World of Threads Festival
De rerum natura (On The Nature of Things)
2012 Exhibition: Opening
This major Festival exhibition is a highly eccentric show evoking the collection of a mad 18th century naturalist. All artwork deals with themes of nature, plants and animals in a huge variety of media. Festival Curator, Gareth Bate, has observed that environmental work is the most dominant theme in contemporary fibre art. The title of the show comes from the ancient Roman poem by Lucretius who's rediscovery was a major inspiration for Renaissance artists. The show is set up in thematic opposition to the Memento more exhibition.
Curated by Gareth Bate
Photography by Gareth Bate
Curator: Gareth Bate at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Curator: Gareth Bate at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Curator
- Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate
Artists
- Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver: Bettina Matzkuhn, Carlyn Yandle. Manitoba: Winnipeg: Heather Komus, Ingrid Lincoln. New Brunswick: Saint John: Sandra Betts. Ontario: Alliston: Amy Bagshaw, Kingston:Phillida Hargreaves, Robin Laws Field, Sylvia Naylor, Kitchener: Joanne Young, Mississauga: Pat Hertzberg, Oakville: Sybil Rampen, Ixchel Suarez, Ottawa: Sayward Johnson, Rockwood: Susan Strachan Johnson, Toronto: Lizz Aston, Karen Darricades, Libby Hague, Jillian MacLachlan, Liz Menard, Leanne Shea Rhem, Sheila Thompson, Tweed: Marta Mouka. Quebec: Montreal: Soufia Bensaid, Emily Jan, Valerie D. Walker, St-Sauveur: Marjolein Dallinga. Saskatchewan: Meacham: June J.Jacobs.
- Denmark: Copenhagen: Birgitta Hallberg.
- UK: Liverpool: Sarah Martin.
- USA: California: San Francisco: Chris Motley. Georgia: Atlanta: Leisa Rich. Massachusetts: Somerville: Jodi Colella. Oregon: Philomath: Laura G. Berman. Virginia: Charlottesville: Lotta Helleberg.
Emily Jan at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Emily Jan at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Gallery
- Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre.
City
- Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Dates
- Nov. 2 - Dec. 2, 2012
Ixchel Suarez at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Ixchel Suarez at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Ixchel Suarez at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Ixchel Suarez at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Jillian MacLachlan at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Leanna Shea Rhem at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Libby Hague at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Joanne Young at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Valerie D. Walker at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Robin Laws Field at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Pat Hertzberg at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Susan Strachen Johnson at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Marta Mouka at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Liz Menard at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Carlyn Yandle at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Phillida Hargreaves at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Sheila Thompson at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
Sheila Thompson at the opening of the De rerum natura exhibition, World of Threads Festival 2012.
