ArtClothText

MakeShift is an art and research project that examines the relationships between ‘making’, ‘clothing’ and ‘living’. The basic premise for the project is that for a period of one year starting on September 1st, 2009, I will only wear things that I have made myself. Initially this may seem like a reasonable task, but it will include all of my clothes, socks, shoes, underwear, coats, jackets, hats, bathing suits, accessories and anything else I might need to protect my body from the elements while trying to lead a fulfilling life.

VIEW MakeShift blog

Arron Lowe, Horizon

January 14 through April 11 2010

Presented with Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.

Celebrate the exuberance, inventiveness and refinement of fine craft at this exhibition of work from Canada and the Republic of Korea.

Art of Craft showcases 173 spectacular fine craft works in three parts:

Unity & Diversity: Selected Works – 75 pieces from across Canada recently on display at the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale in the Republic of Korea.

By Hand/BC and Yukon – 51 pieces from Canada’s West Coast with a focus on the artists’ creative processes and studio environments.

Craft from the Republic of Korea – 47 pieces demonstrating the excellence of traditional and contemporary crafts.

Presented by Museum of Vancouver in partnership with Craft Council of British Columbia, Canadian Craft Federation, Korean Craft Museum, and the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale.

YANG HONG | Mountain (Red), Oil + acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

An exhibition of new work by Yang Hong will be shown at Elissa Cristall Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia October 31 to November 21, 2009. An opening reception will take place November 5 from 6 to 8 pm.

View more of Hong’s work on his WEBSITE

Prominent Canadian textile artist Joanna Staniszkis will be speaking about her recent work themed around linen and silk at the Alberta College of Art + Design April 2 at 7 pm in the Stanford Perrot Lecture Theatre. All are welcome!

(The artist talk coincides with the closing of Fibre Fort-Night Exhibition and the Miniature Silent Auction proudly presented by ACAD’s Fibre Department.)

You are invited to view Vancouver Ceramic artist Mary Kim’s Monster Folio on Poplar ArtCraft, online gallery of visual art.

“This collection of monsters stemmed from an interest in fantasy role-playing books, which created a list of intriguing creatures that were both familiar and alien. They reminded me of the realm of magic and imagination during childhood.”

Wendy Toogood A Nakusp Narrative
September 5th – October 4th, 2008

Stride Gallery, 1004 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, Alberta phone 403-262-8507

“Art that addresses and incorporates the everyday is inherently political in that it asserts the subjectivity and experience of the overlooked against the ideological weight of the powerful and socially vested. In making such work, one must be open to chance encounters, stray attachments, surprising challenges and reflection.”

READ MORE of the text by Amy Gogarty

Poplar ArtCraft is pleased to present Navigating, an exhibition of work by Vancouver artist Bettina Matzkuhn in gallery2.

Matzkuhn writes, “Embroidery is a language of extreme detail with the possibility of exaggeration. Cartography shares this history and aesthetic as every map is an edited version of geography and events, and is subject to further revision. In this exhibit, I am creating markers in a personal geography made of thread and metaphor.”

Map of the Ocean