This is an archived event from Culture Days 2024.
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Magic Circle for Earth Communion Workshop
In-person
Craft Fibre & textile arts Visual artsDate and time
Location
Museum London
421 Ridout Street North
London, ON
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
Join local artist Reilly Knowles to create a miniature quilt inspired artwork using beginner sewing and embroidery techniques. Participants will learn how to layer fabric scraps in a “log cabin” quilt block design. Embracing exploration and playfulness, attendees will be encouraged to use personal intuition to choose colours, patterns and embellishments to create a unique work of art.
Workshop attendees will first gather in the lobby to view Reilly’s textile installation, Magic Circle for Earth Communion. This workshop is part of the 2024 Ontario Culture Days Festival, and is free to attend with registration.
Reilly Knowles is an interdisciplinary artist living on London Township, Treaty Six territory (London, Ontario). His work explores supernatural stories and traditions from the settler cultures of Southern Ontario in order to reimagine settler relationships to the stolen Indigenous lands on which he lives. His intent is to foster a less violent and more meaningful connection with the land through traditions of storytelling and the fantastical. A Western University graduate (BFA), Knowles has exhibited with Forest City Gallery, Jordan Art Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre and Good Sport Gallery, of which he is a member.
Magic Circle for Earth Communion by Reilly Knowles is commissioned as part of Ontario Culture Days' Creatives in Residence series and presented in partnership with Museum London.
Links
- Creatives in Residence onculturedays.ca
- Magic Circle for Earth Communion Exhibition culturedays.ca
- Workshop Registration museumlondon.ca
Organizer
Ontario Culture Days
The Ontario Culture Days Festival is an annual celebration of arts, culture and heritage taking place each fall across the province. Each year, we work with organizers of all disciplines to produce this province-wide festival. Organizers host programs throughout Ontario and invite the public to participate for free.
Ontario Culture Days lives at the local level. We support organizers from the smallest hamlets to the largest cities, while coordinating with other national and provincial Culture Days partners. We support the success of our sector colleagues through resources and network development, while highlighting the breadth and heterogeneity of Ontario’s arts and culture to the wider public.