REGISTRATION: FIBREWORKS-Kingston Weekend Workshops 2018

 Retreat Days, 9:30-5 pm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday as scheduled.

Come when you can and stay as long as you like!

Workshops will be held at ODESSA FAIRGROUNDS HALL in the Village of Odessa, just west of Kingston. (in the hall attached to the back of the BIG BARN with the red roof.

Supply Lists available with paid registration. 

CABIN FEVER RETREAT - September 12-14, 2018 

(something for everyone)

I have been so busy with my duties at the TETT Centre for Creativity and Learning the past couple of years that FIBREWORKS has taken a bit of a back seat. This fall lets get together for a few days, catch up and spend some great days creating ART ! 

CYTOLOGY, by BETTY BUSBY, New Mexico, USA
an awesome painted silk background  and overlay of non-woven fabric ( and I have some for YOU) , and hers is painted and heat cut using a small craft heat tool (soldering point).

Tote bag from Indigo dyed fabric

Hoping YOU are looking forward to fall 2018 and some days that will bring you time for getting out your fabrics and paints and trying some new works experimenting with SILK PAINTING, using a very free form style of painting I learned from friend Betty Busby as she created her backgrounds for application of Non-Woven Fabric that is also coloured with fabric paints and then cut with a small "heat tool" (soldering-like craft tool that plugs in and heats up for cutting fabrics), creating free form cut out openings and holes that can be the catalyst for overlays for exciting dimensional art! 

 Then a full day of Indigo Play -
A passionate art form that everyone can participate in and bring the joy of BLUE into your artwork and quilts. 

The Indigo play can continue into Friday or until the vats are exhausted. Cotton, linen, silk and knits that are cotton based can all be used for this project.

Day Three will find you working on an art quilt similar to mine below - the process will be domstrated for you and it uses up your fabric scraps or hand dyed fabrics like the ones I have used below in TURNING POINT - flat dyed right here at the Odessa Hall with friends. 

You can use any fabrics - batiks are wonderful, and creative artists like YOU will bring just what you need to create your own summer into fall landscape... I love telling stories as I create these IMPROV ART QUILTS, and you will too!

TURNING POINT, Free Form Piecing using Flat Dyed fabrics, Bethany Garner

Now touring with SAQA's MY CORNER OF THE WORLD

Please see the "Cabin Fever Retreat" page on the right sidebar here at the blog for all of the details and then copy and print from there your registration form or email me at garner@kingston.net for a pdf copy.

I look forward to having YOU and do bring along a few creative and arts focused friends and lets fill the hall on three beautiful fall days with the excitement of Colour, Cloth, Paint and Stitch!

DAY ONE: SILK, painted and manipulated... 

and the use of hand painted, heat cut NON WOVENS for delicate stitched overlay

DAY TWO: INDIGO for the Love of BLUE

DAY THREE: Create your own IMPROV ART QUILT (using up your scraps and small bits)

Included in your full Retreat Fee of $120 is participation in and handouts for the three working art-filled days/demonstrations that Bethany will share that will bring participants a chance to learn a new skill or have the opportunity to focus in on some fun for an entire day!

YOUR Retreat Options:

(  ) FULL retreat - September 12-14, 2018 - I want to attend all Three Days  -  Fee $120

(  ) Day one -  Wednesday, Sept. 12th only -   SILK, painted and the use of hand painted, heat distressed NON-WOVENS for delicate stitched overlay    $50, single day

( )  Day Two - Thursday, Sept. 13th only - INDIGO: For the Love of Blue  $50, single day

( )  Day three - Friday SEPT. 14th only -  IMPROV ART QUILT  $50, single day

( ) TWO RETREAT DAYS of choice - I will attend ______Wed.  _____ Thu. _______ Fri.  $80

     (please tick the two days you plan to attend for planning purposes only)

( ) I want to attend all three days but will be working on my own art, not the planned CABIN FEVER projects and do not need the handouts and will not be using any supplies provided by Bethany - $60 to attend as a 'lone wolf' artist for all three days

Hoping you will be able to join me and fall into some fun in September. 

Do contact me with your questions and open and copy your registration form on the sidebar to the right of this article here at the blog.

Have a great August!

Bethany

garner@kingston.net

MAGGIE VANDERWEIT shares the dates for the Black Sheep Festival- a fibre festival with vendors to be held in Elora Saturday July 8, with classes Sunday.

Hand Embellishment for Textiles with Maggie Vanderweit 

Sunday July 8th 10-4pm

$120 + HST

Add another layer of rich detail to your textile art by learning how to create beautiful, contemporary, free-style hand stitching and bead work. Using a wide range of decorative threads and yarns, students will begin by experimenting with new ways of applying strikingly effective embroidery stitches.

Students will also be introduced to the fascinating world of beads and learn how to create original designs with bead embroidery. Open to all skill levels.

Workshop Supply List on Web Site : www.blacksheepfestival.ca

Maggie Vanderweit’s work is displayed and sold in galleries, shops, and textile museums, and in international textile art shows, like Houston, Chicago, Birmingham, England and Johannesburg. Her new book “Stone Threads” was released to great acclaim in June 2016 and she is in many publications.

Maggie has been operating her business Stone Threads Fibre Art since 2000. She creates original contemporary art with hand-painted and rust and botanical dyed fabrics, silk fusion, felt, hand embroidery, beading, collage and intricately machine quilted surfaces. Maggie presents a variety of lectures, retreats and workshops for guilds, the Haliburton School of Art, quilt stores, the CQA/ACC and Creativ Festival.

She is a Juried Art Member of SAQA, a professional member of CQA and belongs to the SDA and Connections Fibre Artists. Recent awards at the CQA/ACC National Juried Show include the 2013 Award for Excellence in Innovation, and the 2014 First Prize for Original Design in Non-Representational Wall Quilts. She also won Grand Prize at Threadworks 2.

TEXTILE ARTS COURSES: SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS at St. Lawrence College - Come join in on the fun!

TEXTILE ARTS COURSES: SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS at St. Lawrence College - Come join in on the fun!

1000 Islands Summer School of the Arts 

2017 marked our 50th summer of providing quality arts programming in the heart of the world famous 1000 Islands and Eastern Ontario. 

Hoping you will consider joining me in Kingston July 9-13th or Brockville July 30-August 3rd- the summer days are filled with ART and great fun  along the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario! Special thanks to all our wonderful instructors and participants who made our 50th anniversary a success!

We welcome all of our fibre and textile friends to join us for the 1000 Islands Summer School of the Arts! Registration for 2018 is now open.

With ever-expanding course options ranging from traditional to contemporary painting techniques, music, dance, pottery, to culinary arts and more, there will truly be something for everyone. The course fees are highly competitive and very reasonable Residence Room accommodations on campus are available on a first-registered basis, so have a peek and get your seats reserved and your rooms booked for a terrific summer experience.

Please click on the image at the top of the page for a digital copy of the College's 2018 Catalogue

Bethany Garner, with 22 years on the staff of St. Lawrence College as a Professor in the Textile Design Program, will share two great full credit courses this year  The first week will be at her home-based Kingston Campus July 9-13th and the second at the Brockville Campus in the beautiful ARTS STUDIO from July 30-August 3rd .

Beth welcomes students from across Ontario and Northern NY as the classes are launched here for this Summer School for the Arts schedule.

DARKNESS, Pine Rake in Northern Ontario, Bethany Garner 

Soy Wax Batik on vintage linen table covering, coloured with India Ink. Machine stitched. Frame mounted.

Colour on Cloth
In this course, students develop a personal inventory of colour samples using paints, natural and fibre reactive dyes, and related tools and materials as they work with the techniques for colouring fabric. Students complement and develop their arts-focused skills as they study application and design potential. Classroom studies find the students applying current and innovative trends in the use of colour in fibre art, surface design, and project execution. Design work using Soy Wax Batik, Arashi Shibori, Indigo and Fibre Reactive dye protocols and dye/paint applications will be a focus. 

Instructor: Bethany Garner
Jul 9-13, 2018, Kingston Campus
8:30AM-4:30PM
$268.20 13 ARTS 109

and

MARKINGS II, Bethany Garner

Fibre Reactive Dyes on vintage textile table linen, pieced and hand quilted

Surface Design and Stitch

This course focuses on the development of technical skill, aesthetic, and conceptual interests through surface design. The emphasis is on techniques and approaches for paint/print work and hand/machine stitch on cloth. Students learn to colour fabric and add texture using surface design techniques to translate ideas into original works. Hand and machine stitch will fill the hours as students work to create an all new body of work while enjoying multiple techniques for building their skills in colour and design on various cloth including cotton, linen and silk.
Instructor: Bethany Garner

Jul 30-Aug 3, Brockville Campus
8:30AM-4:30PM
$268.20 11 ARTS 110

Please contact our St. Lawrence College Continuing Education Office if you wish to be on the mailing list for our 1000 Islands Summer School of the Arts catalog.

Continuing Education Office Contact: oceregistration@sl.on.ca

Campus Contacts:
Brockville Campus and Kingston Campus : Debbie Baker: DBaker@sl.on.ca 613-544-5400 ext. 1670
Coordinator : Christina Chrysler : CChrysler@sl.on.ca

Refund/Withdrawal Policy: Full Refund A full refund if the course is cancelled by the College.
Partial Refund: A refund less $15 administrative fee if the withdrawal request is received in writing/email five (5) business days prior to the start date of the course.
Seniors’ Fees: Seniors 65 years or older can take advantage of reduced fees for credit courses. Students must identify themselves as a senior when registering to receive a discount off the tuition
portion of credit courses. Seniors’ fees are not published. 

Please try to get to Gananoque during the next five weeks to see the THREADWORKS exhibition now at the Arthur Child Heritage Museum... at the waterfront near the Gan Boat Lines docks.

News for those who love fibre art, and work, quilts, woven work and embroidery! Please sh
are with friends...

The amazing traveling exhibition that is sponsored by the well recognized THREADWORKS team, Elizabeth Duggan Litch and Sharron Deacon Begg and the CONNECTIONS Fibre Artists, along with the Ontario Network of Needleworkers . THREADWORKS, is currently being exhibited in Gananoque through October 30th ... and well worth the drive! 

THREADWORKS has been an amazing show, shared across Ontario for the past many years and with 11 separate shows during that time frame. The current exhibition has been seen in six galleries across Ontario over the past 20 months and just arrived in Gananoque this past week.

In the Arthur Child Heritage Museum Gallery you will find the many works shared from the beautiful collection of work on tour that will speak to each of you in very special ways - the techniques incorporated in the artwork is very well executed and the variety amazing! Jewellery, art quilts, sculpture, photo transfer, embroidery and hand stitch that will inspire and bring you close to the special effort that has gone into each individual piece. Large pieces that were designed for the walls and exciting small works that exemplify the talent and special skills of the stitchers.

Hoping you might have the opportunity between now and October 30th to visit the Arthur Child Heritage Centre along the beautiful St. Lawrence River in Gananoque and visit this truly beautiful exhibition of art quilts and fibre art pieces that are currently on display. A number of well known local artists have work in the show as well as artists from across Ontario and indeed Canada. 

The Museum will also be of interest as the keeper of an amazing collection of works that profile the history of the St. Lawrence River, the early life along the river and the talented artisans whose work is housed at the Museum. Husbands will have time to explore the shipping and outdoor exhibits while YOU enjoy the artwork. Children's exhibits are hugely important to the museum as well - so everyone is welcome.

Please plan a day trip with family or friends and enjoy seeing the work of artists you know and admire while the exhibition is in place... you will not be disappointed. Car pools of friends will enjoy time together or perhaps even day out including lunch and a walk through Gan's downtown and many antique and specialty shops. This is a great time of year to take a drive and visit Gan... the shops in the area bursting with great fall buys and the restaurants are open and welcoming. Antiques and FIBRE ART - what could be better.

THREADWORKS - created by Coralia Reid of Kingston, ON

Arthur Child Heritage Museum

(on the waterfront next to the Gananoque Boat Lines docks just as you come into the town from the west off Highway 2)

125 Water Street.
Gananoque Ontario, K7G 3E3

| 1.877.217.7391 (If you have questions, please call before you go to make sure you have the time to enjoy the exhibition to its best advantage)

Hours:
September 4th – October 24th: 10 – 4 pm
Tours are available by appointment during the off season.

Office Hours:

Call: 613-382-2535 for office hours during the off season.

Admission:

Admission is FREE, but donations are greatly appreciated

So pleased to participate in the CONNECTIONS FIBRE ARTISTS exhibition at Joshua Creek Heritage Centre, Oakville - Opening Sunday September 17, 2017

A FIBRE ART FEAST 

Connections Fibre Artists & Oakville Stitchery Guild

Exhibition dates: Sept 15 – Nov 12, 2017

Opening reception: Sept 17 from 2 pm -5 pm

Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre

1086 Burnhamthorpe Road East, Oakville, Ontario Canada L6H 7B2

(1 km East of Trafalgar Road)

Phone: (905) 257-4730

Email: info@joshuacreekarts.com

Hours: Tuesday – Sunday  1:00 pm to 4:00 pm or  by appointment

Closed Mondays

CONVERSATIONS, Bethany Garner, 2017

Created with 108 heritage quilt blocks from the Ruth McKendry Collection
Hand stitched, English Paper Piecing technique and
the papers remain in the blocks as well as the original basting stitched.
 by an unknown Wellington County Artists well over 130 years ago.
Bethany joined each of the blocks with a small wooden bead,
suspended against fibreglass screen as a wall art piece.

We have always been connected by the threads of time. Stitching cloth or skins together has been elemental to human survival, and for centuries, embellishing cloth has been a cultural heritage. Playing with a needle and thread can be a pleasurable pastime but embroidery is a refined skill, and creativity takes it to another dimension.

In this exhibition The Connections Fibre Artists will celebrate 150 years of Canada with work inspired by settlers and pioneers. The Oakville Stitchery Guild (one of the first embroidery Guilds in Canada) will pay tribute to Constance Howard O.B.E., the great teacher who brought embroidery to Canada in 1972.

Connections Fibre Artists

The Connections Fibre Artists group is comprised of artists stretching across Canada and into the UK. Fibre is the medium that connects them, giving their art depth and texture that other media can only dream of. Their work is highly diverse, from silk fusion to thread painting, soft sculpture to machine embroidery, hand-quilting to photo transfer, fibre wrapping and beading, with new techniques and disciplines occurring regularly. 

TURN, TURN, TURN, Dianne Gibson 2017

Oakville Stitchery Guild
The Oakville Stitchery Guild meets monthly at Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, with guest speakers and instructors, classes, and workshops on stitchery techniques and fabric art. Characteristic work includes experimental embroidery by hand and/or machine, mixed media fibre work, soft jewellery, lace-making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, doll making, beading, stumpwork, altered book-making, and silk ribbon embroidery.

Artwork by a member of the Oakville Stitchery Guild

Gallery Hours

Tuesday through Sunday

1 pm to 4 pm

or by appointment

CLOSURES

All Mondays

June 25

July 1, 2, 10, 30

Sept 3, 10

COMPLEX CLOTH For the making

      Creating Fabrics with Dyes and Pigments

 SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

JULY 31-August 4, 2017, Brockville Campus

A full credit component of the TEXTILE ARTS  Program at

  St. Lawrence College

CLASS IS A GO!!!! We will hope to see you along with a great group of new friends on Monday, July 31st in Brockville!

 

We would be so pleased to have you join us if your week of July 31 to August 4th is clear and coming on over to our Brockville Campus at St. Lawrence College is a possibility... 

This will be a week of creative play time that will result in a terrific stash of all new, original fabric to inspire your new textile work. Lots of time for stitching, dye work, screen printing and more. Extensive dye work, gelatin and screen printing, fabric painting, Arashi Shibori, creative development of art quilts and mounting/framing will all be on the five day plan.

Into the Bog, Bethany Garner

So much opportunity exists in a full week class to learn, share with like-minded students and create some beautiful new work. Pull a carpool of friends together and make this a week that could change your 2017 year of creativity, exploration and learning in a supportive and encouraging environment!

 

Our students are looking forward to acquiring new skills and leaning techniques that further hone their existing skills and having time to translate them into dynamic creations.  

You are encouraged to bring along works in progress, sketchbooks filled with ideas, and plans for work that is waiting to take form but may need encouragement to be released into reality. Using your sketchbook is encouraged during the week and recording the beauty of Brockville and the St. Lawrence River!

Your favourite fabric/tools/stitching supplies will be coming with you from home. (Supplies list with paid registration).

Our students receive a comprehensive set of course handouts and and have access to Bethany's extensive resource library, daily video lessons and some project based tools and supplies will be available in the classroom as a part of the Instructor’s teaching package.    

So whether you love to design and stitch pieces that use your own hand painted and dyed fabrics, or bring together a wonderful stash of fabrics you have been accumulating and want to use, this is a class that will help you take steps toward those goals!  

 

Notes:

 

This full-week, Monday to Friday course is designed for those with a passionate interest in fibre arts and as a vehicle for artistic expression and creation of functional art and personal, original textile design. 

Students will study complex but easily learned processes for fabric coloration and dye work, including pole wrapped Shibori and Arashi patterning. We will work together to explore a complete series of Indigo studies, and develop a personal inventory of beautiful colour and pattern on cloth during our week together and more.

While on-campus residence MAY NOT available at this late date, many area hotels and B & B residences are in the area for those who would like to join us. Share the cost with several friends for a great chance to learn together....

Plan to use this experience as a “get away” for personal development of a new stash of fabrics for work as the year progresses, exhibition calls that are on the calendar, or if you just need a time to focus on your new work.

There will be time for machine work and lots of design play, and the studio classroom will be open 8 am through 10 pm each day.

We have a terrific group of students enrolled who bring with them all levels of experience. You can be assured that the classroom is  a place to play and your friends, old and new will certainly be eager to work along with you in support of our warm and welcoming creative learning  environment.

Course Information/description in the course catalogue here:

http://reader.mediawiremobile.com/StLawrence/issues/200193/viewer?page=5

 Information: Sara Barrie, Program Assistant

Brockville  Campus Location/Contact

2288 Parkedale Avenue
Brockville, Ontario
K6V 5X3

Phone: 613-345-0660 Monday through Friday 

Bethany Garner, Instructor

  613-376-6150 Email: garner@kingston.net

Please feel free to write me with questions!

Register online at SSOA, www.SL.on.ca

Brockville Campus Residence 

(call to see if there are cancellations that might mean there is a room for YOU!)
60 Magedoma Boulevard
Brockville, Ontario K6V 7N7
Tel: 613-345-0660, ext. 3510
LCampbell@sl.on.ca