We are incredibly excited about the timely reemergence of textiles in art and design practices. Both locally and internationally the renewed interest in the culture of textiles from a historical and contemporary perspective is palpable. Whether tracing themes of gender, identity, consumerism, myth, materialism, colonialism, collectivity or psychological impact, the language of TEXTILES matters!

Here is a list of a few of the current exhibitions, symposiums and people that are contributing to this larger conversation about inter-disciplinary cloth culture in Vancouver and beyond!

Textile Society of America Symposium

“The Social Fabric: Deep Local to Pan Global”, A symposium examineing the creative cross-pollination between textile traditions of settler cultures and Indigenous cultures in the Americas.

Sept 19-23, 2018

Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center

https://textilesocietyofamerica.org/tsa_symposium/symposium-2018/location/

Woven Work from Near Here

Curated by Emily Hermant and T'ai Smith

September 7 - October 20, 2018

Grunt Gallery, Vancouver

http://grunt.ca/exhibitions/

Beginning with the Seventies

Collective Acts

Sept 4 - Dec 2, 2018

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver

http://belkin.ubc.ca/current/beginning-with-the-seventies-collective-acts

The Space

Featuring works by Canadian artists Sophia Borowska, Fei Disbrow, Anna Heyward-Jones, Katherine Boyer and Chelsea Yuill. The exhibition runs in conjunction with the Textile Society of America’s Biennial Symposium.

Curated by Anita Cirillo and Nikki Peck

September 20–October 06, 2018

http://www.galleryjones.com/contact/

Far & Near : the roots of what we make

A group invitational show of contemporary textiles.

Friday Sept 2 - October 12, 2019

Silk Weaving Studio, Granville Island, Vancouver

https://www.silkweavingstudio.com/events.html

Intertwined

Saturday Sept 15, 2018 - Thurs Sep 27, 2018

“Faculties of Art, Design + Dynamic Media, and Culture + Community, as well as the Aboriginal Gathering Place present Intertwined, a group exhibition exploring the myriad ways in which textiles and fibres have come to play a prominent role in shaping contemporary artistic practice in the University community.”

Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver

https://www.ecuad.ca/calendar/intertwined-michael-obrien-exhibition-commons

Cut, Weave, Throw, Print

Thurs Sept 13 - Sept 29, 2018

“In a world of artifice easily facilitated by user friendly technology I curated this exhibition to present art in which the works elegantly manifest the artists’ discernment, understanding and knowledge of techniques which are critical to their practices

Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver

https://cristallgallery.com/current/

Comfort Zone

Tue Sep 4 – Wed Oct 31

In conjunction with the Textile Society of America’s 16th Biennial Symposium, The Social Fabric: Deep Local To Pan Global, the Roundhouse features the works of prominent BC textile artists Ruth Jones, Janna Marie Vallee, Sasha Gale, and Ana Isabel.

Roundhouse, Vancouver

http://roundhouse.ca/events/comfort-zone/