In the fall term of 2008, students of Textile Practice: A Cultural Survey taught by Dr Jennifer Salahub at the Alberta College of Art + Design were each given a piece of “antique” household linen purchased from an estate auction. Each student was to consider and create a finished work based on a personal response to the linens. This project brings together the twelve interpretations, showcasing the diversity of individual practices and techniques. Read the curatorial essay by Dr Jennifer Salahub HERE.

Participating artists: Margaret Abrams, Jennifer Akkermans, Julie Baratta, Mary Anne Clarke, Anne Fetterly, Aisling Macken, Heather Murray, Vanessa Riego, Romy Straathoff, Rebecca Taylor, Jasmine Valentina and Michael Yung.

Anjani Khanna’s exhibition of figurative ceramics Myth and Memory continues until February 5 in gallery2.

Poplar Gallery.Online is pleased to present Myth and Memory, an exhibition of figurative ceramic sculptures by Anjani Khanna.

My “yalis” as I refer to my figurative sculpture, begin to live for me and tell their stories in their living. Their stories reflect my search as they grapple with the modern and the ancient, the personal and the universal, the male and the female, the east and the west, the spiritual and the profane, the rational and the intuitive, the animal and the human, the religious and the secular, and the political and the non partisan.

Khanna lives and works in Mumbai, India. A founding member of the Mumbai Potters, her work has been shown in India, China, Spain, Hungary and the United States. She blogs for ceramic(some)times.

Tara Bursey’s paperwork/foodwork continues until December 11, 2009 in gallery1.

My work employs the use of repetition to create dysfunctional objects. Through object-making, installation and two-dimensional work, I often explore the formal possibilities of repetition through the creation, destruction and re-creation of pattern, objects and systems. These works address a range of subjects, from obsessive-compulsive behaviors and body anxiety to workplace drudgery to meditation and ritual. READ MORE

Meghan Price’s, Acting Like Starlings continues in gallery2 until October 16.

Polar Gallery.Online showcases the work of craftspeople and artists working in all disciplines. Email info@mackenziefrere.com for information on how to submit your work.

Poplar Gallery.Online showcases the work of craftspeople and artists working in all disciplines.

Poplar is currently accepting proposals for exhibitions of original work. Craftspeople, artists, curators and studio collectives are encouraged to submit proposals. Two spaces are available for alternating six-week exhibitions. Submissions of critical writing and reviews will be considered for ArtClothText, a forum for textile, fibre and mixed media artists.

For information on how to submit your work, contact curator Mackenzie Frere at info@mackenziefrere.com

“Acting Like Starlings is a project guided by the observation and miming of complex patterns arising in nature and the city – patterns such as flocking birds, hurricanes and neighborhoods. … This ongoing series of small sculptures is made by spontaneously applying a variety of textile construction methods to fine black wire. The result is an expanding system of complex diagrams where order occasionally emerges from chaos.”

Meghan Price is an artist and textile designer who lives in Montreal. She is a graduate of the Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles and holds an MFA from Concordia University. Her career encompasses an active art practice, commissioned and collaborative design projects, teaching and research in the field interactive textiles for Studio subTela.

Brece Honeycutt’s Arachne continues in gallery1 until July 11, 2009

Lesley Bricknell’s Cardinal, a haunting exhibition of images inspired by textile practice continues in gallery2 until May 29, 2009

call for submissions Poplar is currently accepting proposals for exhibitions of original work. Craftspeople, artists, curators and studio collectives are encouraged to submit proposals. Two spaces are available for alternating six-week exhibitions. Submissions of critical writing and reviews will be considered for ArtClothText, a forum for textile, fibre and mixed media artists. For information on how to submit your work, email Mackenzie Frere at info@mackenziefrere.com

poplar: two years, a retrospective exhibition featuring work exhibited over the last two years on Poplar ArtCraft continues until April 18, 2009.

A new exhibition goes online in gallery2 March 7, 2009.