Fiddlehead Fibre Festival is an annual event held in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick.
Our festival celebrates the beauty and diversity of natural fibers and promotes eco-friendly practices.
An embroidery process workshop.
ages 12+*
$80 – $75 Early Bird registration until February 23
Materials included.
Working with Halifax-based textile artist and illustrator Laura Roy, participants will learn the artist’s process from idea to finished piece, beginning with designing a work, embroidery floss basics, colour theory, and material storage. Materials include an embroidery hoop, coloured floss, needles, etc. so art makers can continue their project on their own.
*$70 registration fee for ages 12 to 16 – please contact info@sunburyshores.org to register
The 10th Annual Square Foot Show will be the grand finale of the 2023 season at the Grand Manan Art Gallery. This show is popular with both artists and visitors to the Gallery. The objective is to pack as much punch as possible into one square foot of space. We welcome a variety of artwork — paintings, drawings, photographs, fiber art, ceramics, wood, and mixed media pieces, but there is one stipulation. The outside dimensions of the artwork (including any frame) must measure 12 inches by 12 inches.
This event is a major fund raiser for the gallery. Up to four pieces may be submitted, and all the artwork will be priced at $200. There will be an entry fee of $10 per piece, and a modest 25% commission on sales. Gallery visitors will be encouraged to vote for their favourite pieces, and People’s Choice Awards of $200, $150 and $100 will be given for the three most popular works in the show.
If you wish to participate in the Square Foot Show, download an entry form from our website and submit it to the Gallery office by September 4. The Entry Fee of $10 per submission is payable by e-transfer gmag2121@gmail.com, or cheque made payable to the Gallery and mailed to the Treasurer:
Grand Manan Art Gallery
10 Marathon Lane
Grand Manan, NB
E5G 3A3.
Artwork must reach the Gallery by September 8.
For the convenience of mainland artists, artwork may be taken to By The Sea Framing, 122 Water Street, St. Andrews, NB on September 6 or 7. By-The-Sea is currently open by appointment as their building is under construction, and artists are advised to call Rebecca at (506) 529-8700 to arrange a time for delivering their work
Meet artists Kim Bent and Karen LeBlanc on Sunday, December 4, 2022, from 2-4 pm at Gallery 78. This is a free event, and all are welcome!
Kim and Karen both love to weave. They explore their medium by making exquisite wearable art/craft. Both weavers are juried members of Craft NB and integral members of Fredericton’s Fibre Arts Network. They will be bringing a variety of wares that you won’t find every day. This is the only public showing this season for both of these craft artists!
Sculpture Saint John is pleased to offer a one-day foraged fibre basketry workshop by plant fibre artist, Ralph Simpson. Locally collected plant fibres will be introduced, including daylily, iris blades and some grasses. Each participant will complete a unique, small basket by the end of the workshop.
In this workshop, participants will learn about:
Age group: Adults
Time: 9am-5pm, with a one-hour break for lunch
Dates: Two sessions to choose from:
Duration: one-day workshop
Supplies to bring:
Skill level: Beginner to intermediate
Capacity: 8 students
Cost: $100, basic supplies included, see below for supplies to bring from home
Watch as painter, potters, mixed fibre artists, jewellers, and wood carvers create. Items for sale. Gallery featuring the works of Vita Plume, Nancy Blanchard-MacDonald, and Judy Blake.
Saturday, August 6th and Sunday, August 7th, 11am – 5pm.
As part of Life at the Lakes festival in Cambridge-Narrows, NB, August 5 -7, 2022. At Norwood on the Washademoak B&B.
Brian Dykeman’s Woodland Creations; Renata Britez, RB Designs; fibre artist Megan MacKinley of Mackinley Ceramics; Jim Larson of Shehaweh Treasures; Patty Belyea Goodine, painter; Five Crows Silver, silversmith; Ralph Simpson, wood fibre artist; Susean Belyea, painter; Maria Guevera or Maru Pottery, Alexandra Stesmans Torcat of Alexandra T Jewelry; and Carole Lulham of Mosaics in Nature.
Reception at Sunbury Shores Art and Nature Centre in St. Andrews Friday, May 6, 5pm – 7pm, to open two exhibits, Fibre Art Network: Refocus on Fibre Art and Dawn Steeves: Glimpses of Saint Andrews.
Fibre Art Network: Refocus on Fibre Art
Through these challenging times and search for higher meaning in a post-lockdown world, these artists put their energies into exploring new possibilities in their respective fibre art practices and created works beyond the utilitarian. In their effort to integrate non-traditional materials into their rugs, quilts, felts and sculptures, they attempt to communicate dreams, movement, and colour to deal with the reality of our lives. In some ways, these fibre artists express this through the search for beauty in nature and comfort in textured forms.
Dawn Steeves: Glimpses of Saint Andrews
In this collection of oil and ink on paper, wood, and canvas, Dawn Steeves presents impressions of Kingsbrae Gardens and Salty Towers. She created these works during a residency at Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts (KIRA) in September of 2021.
“This work is a series of snippets or partial scenes which combine to create a visual adventure. I strive to create an experience for the viewer which they can explore. I am interested in creating mood using a particular palette and combination of colour which is not quite real, tending to lean to the warm side, reminiscent of old colour photographs, giving a feeling of nostalgia. The subjects in my work are often truncated or extreme closeups, scenes not quite filled in, which emulates the way memories sometimes create an incomplete picture of the past, or the way dreams provide only a partial view of a place or thing.” – Dawn Steeves
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