<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">What does “interface” mean to you?</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><i><span lang="EN-US"></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></b>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Thirty tapestry
artists – 15 from Canada and 15 from England – have woven small-format
tapestries that reflect their personal interpretation of the word “interface”.
The small scale of the works - no larger than 25 cm. square – challenged the
artists to concisely express their artistic concepts. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">For each artist,
interface is ultimately about connections and relationships: within families
and cultural heritage; between human presence and the natural environment;
within society and contemporary politics; or the abstract interface between the
artist and tapestry loom. With tapestry, the warp threads held taut on the loom
interweave with the colorful weft fibers passing over and under and under and
over. Warp and weft are the interface that simultaneously creates both the
cloth itself and the image of the tapestry.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The realization
of this exhibition, featuring the tapestries of artists from two countries
& with different levels of weaving experience, has been the interface for
communicating with creative expression.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">TAPESTRY TOURING
INTERNATIONAL is a not-for-profit group whose core aims are to provide
opportunities for tapestry artists from different countries to work together on
a theme, creating small-format hand woven tapestries and to exhibit together in
online and international gallery-based touring exhibitions.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">INTERFACE is the
second in a series of touring exhibitions featuring tapestry artists from
different countries. ELEMENTS: earth, wind, air, fire toured England,
Australia, and the United States during 2016-2019. Future online and touring
exhibitions will involve tapestry artists from other countries, with exhibits
based on a new theme.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">TAPESTRY TOURING
INTERNATIONAL projects are created and directed by Jane Freear-Wyld, Coventry,
England.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">INTERFACE is
sponsored in part by <i>yarnworthy</i> –
hand-dyed yarns from Shropshire, UK.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Presented by the
StFX Art Gallery, in partnership with MSVU Art Gallery, and The Department of
Canadian Heritage: the Government of Canada.<span></span></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Interface <span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">March 11 – April 22, 2021<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">CCBC Gallery <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">1386 Cartwright Street<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Vancouver, BC<span></span></span></p>
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