About

About The Festival

The World of Threads Festival is a leading international showcase of contemporary fibre and textile art. We are a not-for-profit initiative with charitable status. We believe that some of the most exciting and compelling artwork being made today is happening in the field of fibre arts. Through our initiatives we've discovered some remarkable artists and brought them to the attention of Canadian and international audiences. The Festival is run by mother and son team, dedicated volunteer Dawne Rudman (Festival Chair, Curator and Social Media) and Gareth Bate (Festival Curator, Photographer, Web & Graphic Designer, Social Media).

Logo Design by Gareth Bate

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

We began in 1994 as a single Oakville exhibition, expanded to a full festival in 1998 and then became international in 2009. Our last Festival featured 425 artworks by 155 artists, from 16 countries and attracted over 80,000 visitors. The festival draws visitors from across the region and internationally and many participating artists and visitors traveled from around the world to attend.

During the Festival we make a lot of effort to connect the artists for networking opportunities with each other. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow fibre artists from around the world in person. Some you may know only from social media. Bus tours bring in visitors from Toronto to Oakville for the opening reception.

Our website has become a central hub for lovers of fibre art with our Fibre Artist Interview series. We have a following in 99 countries. To date we've conducted over 140 interviews with Canadian and international artists and curators.

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Artists and curators in the exhibition Flow for World of Threads Festival 2018.

Previous Festivals have featured artists from:

Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, USA and Wales.

Canadian Provinces & Territories:

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.

US States:

Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.

World of Threads Festival Curators Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman in Paris.

Awards

2023 People’s Choice Award, from Ontario Culture Days Spotlight Recognition Program:

World of Threads Festival, recognizing outstanding accomplishments and exceptional achievement.

2016 Community Spirit Arts Award:
Dawne Rudman

Recognizing an individual that through their volunteerism has made an invaluable contribution to the Oakville community and contributed to nurturing and enhancing the arts.

2015 Community Impact Arts Award:
Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate

Recipients for bringing global attention to Oakville and elevating the fibre/textile art form around the world.

2007 Community Spirit Award for Volunteerism in the Arts:

World of Threads Festival recipient of this prestigious Oakville award.

2007 Oakville Volunteer of the Year:

Awarded to Dawne Rudman for her work organizing festival exhibitions.

Reverse Timeline of Festival History

2026 to 1993

2025-01-01

2025

Plans for Festival 2026-27 begin.
Regular newsletters published to our subscribers.
Social Media promotion continues with regular postings to Facebook and Instagram, featuring artists and their work from Festival 2023-24.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant.
Work on new website designed by Gareth Bate continues. Photography by Gareth Bate. Content written by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate.

2025-01-01

2024-01-01

2024

Festival extended into January 2024.
Additional artworks added to replace artists who needed their artwork back and unable to accept the extension.
Over 80,000 visitors recorded as having attended the Festival,coming from the region, across Canada and around the world.
Return of artworks only completed in May 2024.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant.
Donations received from the public.
Subscriber base grows to 99 countries.
Regular newsletters published to our subscribers.
Social Media promotion continues with regular postings to Facebook and Instagram, featuring artists and their work from Festival 2023-24.

2024-01-01

2023-01-01

2023 - Festival Revival

Festival 2023-24, the first festival in five years, because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Festival shut down after 23 days due to strike by the Town of Oakville Outside and Operations Staff. Festival reopens on 13 November, 2023.
Festival displays 426 artworks by 115 artists from Canada, England, Finland, Hungary, Israel, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Uruguay, USA and Wales.
Festival venue is Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) in Oakville, Ontario. The major show Amorphous was held in the Gallery. There were 50 Solo Shows in the Corridor Galleries and 9 large Installations in the Display Area Gallery, lobbies and open spaces of QEPCCC. Smaller group shows were Forever Covid, Cat Walk III, and Wings.
Over 300 artists from around the world, with over 3,500 images of art works submitted to the International Call for Submissions. Curating of exhibitions continues using Synchronistic Curating method with exhibitions developing entirely out of submissions received – there were no preconceived ideas or themes.
Sixty-five of the participating artists attend the Festival opening and others during the run of the Festival.
Art Bus tours from Toronto to Oakville again arranged for the Festival opening.
Nine special group tours organized for visitors from Oakville, Toronto, Hamilton and the GTA.
Thirteen other groups attended the Festival on their own.
Festival awarded Ontario Culture Days, People’s Choice Award, recognizing it’s outstanding accomplishments and exceptional achievements.
Festival 2023-24 Chair: Dawne Rudman.
Festival 2023-24 Curators: Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman.
Festival Photography, Website, Instagram Reels and Graphic Design by Gareth Bate.
Festival Installers: Gareth Bate, Melissa Bieman, Chris Booth, Freda Cott, Heidi Daughney, Caren DesBrisay, Carolyn Dinsmore, Jeanne Hamill, Jenn Hoag, Margaret Kirwin, Dawne Rudman, Carol Stanley and Jean Towell. Assistant Installers: Carolyn Hambly and Susan Richard.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant.
Donations received from the public.

2023-01-01

2022-01-01

2022

Plans for Festival 2023 begin.
Greatest Hits email series continues, a vital way of remaining in contact with our subscribers and audience.
Subscriber base remains steady with some growth and a following in 96 countries.
Social Media promotion of the Festival continues with regular postings to Facebook and Instagram, featuring artists and their work from previous Festivals.
The Festival welcomes volunteers Carol Stanley as Volunteer Coordinator and Jennifer Hoag as Assistant.
Planning and preparation begins for Festival 2023
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant
Sponsorship held over: Fibre Art Network.
Donations received from the public.

2022-01-01

2021-01-01

2021 - Festival on Hold

Festival remains on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Greatest Hits email series continues on a regular basis, providing our subscribers and audience with virtual shows featuring artists from past Festivals.
Subscriber base maintained with a following in 96 countries.
Extensive promotion of the Festival continues on Social Media featuring artists and their work from previous Festivals,
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant
Sponsorship held over: Fibre Art Network.
Donations received from the public.

2021-01-01

2020-01-01

2020 - Festival Cancelled for Covid-19

In March 2020 we cancelled Festival 2020 for the Fall due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. This turned out to be the right move!
Our Greatest Hits email series introduced providing our subscribers and audience with regular virtual shows featuring artists from past exhibitions.
Subscriber base remains steady with a following in 96 countries.
Embarked on an extensive promotion of the Festival on Social Media featuring artists and their work from previous Festivals,
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant
Sponsorship held over: Fibre Art Network.
Donations received from the public.

2020-01-01

2019-01-01

2019

Planning and preparations begins for Festival 2020.
Subscribers continue to grow with a following in 96 countries.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant
Sponsorship held over: Fibre Art Network.

2019-01-01

2018-01-01

2018 Festival Year

The Festival displays 303 artworks by 65 artists from Canada, Denmark, England, Hungary, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and USA.
Festival 2018 focused on Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) in Oakville, Ontario. The major show Flow was held in the Gallery. A massive floor installation In Between Presence and Absence was held in the Display Area Gallery. Exhibitions in the Corridor Galleries: Solo Shows and Installations, Cat Walk II, Botanical Realm and Fibre 3D.
Over 300 artists from around the world, with thousands of art works submit to the International Call for Submissions. Curating of exhibitions continues using Synchronistic Curating method with exhibitions developing entirely out of submissions received – there were no preconceived ideas or themes. One-third of participating artists were alumni and two-thirds were new to the Festival.
Forty-one of the participating artists attend the Festival.
Art Bus tours from Toronto to Oakville again arranged for the Festival opening weekend.
Over 60,000 visitors recorded as having attended the Festival, coming from the region, across Canada and around the world.
Special Tours of Festival organized for visitor groups from Toronto.
Subscriber base continues to grow with subscribers now in 96 countries.
The Festival welcomes volunteer Melissa Bieman as Vice Chair.
Festival 2018 Chair: Dawne Rudman
Festival 2018 Curators: Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman
Festival Photography, Website and Graphic Design by Gareth Bate.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant.
Sponsors: Business for the Arts, Fibre Art Network, MasSpec Consulting Inc. and Spun Fibre Arts.

2018-01-01

2017-01-01

2017

Subscribers continue to grow with a following in 95 countries.
Planning and preparations begins for Festival 2018.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant
Festival obtains sponsorship and welcomes sponsor for Festival 2018: Business for the Arts, Fibre Art Network, MasSpec Consulting Inc. and Spun Fibre Arts.

2017-01-01

2016-01-01

2016 Festival Year

The Festival displayed 314 artworks by 134 artists from Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Hong Kong-China, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, and USA.
The main venue is Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC). The major exhibition Cosmic Geometry was held in the Main Gallery. Late in the Season show was held in the Display Area Gallery. Exhibitions in the Corridor Galleries: Cat Walk & Kimono Road, Quiet Zone 2, Solo Shows and Installations and WWW: whimsical, wacky and wild. Oakville Galleries joined on again with Judith Scott: Work by the late American fibre artist, in the Gallery at Centennial Square in downtown Oakville. For the second festival in a row, there was a group exhibit me and you at the Gallery Space, Living Arts Centre in Mississauga.
Festival 2016 Chair: Dawne Rudman
Festival 2016 Curators: Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman
Guest Curators: Megan Press and Michael Hyland.
Dawne Rudman is the recipient of Oakville’s 15^th Annual Community Spirit Arts Award, recognizing an individual that, through their volunteerism, has made an invaluable contribution to the Oakville community and contributed to nurturing and enhancing the arts in Oakville.
Art Bus tours from Toronto to Oakville and Mississauga arranged again for both days of the Festival opening weekend.
Over 300 arts from around the world, with thousands of art works submit to the International Call for Submissions. Curated exhibitions developed entirely from what was received – there were no preconceived ideas or themes.
Curators: Gareth Bate, Dawne Rudman, Megan Press and Matthew Hyland.
Special Tours of Festival organized for visitor groups from Toronto, Niagara Region and Eastern Ontario.
Subscriber base continues to grow with a following in 90 countries.
Venues: Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square, Oakville, and Living Arts Centre, Mississauga.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant.

2016-01-01

2015-01-01

2015

World of Threads Festival, Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman receive the Oakville Arts Council 2015 Community Impact Arts Award for bringing global attention to Oakville and elevating the fibre/textile art form around the world.
Fibre Artist Interview Series continues. Subscribers continue to grow with a following in 80 countries.
Planning and preparations begin for Festival 2016.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant

2015-01-01

2014-01-01

2014 Festival Year

Festival 2014 is our 20^th Anniversary!
The Festival is organized by Festival Chair and Curator, Dawne Rudman and Festival Curator and Designer, Gareth Bate. Festival features 355 artworks by 97 artists from 10 countries including Australia, Canada, France, Hungary, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Japan, UK and USA.
The Festival is now primarily focused around a single venue, Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC) in Oakville, Ontario. Curated develop from an international Call for Submissions and the emphasis continues to be o Contemporary Fibre Art. Hundreds of artists with thousands of works from across the globe respond to the international Call for Submission.
The principal curated exhibition is The Red and the Black in the Gallery at QEPCCC. The Living Arts Centre in Mississauga, Ontario joins on as a Festival venue with the show strung out and undone.
Oakville Galleries comes on board with The Last Supper exhibition in The Studio venue. The Festival expands into the Display Area Gallery and Corridor Galleries of QEPCCC, Solo Shows and Installations.
For the first time we showed entire bodies of work in Solo Shows.
Art Bus tours from Toronto to Oakville and Mississauga arranged for both days o the Festival opening weekend.
The Fibre Artist Interview Series continues to play major role.
A Curator Interview Series introduced in January 2014.
Subscriber base expands to a following in 71 countries.
Festival 2014 Chair: Dawne Rudman
Festival 2014 Curators: Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman
Guest Curators: Megan Press and Matthew Hyland.
Venues: Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre and Oakville Galleries in Oakville and the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga.
Grant: Town of Oakville Cultural Grant.

2014-01-01

2013-01-01

2013

Fiber Artist Interview Series continues to play a major role, 110 Interviews published by end of December.
Subscribers now in 62 countries.
Planning and preparation begins for Festival 2014.

2013-01-01

2012-01-01

2012 Festival Year

Fiber Artist Interview Series started in January 2011. Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate publish 83 interviews before the Festival, forty-five featured artists who exhibited in Festival 2012. They highlighted fibre artist around the world and placed local artists within an international context. The series made the festival website a regular stop for fibre art lovers, with subscribers in 59 countries.
Festival expands into Toronto, the largest city in Canada with a large and important art world. Oakville remains the home of the Festival with 11 shows. Toronto becomes part f the festival for the first time with 10 shows.
Curated exhibitions based on an international call for submissions replaces the previous model of juried shows. Contemporary Fibre Art becomes the emphasis.
Festival 2012 Chair: Dawne Rudman
Festival 2012 Curators: Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman
Guest Curators: Richard McNeill, Evan Tyler, Shuhui Le, Rochelle Rubinstein.
Independent Exhibition Curators: Amanda McCavour, Stanzie Tooth, Sharlene Rankin, Chris Mitchell, Helena Frei.
Dawne Rudman, Oakville’s 2000 Volunteer of the Year becomes Festival Chair.
Festival Organizers: Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman.
Gareth Bate creates new website and all graphic design.
Twenty-one exhibitions featured 195 artists from 12 countries and 8 Canadian provinces.
Oakville Exhibitions: De rerum natura (On The Nature of Things), Memento mori, Quiet Zone, Myth Making, Variegated Threads, Fibre Collage, Continuum, Tangled Memories, Pentimento, Outdoor Environmental Installations, ArtWear Boutique.
Toronto Exhibitions: Material Connections; THREADSpace; Where Were You When Amy Winehouse Died?; Protrusion; Interlace, deconstruct, the spaces in between; Webbed; Collecting Loss; Soft Chopper; Cutting Edge: New Views of Fibre Art; Hard Twist 6: Touch Me, Feel Me.
Countries represented: Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, France, Ireland, Peru, Spain, United States.
Canadian Provinces: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan.
American States: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
Venues Oakville: Joshua Creek Heritage Centre, The Gallery at Sheridan Institute, Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville Town Hall, Ristorante Julia, O’Connor McLeod Hanna, Oakville Place Shopping Centre.
Venues Toronto: Lonsdale Gallery, Canadian Sculpture Centre, Gallery West, 401 Richmond Street West (Red Room and Roastery Coffee House), Telephone Booth Gallery, Gallery 918, Mon Ton Window Gallery, Studio Cycle Group’s Motorcycle Shop, Case Goods Warehouse, The Gladstone Hotel.
Festival Installers: Gareth Bate, Jamie Owen, Dawne Rudman.
Assistant Installers: Irene Brayne, Judy Brydon, Lynne Calvert, Preeya Nayee.
Grants: Ontario Trillium Foundation, Town of Oakville Cultural Grant, and Oakville Community Foundation.

2012-01-01

2009-01-01

2009 Festival Year

Gareth Bate Design creates new website and uses online social networking to bring the festival to an international audience.
The Festival becomes international in scope with a more ambitious emphasis on contemporary fibre art. New galleries join the festival.
Submissions were so impressive the Common Thread was expanded to three venues. Jurors: Carol Goddu, Dorie Millerson, Judith Tinkle.
Exhibitions: Common Thread International Juried Show 1, 2 & 3, The Salon of the Common Thread, Guilded Threads, Threads That Bind, Nine Lives, Expressions, The Modern Priscilla, Not Your Grannies Quilts, FIBRiCATIONS, Words to End all Wars, Strands on the Sixteen, Just for Us Originals.
Award Winners: Ulrikka Mokdad (Denmark) Best of Show, Fuyuko Matsubara (USA) Best Traditional, Patricia Seaton Homonylo (Toronto, Canada) Best Contemporary.
Countries represented: Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Turkey, USA.
Canadian Provinces represented: Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario Quebec, Saskatchewan.
First Fibre Earth Works installation takes place at the Oakville Museum.
Venues: Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, Towne Square Gallery, b42 Gallery, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville Town Hall, The Gallery at Sheridan Institute, O’Connor MacLeod Hanna, Halton Regional Centre, Ristorante Julia, Timothy’s Café.
Festival Committee: Jayne Coryell (Chair), Helen Barnes, Gareth Bate, Vivienne Jones, Marda McLean, Dawne Rudman, Cathy Shaughnessy, Ixchel Suarez.
Grants: Ontario Trillium Foundation and Town of Oakville Cultural Grant.

2009-01-01

2007-01-01

2007 Festival Year

The Festival is Winner of Oakville’s prestigious “Community Spirit Award for Volunteerism in the Arts”.
Dawne Rudman, dedicated volunteer wins “Oakville Volunteer of the Year” for her work organizing festival exhibitions.
The Festival achieves Charitable Status.
Eight Exhibitions including: Common Thread (featuring 22 pieces), Threads of Remembrance (embroidered postcards from WWI), Salon Des Refuses, New Directions –New Ideas (work by Sheridan Textile Arts students). Five workshops and 1 lecture.
Venues: The Gallery at Sheridan Institute, Oakville Museum, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville Town Hall, Ristorante Julia.
Second Collaborative Fibre Recreation by Oakville’s five fibre guilds sees each guild work to make multiple parts of “The Mill on the Sixteen” (1856) by Fredrick Verner.
First Steering Committee with coordinators responsible for specific portfolios: Jayne Coryell (Chair), Margaret Ballantyne-Power, Susan Crane, Ruth Fawcett, Nancy Fisher, Janice Joyner, Mary Kroetsch, Dawne Rudman, Bernadette Ward.
First website designed by Mary Kroetsch.
Grants: Community Foundation of Oakville, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Town of Oakville Grants to Cultural Organizations.
Significant donations received from local individuals, businesses and organizations.

2007-01-01

2005-01-01

2005 Festival Year

The World of Threads Festival becomes the new festival name. The Common Thread Exhibition attracted 187 entries. Jurors: Patricia Bentley, Sharon Epstein and Lorraine Roy. Seven exhibitions, 3 technique demonstrations at Oakville Museum, 6 introductory techniques workshops, 2 lectures and a fundraising raffle.
Venues: The Gallery at Sheridan Institute, Oakville Museum, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville Town Hall, Silver Thimble Needlepoint, Ristorante Julia, Cicada Gallery, Red Thread Gallery.
First Collaborative Fibre Recreation by Oakville’s five fibre guilds sees each guild work to make multiple parts of Charles Demuth’s: I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold.
Festival Committee: Jane Coryell (Festival Chair), Helena Asikainen, Helen Barnes, Susan Crane, Grace DeLottinville, Nancy Fischer, Donalda Fordham, Anne Harrison, Kim Kernohan, Joan MacDonald, Marda McLean, CJ Martin, Leslie Masters, Margaret Perry, Dawne Rudman, Rena Sava, Ali Thompson, Julie Verma, Bunty Yeoman, Aija Zichmanis.

2005-01-01

2002-01-01

2002 Festival Year

The Fibre Festival becomes the new name and expands to 18 exhibitions, 2 lectures and 11 workshops. Demos held in downtown shop windows and exhibition sites. Children’s hands-on activities at local malls. The Common Thread exhibition attracted 160 entries. Featuring 32 textile artists from across Canada, juried by Jeanne Bellavance, Judith Tinkl and Sarah Quinton.
Award Winners: Valerie Garnett & Robin Muller (Best of Show), Judith Fielder (Best Traditional), Lisa Leahey-McIsaac (Best Contemporary).
Canada’s Quilt of Belonging displayed at Oakville Centennial Library. The Oakville Quilters Guild had a block in this historic national quilt.
Afghan Women’s Resource Centre sold textile crafts to help Afghan women.
Venues: Oakville Museum, Sheridan College Gallery, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville Town Hall, O'Connor MacLeod Hanna, Greening’s Art Gallery, Glen Abbey Public Library, MacGregor Gallery, Ms. Emma Designs, Cannington House Gallery, Anastasia Gallery, Silver Thimble, Sovereign House, Oakville Arts Society, Bookers, Appleby College, Iroquois Ridge Library, Oakville Library Main Branch.
Festival Committee: Helen Barnes (Festival Chair), Brenda Austin-Phinney, Jane Coryell, Carolyn Cross, Edith Dunn, Anne Harrison, Deborah Hudson, Phyllis Parish, Barbara Rennick, Dawne Rudman, Rena Sava, Ingrid Sevels, Susan Warner-Keene, Bunty Yeomans.

2002-01-01

2000-01-01

2000 Festival Year

Change of name to Oakville Festival for Fibre Arts and included exhibitions, lectures and workshops. Again the Common Thread Exhibition had juried proposals by juror Andrew M Temcik. At the Oakville Museum there was an exhibition Traditions in Lace.
Venues: Oakville Museum, Sheridan College Gallery, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville Town Hall, O’Connor MacLeod, McLaren-Barnes Gallery, Greening’s Art Gallery, Native Art Gallery, Green Gables Art Studio, Oakville’s Pauper Boutique, Glen Abbey Public Library, MacGregor Gallery, Ms Emma Designs, Carrington House Gallery and Archival Cottage.
Festival Committee: Gillian McIntyre (Festival Chair), Helen Barnes, fibre guilds of Oakville representatives, Sheridan Textile Studio head, Oakville Museum staff, Jayne Coryell, Dawne Rudman.

2000-01-01

1998-01-01

1998 Festival Year

The Fibre Arts Festival became Oakville’s first festival of fibre arts. Christel Wille and the five fibre arts guilds of Oakville, initiated the festival with the intention of celebrating local artists.
For this first festival, workshops and lectures were included along with the exhibitions.
Venues for the Festival: The Oakville Museum, Oakville Galleries Centennial Gallery and Gairlock Gardens, Sheridan College Gallery, Abbozzo Gallery, Silver Thimble, Oakville Municipal Building, The Wool Bin, To Set a Table, O’Connor MacLeod, McLaren-Barnes Gallery, Greening’s Art Gallery, Native Art Gallery and Green Gables Art Studio.