Connections Fibre Artists Catch Up

It is definitely easier to 'Keep Up' than to 'Catch UP' ... but here's a beginning, again.

During the devastating period of Covid 19 we, Connections Fibre Artists, managed to connect with each other through Zoom meetings and actively sought to put up new shows. It was a period of extended staying safe at home ... a very hard thing to do when we are social animals and we artists love to share the energy expended when we are together.

Last Feb, 2022 some of us met at the Wellington County Museum & Archives to see a collection of 'Toys' that are in their archives. The assortment was amazing ...  from vintage china tea sets to an old Cabbage Patch Kid. Each member chose one or two toy items that evoked memories and/or inspiration.  Titled 'Re:PLAY' this show will debut late in 2024.

We have tossed around a theme, for a few years now,  that would only require the main colour of any 'blue', with a few neutrals allowed ... a title isn't definite yet and a venue is being sought.

In early January, 2024, we will be putting up a show honouring one of our own members ... a truly remarkable woman ! ... Sybil Rampen ... at the Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON.                                       Watch for it !

Hopefully we are on the road to many more shows and active participation with each other.

Re:Fashion September, 2019 - January, 2020

We did it !! 

Even with the ugly reality of Covid 19, we still managed a show or two. 

This post will, hopefully, start to catch us up a bit.

2019: Re:Fashion -Wellington County Museum & Archives, Fergus, ON, Canada from September 15, 2019 to January 5, 2020

Dwayne Wanner

Dwayne Wanner

Dwayne Wanner

Maggie Vanderweit

Sybil Rampen

Sharron Deacon Begg

Ralph Beney

Penny Berens

Pat Hertzberg

Nancy Yule Peace

Mita Giacomini

Michaela Fitzsimmons

Linda Janzen

Jacqueline Venus

Chris Kummer

Bethany Garner

Ann Sanders

Bethany Garner

Bev White

Gail Rhynard

Gordana Brelih

Helen Hughes

Wendy O'Brien

Wen Anderson-Breedveld

Elizabeth Duggan Litch

Dianne Gibson

This was a lovely show where Connections Fibre Artists members chose a clothing artefact and gave it new life, hence the title, Re:Fashion. The show then travelled to the Bruce County Museum, Southampton Ontario. Even tho' 'Covid 19' kept everyone at home and wary, quite a number of brave souls donned a mask and went to see for themselves what a group of fibre artists could do with the inspiration of a vintage piece of clothing.

Re:Collections

Connections Fibre Artists once again collaborates with the Wellington County Museum & Archives and delivers a show with stunning new work inspired by some wonderful artefacts from deep within the archival files of the museum and brought to light ... chosen by the staff of the museum.

Helen Hughes and Sharron Deacon Begg were able to meet to see the show on a sunny Tuesday at the museum ... socially distancing  and wearing our masks ... just before the province-wide shutdown due to Covid 19.

These are Sharron's photos hence the less than professional quality ;)