Since 2000, the Fibre Art Network (FAN) has presented 16 exhibitions in Canadian and international venues:

2008, 2011 and 2013 in La Connor at the Quilt &Textile Museum in WA; 2009 at the APNQ in Seattle WA and 2013 in Tacoma WA at the APWQ; 2011 at the Remarkable Symposium in New Zealand, Quilt Canada 2009-2013 and in 2012 Houston TX. Our members also exhibit their artwork independently in small/large groups and solo shows.

Titleof exhibition: Abstracted

Theme:

Art is an individual creative expression. An on-going discussion in the art world is to define representational art, abstract art, and non-representational art. The 'Abstracted' exhibition by the Fibre Art Network explores the concept. Pairs of artists illustrate their subject - one in a realistic view and one that illustrates the essence of that subject in an abstract, or in a non-representational view. As you examine the pairs of art work, you will see a continuum with commonalities and differences in how the subject has been handled.

FAN Artists:The work of 40 FAN members is represented in ‘Abstracted”

FAN members are professional artists, judges and/or /workshop leaders.

View bios and photos of work by our members at

Please refer to the FAN website Gallery for past exhibitions:

Exhibition history: The ‘Abstracted” exhibition premiered at the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum in Washington from October 10 to December 29, 2013. Additional venue: Quilt Canada 2014 in Niagara, ON in June and July in Weyburn Gallery in SK in 2015 and The ACT Gallery in Maple Ridge, BC in Sept and Oct 2015.

Exhibition contents:44 pieces size 18” x 48” 20 landscape, 24 portrait Total = 80Linear Feet (approx)

linear feet: vertical: 12 sets with 4” space between partner pieces and 8” between sets

horizontal 48”: 10 pieces with 8” between sets

Dimensions of crates:16" height 31.5 " wide 52" long 87 pounds

8” height 32 “ wide and 52” long 50 pounds

Included with the exhibition:

-Custom title cards for each artwork

-Artists’ binder with biographies, artist statements, workshops, business cards

-Inventory with artist name, title of work, dimensions, exhibit materials

-Re-usable shipping container(s) and packing instructions

-Signs and white gloves

NOTE: FAN is prepared to be flexible about the number of artworks in an exhibition, depending upon the gallery’s needs and space.

Installation:Artworks include a 4” hanging sleeve on the upper back of the artwork and a wooden slat or dowel with holes or screw eyes on each end for hanging with nails or T-pins. They will also have a Velcro hook strip on the hanging sleeve to enable attachment to Velcro loop display boards.

Artist participation and Educational activities:

FAN members may be availableto present scheduled gallery talks, assist at the exhibition and answer questions of the public. Demonstrations and workshops may also be arranged. This will depend on the location of the gallery and FAN members’ availability during the dates of the exhibition. Several members have conducted such talks and tours in formal galleries and other venues, including FAN exhibition tours: the 2013 exhibition at the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum in WA; the 2010 the GeoPhysical exhibition in Calgary; the 2008 Edging Forward exhibition in St John’s NL

AvailabilityAvailable after through to December 2016.

Promotion:FAN will promote the exhibition among its members and related organizations such as galleries where previous FAN exhibitions were mounted, the Canadian Quilters Assn, as well as quilting and fibre art organizations in the community of the host venue. The exhibition organizer or local FAN member(s) are available in person or by telephone for media interviews.

Contact: Show Organizer: Vivian Kapusta 1 604 467 9708

FAN Exhibition Coordinator:Judy Leslie 1 604 464 7361

List of Artists and Titles for ‘Abstracted’

Adderley / Coleen / Okanagan Landscape
Aske / Terry / Solitude
Bartelings / Dianna / Chooutla
Bednarzyk / Jan / Forest
Bray-Zakreski / Donna / Shield and Armor
Brown / Joyce / Hiking in the Rockies
Carefoot / Maureen / Okanagan Landscape
Cornish / Paulette / Sunrise Sunset
de Verteuil / Anne / Solitude
Dill / Kathy / Milkweed Pods
Duncan / Diane / Forest Surprise
Fischer / Robin / Barcelona Fruit Stand
Forbes / Leslie / Hawaiian Hibiscus
Gray / Victoria / Glenn Gould
Hamann Buckoski / Kathleen / Ichthyic Biosphere
Hildebrand / Holly / Milkweed Pods
Johnson / Karen / Colours to Live By
Judith / Sara / Arbutus
Kapusta / Vivian / Hawaiian Hibiscus
King / Cathie / Chooutla
Leslie / Judy / Barcelona Fruit Stand
MacEwan / Dale / Nature’s Patterns
MacKay / Linda / Hiking in the Rockies
MacLeod / Judi / Forest Surprise
Maslowski / Brandy Lynn / Fifties Flare
Miller / Kristin / Forest
Moore / Pippa / Arbutus
Newbury (Bureyko) / Thelma / Keji Sunset and Dazzling Dahlia
Panson / Judith / Ichthyic Biosphere
Parsons / Marianne / Milkweed: Fall Summer
Perry / Jenny / Glenn Gould
Rubuliak / Sharon / Great Blue
Seeley / Carol / Master of the Skies
Stein Sather / Katie / Keji Sunset, Dahlia
Thorne / Lilly / Portal
Tyson / Debbie / Nature’s Patterns
Villett / Judy / Master of the Skies
Weiss / Judy / Great Blue
Wilson / Patt / Portal
Wilson / Valerie / Fifties Flare
Zerr / Coreen / Sunrise Sunset

Page 4: Sample artworks for proposed FAN exhibition:

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Note: a power point is available, showing the pairs of artwork, the artist statement, full and detail photos.

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FAN Exhibitions 2000-2014 (see website

Title of exhibition / Theme and venues / Number
of artworks / Number
of Shows / Year
Horizons / Horizons was the first juried exhibit of the Fibre Art Network. After being shown at the Art Gallery of the South Okanagan in Penticton, British Columbia from July 28 to September 10, 2000, the exhibit traveled to the Art Gallery of Swift Current in Saskatchewan, and then on to three other B.C. venues: the West Vancouver Museum, the Vernon Public Art Gallery, the Nanaimo Art Gallery and the Campbell River Public Art Gallery / 21 / 6 / 2000
2002
FANFARE / FANfare features small artworks in fibre created by members of the Fibre Art Network. This exhibition was showcased at the Alberta Craft Council Gallery in Edmonton AB in May, 2002 and traveled afterward to several communities, including: Red Deer AB January 9 – February 14, 2003, Grand Forks BC June 17- July 19, 2003, Parksville BC September 10 - October 6, 2003, and finally to the Pan Pacific Quilt Festival in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2 - 4, 2004. / 49 / 5 / 2002
Altered Shapes / Altered Shapes was a juried exhibition from the members of the Fibre Art Network. It was shown at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from April 23 - June 10, 2004. / 52 / 1 / 2004
Fibre Fantasy / Fibre Fantasy was a juried exhibition featuring work by members of the Fibre Art Network, at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, in Brandon, MB fromJanuary 6 to February 12, 2005. / 21 / 1 / 2005
The Shape of Things to Come / The Shape of Things to Come was a juried exhibition from the members of the Fibre Art Network. It was shown at the Vernon Public Art Gallery in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada from January 12, 2006 to March 4, 2006.Organizer: Janet Armstrong / 29 / 1 / 2006
Lumination / "Lumination" was an exhibit by members of the FAN Curated by FibreEssence Gallery, exhibited at the Keriton Gallery, Abbotsford BC / 19 / 1 / 2006
Making Light / Making Light, an exhibit of the work of Fibre Art Network members at the FibreEssence Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., from September 21 to October 15, 2006. / 12 / 1 / 2006
Canadian Expressions / Canadian Expressions is about the images active in our lives, and how our art reflects us as Canadians.
This was FAN’s first Exhibition in the US, held in Seattle during the Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters Quiltfest 2008..Show organizer Vivian Kapusta / 23 / 1 / 2008
Edging Forward / ‘Edging Forward’, a curated exhibition featuring work by members of the Fibre Art Network in conjunction with Quilt Canada 2008: Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s NL. Quilting on the Edge from June 3 – 7, 2008. Curator: Heidi Hunter, / 38 / 1 / 2008
Elements / "The Elements" exhibition features interpretations of the classical elements Earth, Water, Air and Fire by FAN members. This member exhibition was on display at Fibreworks Gallery in Pender Harbour, BC during May and June, 2009. / 58 / 1 / 2009
GeoPhysical / ‘GeoPhysical’, pays tribute to geology, and the scenic and economic riches it provides to western Canada. FAN members were challenged to interpret, in cloth and thread, “the earth and the forces that shape it” without reference to subjects man-made or currently living.
Only pieces relevant to this theme were accepted, and the exhibition was widely praised both for its cohesiveness and for the variety of subjects chosen and techniques employed as artists expressed their own interpretations of the theme.
The 46 fibre art pieces by 39 artists were seen by more than 5,000 visitors during the 2010 convention of the Canadian Quilters’ Association in Calgary, Alberta.Organizers: Gaye Walker and Colleen Peake. / 45 / 1 / 2010
Canadian Content / Canadian Content was a travelling exhibition of 33 works by members of the Fibre Art Network. Contributors were challenged to create a work of art that reflected their own individual style, perspective or experience as a Western Canadian fine artist. Submissions could indicate a current stage in their artistic journey, an exploration of the fibre medium, or express a theme, idea or experience which characterizes the Canadian experience or way of life.
Venues
A pril, 2011Remarkable Symposium, Queenstown, New Zealand;July 2011
Gibson’s Landing, Vancouver Island, Canada;Sept 2011
Okanagan Lake Country’s Art Walk, BC, Canada;Sep/Oct 2011
Naramata, BC, Canada;Nov, 2011
Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, SK,
Canada;Feb/Mar, 2012
Viscount Cultural Council, Manawaka Gallery, Neepawa, MB, Canada;April, 2012Manitoba Prairie Quilters Biannual Exhibition, Winnipeg, MB, Canada;Oct/Nov 2012 Special exhibit at International Quilt Market and International Quilt Festival, by Quilts, Inc. Houston, Texas, USAShow Organizer: Judy Weiss / 33 / 9 / 2011-2013
Pathways / The Pathways exhibition features 31 artworks by 22 artists. Each artist has considered the pathways theme suggested by the subtitle ‘Seeing the Forest and the Trees: the Fibre Art Network interprets the journey.’ The artworks draw from memory and experience as well as from musing and exploration.
Stylistically, each artwork reflects the artists’ current explorations or themes, as well as the unique motifs, palettes or techniques that characterize their work or suggest new directions.
The Pathways exhibition premiered at the Spencer Gallery at the University of Western Ontario in London ON from May 2 to June 24, 2011.
Pathways is also featured at the 2011 Mountain Arts Festival in Didsbury, AB from September 28 - October 2, and continues through October 28 at Victoria's Flowers and Gifts. ShowOrganizer:Sharon Rubuliak In conjunct ion with Quilt Ontario 2011 / 31 / 2 / 2011-2012
Waterworks / Water, a critically important subject for everyone. Water is not only an important life force; it conjures up notions of fluidity, flow, movement, power and peace. Water is full of contradictions and yet it is consistent. It is open to endless interpretations.
The Waterworks exhibition was created initially for the Chapel Gallery, situated in North Battleford, SK, in close proximity to the North Saskatchewan River and the stunning view of the river valley from its patio made it the perfect venue for this work. This large gallery provided the FAN membership the opportunity to create 2 and 3 dimensional tactile forms of unlimited sizes and styles.
Additional venue: University of Edmonton. Show organizers: Kathy Dill and Heidi Hildebrant. / 2011- 2012
From Away / From Away 2012 is a traveling exhibition of 28 works by members of the Fibre Art Network. “From Away” is a Maritime expression meaning “Not from around here”. As a Western Canadian group our art reflects individual style, perspective/experience and our personal journeys with fibre medium.
The show opened in May 2012 at the Canadian Quilters Association Show in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was very well received. It has now been to 13 venues.
show organizer, Thelma Newbury / 27
16”x36” / 12 / 2012-2014
Fibrescapes / Fibrescapes is a travelling show. Artists worked with the theme of the Okanagan Valley. Venues: CQAACC Conference 2013, Langley guild in 2014. Show Organizer:Marianne Parsons / 30
17”x26” / 2+ / 2013
To 2015
Abstracted / Art is an individual creative expression. An on-going discussion in art is to define representational art, abstract art, and non-representational art.
The 'Abstracted' exhibition by the Fibre Art Network from Western Canada will explore the concepts of realistic and abstract art. Pairs of artists will illustrate their subject - one in a representative fibre art piece and one in an abstract / non-representative fibre art piece. The art world has many opinions concerning the development of an image/theme from realistic to one that illustrates the essence of that subject in an abstract, or in a non representative way. As you view the pairs of art work, you will see a continuum with commonalities and differences in how the subject has been handled.
Venues: La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum 2013,
CQA/ACC Conference June 2014,
Weyburn SK July and August 2015
Maple Ridge Act Gallery Sept and Oct 2015
Show organizer: Vivian Kapusta / 44
18”x48” / 2+ / 2013
To
2016
On the Wind
Naniamo
Gallery / Arts C Gallery / 1
On the Wind
Travelling
Show / In progress
Opening in Lethbridge, AB at CQA National Conference 2015
Canadiana / In progress
Opening: Queensland New Zealand

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