EXTENDED until February 27, 2011
Public Programming – Mark Your Calendars!
Weaving Demonstration
A Public Program with Textile Artist, Clarissa Rizal
Saturday January 29 & Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:30 – 3:30pm
At the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
639 Hornby Street, Vancouver
Admission included with regular Gallery Admission
Adults $10, Seniors/Students $7, Youth/Child $5, Members FREE
(RSVP not required)
Clarissa is one of 20 Aboriginal fibre artists participating in the Gallery’s featured exhibition, Time Warp. Of Tlingit ancestry, she is a dynamic presenter and excels in both Naaxiin and Raven’s Tail weaving and other art media, winning six best-of-show awards to date. She will be demonstrating both Raven’s Tail and Naaxiin (Chilkat) weaving.
This public program is presented as part of the Gallery’s featured exhibition, Time Warp: Contemporary Textiles of the Northwest Coast. Time Warp celebrates the textile and fibre art of 20 emerging, mid-career and internationally recognized Aboriginal artists from Alaska, Yukon, BC, and Washington State. The exhibition runs through Feb 27, 2011.