A Celebration of Women is pleased to celebrate this show!

 

“It isn’t often I am participating in several art events at the same time, but this is one of those rare occasions. So I would like to invite you to all these opportunities to meet up with me again and see some of the projects I have be collaborating on as well as some new works. ” says Mary.

 

 

The Quilt of Possibilities

– Celebrating Ontario’s Greenbelt –

November 4^th to December 12^th, 2010

 

 

The Quilt’s final 2010 Tour stop will be at the Ontario Craft Council’s Gallery,

as part of the exhibition Fresh, Local, Craft!

http://www.craft.on.ca/Programs/Greenbelt

Be sure to join us for the exhibition opening reception and panel discussion!

 

Opening Reception:

Thursday, November 4th, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
OCC Gallery, 990 Queen St W, Toronto

Panel Discussion:
Thursday, November 4th, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St W, Toronto

 

 

– 20 x 20 Exhibition (2^nd edition) –

November 15^th to December 7^th, 2010

 

 

 

The Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles presents the second edition of the 20×20 benefit exhibition. They will once again exhibit textile artworks or fragments measuring 20 cm by 20 cm which have been donated by local as well as international artists. The walls of the gallery will be entirely covered in a tapestry of these textile testimonials of support.

http://www.textiles-mtl.com/index.php?lang=en

I have submitted 12 exploratory treasures from my stash of creations.

 

Viewing Begins:

Monday, November 15^th,

Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, 5800 St-Denis – Studio 501, Montreal QC

 

Silent Auction:

Tuesday, December 7^th, 5:00 – 7:30 PM

 

  

Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, 5800 St-Denis – Studio 501, Montreal QC

For Keeps: A Mending Show

 – December 9^th to 18^th, 2010

Presented by Toronto Craft Alert in partnership with City of Craft and Worn Fashion Journal

http://www.cityofcraft.com/2010/cityofcraft/forkeeps/call.html

 

Gallery:

 

Cream Tangerine Café Gallery at the Great Hall,

1087 Queen St W, Toronto

The 401 Richmond

 – Holiday Marketplace –

December 9^th to December 12^th, 2010

 

 

An annual event held during the holiday shopping season that offers a wide selection of original gifts made by local artisans and craftspeople including many who have studio space at 401 Richmond.

http://www.401richmond.net/events/specialEvents.cfm

 

Opening Hours:

Thursday, Friday, Saturday – 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Sunday 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM

 

“My creative process explores the strangers found in old photographs that I collect from various sources.  I breathe new life and meaning into forgotten identities.  My method of salvaging past memories takes on an intimate role – one of imaginary trust between my subjects in letting me gently pierce their souls with my needle and thread. 

My work offers many things to the viewer.  Sometimes it offers up a message of importance passed along in a secret and sometimes it screams in a small voice.  Then there is the coaxed smile achieved by a story of amusement or the surfaced emotions that well up when the work makes a provocative suggestion. 

My art is driven by recurrent images of family, heartbreak, sex, illness and emergency which often translates into a cross between offering up discomfort or a hushed gentle pat on the back.  But usually my work gives way to a chuckle at life’s complications for me and the viewer.”

 

Do hope you can make it to one or all of these events.

 

Cheers!

  

Mary Kroetsch

Textile/Mixed Media Artist

416-466-6043

talisman-fibre-arts@live.ca
http://www.textile_mixedmedia_artist.cachelan.com