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Seventy Thousand Curtains, New Art Group

Atefeh Khas, (one of the artists in the ongoing exhibition (Re)Fashioning Fibre)  is a member of New Arts Group, a collective of Iranian artists working in a variety of media including performance, environmental art and photography. Collaborative projects between members of the group often include all three. Members travel the country creating work in the natural landscape with gentle interventions that are both thoughtful and thought provoking. I encourage you to check out their blog for more information HERE (the link for older blog posts is in the bottom left-most corner of the page.)

Green Carpet

Poplar Gallery.Online invites you to view Bridge Work, a recent public art commission conceived and hand-made by artists Marci Simkulet and Stefanie Wong. 150 banners utilizing a variety of textile media including knitting, weaving and felt-making have been created for seven urban bridges spanning the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta. In many of the banners recycled materials (including old bridge banners) are used. These are applied in a site-specific manner, addressing the particular history and context of individual bridges. A massive undertaking, Bridge Work presents a compelling intersection of the hand-made and the architectural. Designed to be viewed by both pedestrians and drivers who use these bridges every day, Wong and Simkulet’s bridge banners are at once a humane and thoughtful presence in an urban landscape.