9/26 – Werke auf Reisen
Worldofthreads Festival 2026-27 Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Curated by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate
Here’s a glimpse of our group exhibtion “Across Time: Heritage and Tradition”curated by Gareth Bate @garethbate and Dawne Rudman. The show features artists from Canada, England, Hungary, India, South Korea, Switzerland and USA. #worldofthreadsfestival#worldofthreads#textileart#fiberart#fibreart
Sat. Sept. 26, 2023 from 1 – 3 pm.
Local, National & International Contemporary Fibre & Textile Art Festival 2026-27 features over 900 artworks by 192 artists from 22 countries.
Dates: Wed. Sept. 23 – Sun. Jan. 17, 2027 Hours: Mon. – Sat. 10 am – 5 pm, Sun. 12 – 4 pm.
Venue: Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre, 2302 Bridge Road, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, L6L 2G6
Artists: Carol Ann Apilado, Beverly Ayling-Smith, Eszter Bornemisza, Marianne Büttiker, Joan Diamond, Selina Gasser, Payal Jain, Meredith Jones, Yangmi Kim, Kae Sasaki
For this exhibition we’ve brought together ten artists from seven countries for a global conversation about cultural heritage, tradition and memory. They explore artistic knowledge passed down from generation to generation. Some artists learn from, or reconnect with, traditional techniques inherited from ancestors. They transform these methods through contemporary approaches. Others draw on personal family stories and lore. In some works, vintage textiles carry legacy through material form, holding memory in the objects themselves. Together, the artists reveal a vast global lineage of creative knowledge in conversation across time.