“Impermanence ~ Éphémère” is an exciting opportunity for visitors to witness art as an evolving collaboration between artist and nature. In early July, numerous fibre arts pieces will be installed on the grounds of Arbor Gallery in Vankleek Hill. As Summer and early Fall progress, natural elements will gradually transform the pieces, altering their shapes and their narratives. “Impermanence ~ Éphémère” is the work of Fibre 15, a collective of fibre artists from the Ottawa area. Seven of its members will participate in the exhibition, which will launch on July 5 with a vernissage from 4 pm to 7 pm.
“‘Impermanence ~ Éphémère’ is an outdoor fibre art exhibit that explores and experiments with weathering phases and the practice of mindfulness in the natural world that surrounds us. Our art form represents various methods of weaving, stitching, braiding, felting, dyeing, and beading, and often blends natural or synthetic materials with repurposed fabrics, and found, or contemporary objects,” according to the collective.
The exhibiting artists include: Andrée Faubert, Caroline Forcier Holloway, Olive Jones, Lise Perras, Krystyna Sadej, Janet Tulloch, and Anne Warburton.
Arbor Gallery invites the public to visit this exhibition several times over the next few months to see how the artworks change and how the viewer’s experience of them also changes. During Ontario Culture Days in early Fall, the Gallery will host a participatory event in which the public can work with the artists to create a new “impermanent” piece for the Gallery’s grounds.
For more information about Fibre 15, visit https://www.facebook.com/GalerieArborGallery. To learn more about this exhibition, visit www.arborgallery.org or email [email protected].
