An encaustic painting created for the exhibit “Light and Bright” hosted by the Art District Gallery. An abstract landscape that plays around with the idea of Canadian winters: blistering snow, cracking ice, ochre skies and the boundary of trees that line the fields waiting for spring.
This encaustic painting was created for the online exhibition “Light and Bright” hosted by Art District Gallery. This week Ontario winds have polished the snow and left the trees a frosty finish. Brrrrr!
The museum is a vibrant public space where members of Toronto’s diverse communities gather to discuss, to create, to perform and to socialize, giving life to the words “freedom of expression.”
Colour with a “U” and its companion exhibition Colour with a “U” Too are juried exhibitions art quilts on the theme of diversity and inclusion by Canadian members of Studio Art Quilt Associates.
In Canada, we spell colour with a “u”. We care about the “u”, it makes us unique. We care about the “you”, it brings us together. SAQA artists have reflected on the theme of diversity and inclusion to give “colourful” representations of our Canadian cultural
identity. Each offers an individual perspective on how we as Canadians see ourselves in our social, historical and physical landscape.
Colour with a U was juried by Faith Hieblinger, Guest Curator, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Alan Syliboy, Mi’kmaq Artist, and Jayne Willoughby, Textile Artist. Colour with a U Too was juried by Dr. Debra Antoncic, Director/Curator of RiverBrink Art
Museum.
Colour with a “U” and Colour with a “U” Too will be at Campbell House Museum from April 1 – June 3.
For more information about Studio Art Quilt Associates, visit:www.saqa.com
Colour with a U – Closing Exhibition in Toronto
Campbell House Toronto | April 1 – May 5, 2023
Colour with a U (Video Slideshow) SAQA Virtual Tour
Shirtz, Susan Avishai, 2013
Colour with a U and its companion exhibition Colour with a U Too are juried exhibitions art quilts on the theme of diversity and inclusion by Canadian members of Studio Art Quilt Associates.
In Canada, we spell colour with a “u”. We care about the “u”, it makes us unique. We care about the “you”, it brings us together. SAQA artists have reflected on the theme of diversity and inclusion to give “colourful” representations of our Canadian cultural
identity. Each offers an individual perspective on how we as Canadians see ourselves in our social, historical and physical landscape.
Colour with a U was juried by Faith Hieblinger, Guest Curator, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Alan Syliboy, Mi’kmaq Artist, and Jayne Willoughby, Textile Artist. Colour with a U Too was juried by Dr. Debra Antoncic, Director/Curator of RiverBrink Art
Museum.
SAQA is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt and the artists who create them. Founded in 1989 with 34 members, it now has over 3,700 members world-wide. SAQA defines an art quilt as “a creative visual work that is layered
and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure.” More information about SAQA can be found at http://www.saqa.com
Using complementary colour and sweeping line helps to create the storms and winter seasons that interject in our daily lives. Losing my mother at a young age left me with contrasting emotions of the deep love and loss. My parents had left me with a love of sailing. Being around and on the water fascinates me with wonder and respect for weather, especially in its most powerful moods. Influenced by Homer Watson, I seek to capture the joy and love of life amongst the storms of love and loss.
Faith Hieblinger 