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Exhibition Opening Reception
In-person
Craft Fibre & textile arts Tour Visual artsDate and time
Location
The Michael Wright Art Gallery
#200-2253 Leigh Square
Port Coquitlam, BC
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
The City of Port Coquitlam invites the public to two new art exhibitions featuring the work of Nadine Flagel, and Jennie Johnston.
The exhibitions will open with a free reception on October 14, 2021 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Michael Wright Art Gallery (2253 Leigh Square Place, Port Coquitlam) and adjacent Outlet Gallery (2248 McAllister Avenue, Port Coquitlam).
The Michael Wright Art Gallery (MWAG) presents Snagged, a solo exhibition by Nadine Flagel. Nadine is a self-taught textile and fibre artist whose mission is making art out of “making do.” She is interested in the repurposing of both texts and textiles. Both practices rely on cutting up existing text(ile)s, on aesthetic and sensual appeal, on thrift, and on putting old things into new combinations, thereby intensifying and multiplying meanings.
The Outlet Gallery presents a collection of work from our Fall Artist-in-Residence, Jennie Johnston. Jennie grew up in rural Quebec and has a Fine Arts Degree from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. Her work studies the human condition as it relates to nature, social justice and ancestry.
On the journey to find her artistic voice she began combining traditional craft techniques like embroidery and quilting with painting and fabric design. Over the course of the 2017-2018 school year Jennie was Artist-In-Residence at Forest Grove Elementary school in Burnaby. During the residency over 300 students worked to create 4 unique quilts and learn traditional and artistic textile skills. Her work is featured alongside other Western Canadian artists in the beautiful Imago Mundi Oh West Canada! Book and has been shown in group shows in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, the U.S. and Italy.
These exhibitions run until January 10, 2022.
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- More Info portcoquitlam.ca
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The City of Port Coquitlam
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