| Curated by Dawne Rudman & Gareth Bate, Nov. 2 - 25, 2012 | Common Thread International Exhibition | |||||
| Curatorial Statement | List of Artists | Corridor Galleries of Queen Elizabeth Park Community | |||||
| Return to 2012 Exhibitions Menu | & Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada | |||||
| Photography: Gareth Bate Design | ||||||
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| Nathan Johns | Installation View | Cath Adele | Cath Adele | |||
| Winnipeg, Manitoba | Peterborough, Ontario | Peterborough, Ontario | ||||
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| Cath Adele | Installation View | Marie Bergstedt | Marie Bergstedt | |||
| Peterborough, Ontario | San Francisco, California | San Francisco, California | ||||
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| Kit Vincent | Kit Vincent | Installation View | Kit Vincent | |||
| Elizabethtown, Ontario | Elizabethtown, Ontario | Elizabethtown, Ontario | ||||
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| Kit Vincent | Kit Vincent | Installation View | Cliodhna Quinlan | |||
| Elizabethtown, Ontario | Elizabethtown, Ontario | Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow, | ||||
| Ireland | ||||||
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| Denise Lithgow | Joanne Young | Installation View | Installation View | |||
| Sydney, New South Wales, | Kitchener, Ontario | |||||
| Australia | ||||||
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| Micaela Fitzsimmons | Micaela Fitzsimmons | Barbara Rehus | Lois Schklar | |||
| Mitchell, Ontario | Mitchell, Ontario | St. Catharines, Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | |||
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| Alice Vander Vennen | Alice Vander Vennen | Joe Lewis | Joe Lewis | |||
| Cobourg, Ontario, Canada | Cobourg, Ontario, Canada | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||
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| Micaela Fitzsimmons | Ali Rabjohns | Judy Martin | Judy Martin | |||
| Mitchell, Ontario | Barncroft, East Sussex, | Manitoulin Island, Ontario | Manitoulin Island, Ontario. | |||
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| Faye Jacobs | Sheree Rasmussen | Sheree Rasmussen | Sheree Rasmussen | |||
| Peterborough, Ontario | Castleton Ontario | Castleton Ontario | Castleton Ontario | |||
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| Erin Verlis | Line Dufour | Karen LeBlanc | Karen LeBlanc | |||
| London, Ontario | Holland Landing, Ontario | Fredericton, New Brunswick | Fredericton, New Brunswick | |||
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| Karen Cummings | Karen Cummings | Pat Loucks | Pat Loucks | |||
| Cambridge, Ontario | Cambridge, Ontario | Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada | Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada | |||
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| Melanie Baker | Patricia Fluter | Juana Sleizer | Jacqueline Treloar | |||
| Pickering, Ontario | Calgary, Alberta | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||
Curatorial Statement
The decision to carefully curate our exhibitions with specific themes left many artists unselected. There was so much exciting and unique work that we couldn't bare not to show it! We decided to expand the Festival into the Halls of Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre. This diverse collection of work featured 25 artists from Australia, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and the USA.
Download the 2012 Festival Exhibition Brochure.
Common Thread International Exhibitions
The Common Thread International exhibitions are the flagship shows of the World of Threads Festival. Hundreds of artists from around the world submitted bodies of work, installations or individual pieces to the Festival. Multiple curators from various Oakville and Toronto galleries created exciting exhibitions based on their own unique interests. We bring international contemporary fibre art to Oakville and the Toronto area as well as highlight the strength of our local artists.
Curators
- Canada, Ontario, Oakville: Dawne Rudman, Toronto: Gareth Bate
Artists
- Australia: New South Wales: Sydney: Denise Lithgow.
- Canada: Alberta: Calgary: Patsy Fluter, Manitoba: Winnipeg: Nathan Johns, New Brunswick: Fredericton,
Karen LeBlanc, Nova Scotia: Bedford: Pat Loucks, Ontario: Cambridge: Karen Cummings, Castleton:
Sheree Rasmussen, Cobourg: Alice Vander Vennen, Elizabethtown: Kit Vincent, Holland Landing: Line Dufour, Kitchener: Joanne Young, London: Erin Verlis, Manitoulin Island: Judy Martin, Mitchell: Micaela Fitzsimmons, Peterborough: Cath Adele, Faye Jacobs, Pickering: Melanie Baker, Toronto: Joe Lewis, Lois Schklar, Juana Sleizer,
Jacqueline Treloar, St. Catharines: Barbara Rehus. - England: East Sussex: Barn Croft: Ali Rabjohns.
- Ireland: Co. Wicklow: Kilmacanogue: Cliodhna Quinlan.
- USA: California: San Francisco: Marie Bergstedt.
Venue
The Variegated Threads Exhibition was held in the Corridor Galleries, and in the front and back lounges at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre Oakville's newest cultural centre which opened in April 2012. A huge variety of media from quilts to tapestries to site-specific installations were displayed.
Special Thanks:
Gallery Liaisons: Tonia Di Risio & Preeya Nayee.
Exhibition Installers: Gareth Bate, Dawne Rudman, Irene Brayne,
Judy Brydon,
Lynne Calvert,
Preeya Nayee, Tonia DiRisio.
Facilities Staff: Julie Ascah,
Mike Besic,
Lori Coletta,
Adrian Duplessis,
Susan Fanelli,
Tina Field,
Chris Fontes,
Kamal Fox,
Tony Luis,
Mitch MacKenzie,
Dan Miotto,
Don Pearce,
Dave Rookyard,
Michael Sanserverino,
James Schulze,
Blake Talbot,
Joe La Vergne,
John Vidal.