything your big heart and
creative mind can imagine!
For registration and more information please contact:
Gabby Ewen at Moon Rain Centre for Textile Arts in the Outaouais
819-457-9711
gabby.ewen@moonrain.ca
www.moonrain.ca
View this event on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/
Sunday, February 24, 2013
La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles en Outaouais
La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles en Outaouais is presenting a spectrum of textile arts exhibitions in collaboration with exhibition centres throughout the Outaouais region.
• The New art of the Loom - Galerie Montcalm
August 29 to October 6, 2013
August 29 to October 6, 2013
• Passe moi toi; empreinte et movement Françoise Carré- Art-image et espace Odyssée
August 23 to October 6, 2013
August 23 to October 6, 2013
• Brennan & Maffei Tapestries - Shenkman Arts Centre
August 23 to September 22, 2013
• Naked COPTIC Dancers - Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
August 13 to October 12, 2013
• A day in the life of Maggy M. - Centre d’action culturelle de la MRC de Papineau
August 24 to October 6, 2013
August 24 to October 6, 2013
• Felted Language - Trinity Art Gallery
August 22 to September 24, 2013
August 22 to September 24, 2013
• Matrices - Moon Rain Centre
August 31 to October 6, 2013
August 31 to October 6, 2013
• Homage to Micheline Beauchemin - Pierre-Debain
August 21 to October 13, 2013
August 21 to October 13, 2013
• A Natural Phenomenon - Susan Taber Avila - Art image et espace Odyssée
August 23 to October 6, 2013
August 23 to October 6, 2013
• Inner Vision - Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
August 13 to October 12, 2013
August 13 to October 12, 2013
• Materia Linea - Stone School Gallery
September 13 to October 6, 2013
September 13 to October 6, 2013
• Sackcloth and Silk - Art Brûlant & Impressions
September 13 to October 12, 2013
September 13 to October 12, 2013
• Past and Present - Shenkman Arts Centre
August 25 to October 10, 2013
August 25 to October 10, 2013
Monday, November 5, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Images from Oklahoma Workshop
In Febuary of this year the Artistic Director of Moon Rain Centre was at South West Oklahoma State University in Weatherford Oklahoma as part of The Visiting Artists Program. Ms Ewen gave workshops and presentations. Below are some images from the workshops.
Photographs by Prof. EunKyung Jeong
Friday, March 9, 2012
Le Sacre du Printemps/ The Rite of Spring
The Director of Musee des Maitres et Artisans du Quebec, Pierre Wilson, and the Artistic Director of Moon Rain Centre, Thoma Ewen, invite you to attend the vernissage and exhibition of The Rite of Spring, tapestries by Thoma Ewen.
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 5-7pm
The exhibition continues till May 20, 2012.
Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec The Rite of Spring
615 avenue Sainte-Croix, Montréal, H4L 3X6
514-747-7367
Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec The Rite of Spring
615 avenue Sainte-Croix, Montréal, H4L 3X6
514-747-7367
Moon Rain le centre des arts textiles en Outaouais
Moon Rain Centre for Textile Arts in the Outaouais
105 ch.de la savane Poltimore Val-des-Monts Québec Canada J8N 3B6
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
appel aux artistes
call to artists
Moon Rain le centre des arts textiles en Outaouais invite les artistes canadiens, internationaux, expérimentés et de la jeune relève en arts textiles et art de la fibre à soumettre leurs dossiers pour
La triennale internationale des arts textiles en Outaouais 2013
aux volets:
- INSTALLATIONS IN SITU
- ATELIERS
- EXPOSITIONS
- CONFÉRENCES
- PROJETS D'ART PUBLIC
Pour de plus amples renseignements ainsi que lesformulaires de candidature visitez www.moonrain.ca
Date limite: 30 mars 2012
Moon Rain Centre for Textile Arts in the Outaouais invites Canadian, international, experienced and young emerging textile and fibre artists to submit proposals to
La triennale internationale des arts textiles en Outaouais 2013
in the following categories:
- OUTDOOR TEXTILE ART INSTALLATIONS
- WORKSHOPS
- EXHIBITIONS
- CONFERENCES
- PUBLIC TEXTILE ART PROJECTS
For complete information including application forms visit
www.moonrain.ca
Deadline for submissions: March 30 2012
Moon Rain le centre des arts textiles en Outaouais
Moon Rain Centre for Textile Arts in the Outaouais
105 ch.de la savane Poltimore Val-des-Monts Québec Canada J8N 3B6
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Moon Rain's Artistic Director will be at Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Canada's Moon Rain Art Centre Artistic Director Coming to SWOSU on February 7-9
January 27, 2012
Photo by K. Ewen
Ewen is coming to SWOSU as part of the university’s Visiting Artists Program. Ewen has had numerous tapestry exhibitions throughout the world. Her tapestries and weaving techniques have been featured in various tapestry books.
Ewen is also involved with community art projects in Canada as well as in England. During her three-day stay in Weatherford, she will provide lectures, workshops and meetings with students as well as area residents.
The scheduled events are free and open to public. However, due to the limited seating at the hands-on workshops, please contact E.K. Jeong to reserve a place and get the material list. Jeong can be reached by phone at 580-774-3035 or email at ek.jeong@swosu.edu.
Tapestry workshops and meetings will be in the SWOSU Art Building Room 415, and lectures will be in SWOSU Art Building Room 405.
The schedule includes:
Tuesday, February 7
9 am – Noon: Tapestry Workshop 1
2 – 4 pm: Informal meeting with students & community members
5 – 7 pm: Presentation 1: “ Moon Rain Centre: Interweaving Textile Arts and Community”
Wednesday, February 8
1 – 4 pm: Tapestry Workshop 2
4 - 6 pm: Presentation 2: "A Look at Tapestry through time"
Thursday, February 9
10 am – Noon: Informal meeting with students & community members
2 – 5 pm: Tapestry Workshop 3
http://www.swosu.edu/news/releases/2012/2012-01-27c.asp
Monday, January 16, 2012
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)
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.
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| Krystyna Sadej, Thoma Ewen & Ixchel Suarez |
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| 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 more on Woven Bridges: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Moon-Rain-Centre-for-Textile-Arts-in-the-Outaouais/347386205271413 Moon Rain Centre's Facebook page |
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