ART EXHIBITION & FABRIC COLLAGE WORKSHOP (with Hilary Johnstone)

EXHIBITION DATES: Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 through to Saturday, January 6th, 2024.  RECEPTION: Saturday, November 25th, 2:00pm to 4:00pm.  GALLERY HOURS: Monday through Saturday, 11:00am to 5:00pm.  FABRIC COLLAGE WORKSHOP: Sunday, November 26th, 12:00noon to 4:00pm (*REGISTRATION REQUIRED) (NOTE: there is a maximum of 10 registrants).

HILARY JOHNSTONE’S history as a painter informs her intimate, dynamic textile pieces.  Living in LaRonge, Saskatchewan, Johnstone encountered the work of award-winning textile artist Martha Cole in the mid-2000’s-Johnstone was inspired by the texture, softness, and warmth of fibre.  Johnstone writes that she appreciates the insulating qualities of fabric – how it warms a room, softens sound, and brings us into familiar places.  She began working with fabrics, relying on her extensive skill in colour theory, composition, and sketching to create her works.  Visually, Johnstone presents us with an intimate perspective of the Saskatchewan boreal forest.  These unique representations of nature provide us with a way to extend our own understanding and relationship to the shorelines, forests, and skies of Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery       813 Broadway Avenue       Saskatoon, SK.     

exhibitions@saskcraftcouncil.org       https://saskcraftcouncil.org/       306-653-3616 (ext. 2)       info@saskcraftcouncil.org