17710-56A Avenue

604-592-6956

www.surrey.ca/heritage

MUSEUM LISTING

Surrey Museum – Unique artifacts, images and interactive displays in a stunning and modern space that highlights Surrey’s history. Attractive space for programs, 42-seat orientation theatre, changing exhibits. 17710-56A Avenue, Surrey, B.C.  604-592-6956.  Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays, 9:30am-5:30pm, Saturdays: 10:00am-5:00pm. 2012 admission sponsored by Friends Society.

PLEASE NOTE:

(a) Seasonal closure Dec 24, 2011-Feb 6, 2012

(b) New web address. Please check any listings you roll over for old web address. Please ensure you use this address in your listings:  www.surrey.ca/heritage

Kids Can Knit: Beginners – In just four easy classes, kids will be delighted with their new skills, as they learn to knit bookmarks and small bags. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956.

Wednesday, February 15      4:00pm-5:30pm                         4 sessions $39 (8-12yrs)

Kids Can Sew: Hand Sewing – Learn basic hand sewing techniques in this fun class while you make a sampler of sewing stitches and a small stuffed animal. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956.

Thursday, February 16           4:00pm-6:00pm                         5 sessions $35 (8-12yrs)

Shibori Silk Scarf–New Techniques – Join local artist Deanna Welters and learn to develop texture and pattern on dyed silk as you explore Shibori patterns and surface design techniques like printmaking, in this expanded class. Supply fee $15. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956.

Saturday, February 18           1:00pm-4:00pm                         2 sessions $40 (16+yrs)

Kids Can Weave – Weaving is a fun and creative activity! Make unique and beautiful hand-woven bookmarks or belts on small easy-to-use inkle looms. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956.

Saturday, February 25          10:30am-12:30pm                3 sessions $39 (8-12yrs)

Dear fiber friends,

Are you proud of your fiber work and want to show it off?  Do you have an interest in educating the public about  the exciting avenues pursued by fiber artists?

We, of the Blue Ridge Fiber Show planning committee have just such goals and hope you will let us exhibit your best work.  The Show includes both amateurs and professionals and there are categories for weaving, felting and spinning.  The entries are not juried. All entries following the guidelines in the prospectus are exhibited;  however, they will be judged to award the prizes.

The show is sponsored by the Western North Carolina Fiber/Handweavers Guild.   In 2010,  we held the show for the first time in a  beautiful gallery in the  Education Center of the North Carolina Arboretum.  We had a very successful show, much admired by the general public.  The Arboretum staff was enthusiastic about it, as well.

Several enhancements made the show very successful in 2010 and will be continued.

• We coordinated many educational events. Fiber arts professionals taught several classes in the Arboretum’s facilities during the time of the show.
•  For the duration of the show, we also rand demonstrations on a weekly basis.  A loom from the 1800’s was lovingly restored to function and we encouraged the public to weave on it.  Many children were thrilled to be given the chance to use that huge piece of equipment!

Since many tourists visit the mountains in the fall, and the western NC audience is both wide and sophisticated in its appreciation of hand crafts, sales beat previous records.  So there is that possibility for you, also, if you wish to offer your entry for sale.

Registrations and fees are due on or before August 10, 2012.  (Don’t wait until the last moment, please.)

Entries, themselves, are due on  September 21, 2012.

The show runs from October 2, 2012 to January 2, 2013.

For all the details, please visit www.wncfhg.org and click on “Blue Ridge Fiber Show” to find copies of the prospectus and entry forms.

If you have questions, please email us at brfs2012@yahoo.com.

Hoping to hear from you,

Teena Tuenge- BRFS 2012 coordinator

Where: Fibres West, AgRec Bldg, 32470 Haida Drive, Abbotsford Exhibition Park
When: Friday, March 16 (9:30-6) & Saturday, March 17, (9:30-5) 2012
What: Teachers from BC and Alberta, Spinning technique including drafting, Drop Spindling, Spinning for Socks. Warping Tips, Entrelac, Mosaic, Cowichan and Sock knitting. Nuno Felting, 3-D felting and more….
Full details including the registration form on the show website – www.fibreswest.com. Class registration deadline, February 29, 2012. Free admission with class registration. Free parking on site.

Call For Instructor Proposals Deadline Extended

The Workshop and Seminar planners for the ANWG 2013 NW Weavers Conference will accept instructor proposals through Feb. 16, 2012.  The conference will be June 17-23, 2013, on the campus of Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.

Instructors can download the application at the conference website: www.anwg-conference-2013.com.  The Workshop and Seminar planners expect to develop a diverse and interesting schedule of classes in fiber-related areas – weaving, spinning, design, dyeing and surface design, embellishment, basketry, braiding, clothing construction, color theory, computer applications, felting, knitting, ethnic investigation and other fiber techniques.  The deadline was extended two weeks to give interested instructors additional time to apply.

The 2013 conference theme is “Crossing Borders, Crossing Threads.” It is an appropriate theme for a weaving conference at Western Washington University, so near the Canadian border in Bellingham. It is a theme that honors the influences of the many cultures whose people have crossed borders and brought their weaving traditions with them. The theme also celebrates the influences of woven borders and traditional cultures on design and color in our modern world.

Those interested in receiving conference updates should visit the website and sign up for the conference newsletter.

HATS!  FELTED, KNITTED, AND CERAMIC

Whatcom Weavers Guild members Donna Hunter and Marilyn Olsen will share their approaches to hats in several media.

Donna, an accomplished felt-maker, has made felt hats of many shapes and styles.  She will be showing samples of those and describing the process by which they are made. She also teaches novices to make hats in her Blaine studio.  Marilyn, a ceramics artist as well as a fiber artist, has made matching pairs of fanciful ceramic and knit art hats, and will describe her approach to knitting the unusual elements of her knit hats. Members and guests are also invited to bring hats they have made and show them at the meeting.

The meeting will be on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at St. James Presbyterian Church’s lower level meeting room at 910 14th St. in Bellingham.  Admission is free.

For further information about the Whatcom Weavers Guild, visit www.whatcomweaversguild.org or contact Sheri Ward, info@whatcomweaversguild.org or 360-961-4956.

FibreEssence call for entry – Cherry Blossoms: a Textile Translation. April 17 to 29, 2012 at the Silk Purse Gallery, 1570 Argyle Ave, West Vancouver. Entries can be 48 inches wide or smaller, and follow the cherry blossom theme using anything from real petals to the suggestion of pink in an abstract design. Original work only; functional pieces as well as wall pieces are welcome. Deadline, March 19, 2012. For more detailed information, contact Judy Villett at 604-215-8537, or jvillett@hotmail.com

The Seymour Art Gallery
FibreEssence
& WAVe (Wearable Arts Vancouver)

The Art of Fashion, 2012
Call For Entry

This is a juried show and sale of wearable art, accessories and jewelry, to be held Sunday, April 1, 2012 at The Artemis Studio and Gallery, and The Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove, North Vancouver.

The show is a fundraiser for the Seymour Art Gallery, therefore 20% of income from sales will go to the gallery.

Accepted artists will be located at both the Seymour Art Gallery and the Artemis Studio and Gallery. Details regarding works to be included in the Parade of Fashion, as well as set up and rehearsals will be sent to accepted artists.

Artists are responsible for their own insurance.

Application Information:

Please include a brief cv, and send this along with your CD of images and your cheque payable to FibreEssence to cover the entry fee. Entry forms, CD, and fees must be received at the Seymour Art Gallery, 4360 Gallant Avenue, North Vancouver, V7G 1L2, by 5pm on Feb 16, 2012. Please mark your envelope “The Art of Fashion”

Images
We require images of 3 pieces of the type of work you plan to include in the show.
Please send no more than 3 images per piece, and these should be jpg files. Keep them to 1MB or less. Remember, your work will be judged from the photos so do not have distracting backgrounds, and be sure to include a detail so the quality of the work can be seen. Indicate on the form the description of the pieces, along with the number of images per piece, in the order in which they appear on the CD.

Be sure your name appears on all pieces of your entry, including the CD.
We also require a description of your display set up and the amount of space you will require.

Artists will be notified of acceptance or otherwise by Dec 30, 2011.

Please contact Joyce Redford or Ros Aylmer if you have any questions.
rejoyce33@gmail.com
rosaqed@shaw.ca

Download entry form [download#37#nohits]