• Fair Trade Eco-textile Show & Sale
• “Art of Craft” at the Museum of Vancouver
• TEXTILE ART PROJECT “Turning The Tide”
• Interlacement - a Fibre Symposium

Fair Trade Eco-textile Show & Sale

When: Saturday, Mar. 27, 2010, 10am-4pm – ONE DAY ONLY!
Where: Friends House, 1090 W. 70th (near Oak)

Stunning, handwoven, naturally dyed silks and cottons from rural Thailand and Laos.
Pick up a gift, learn about the weavers, support fair trade. FREE.
Presented by social enterprise TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles for more information please visit their website.

“Art of Craft” at the Museum of Vancouver
When: Jan 14 - Apr 11
Celebrate the exuberance, inventiveness and refinement of fine craft at this exhibition of work from Canada and the Republic of Korea.
Visit their website for more info

TEXTILE ART PROJECT “Turning The Tide”
When:
Tuesday, May 4, from 12 noon to 9 pm
Wednesday, May 5, from 9 am to 9 pm
Thursday, May 6 from 9 am to 6 pm

Where: Richmond Cultural Centre at 180 - 7700 Minoru Gate (not far from the Richmond Centre Shopping Mall

“Turning the Tide” is the second exhibition organized by the North Island Quilters for Community Awareness to raise funds in support of African grandmothers struggling to raise their grandchildren orphaned by AIDS. Their first exhibition, in 2008, was titled “Seeds Of Hope”. This group of fabric artists has, for 26 years, donated quilts to charitable organizations for fundraising.

The South Fraser and Richmond Gogos are co-hosting this event, which has been organised by the Glacier Grannies of Comox B.C. Admission is by donation, with proceeds going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. The pieces will be auctioned in Victoria BC in the spring of 2011 to further support the campaign.

For more information please call Jane Anderson at 604-275-3460.

Interlacement - a Fibre Symposium
When: May 17 to 23, 2010, features Workshops and Lectures with BC and International Fibre Artists at Capilano University, North Vancouver. Visit the Guild's website for full details