Craft Parlour Rebecca La Marre

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Image courtesy of Western Front

Rebecca La Marre, "Ceramic writing tablet," 2019, stoneware paper clay, 21.5 x 28 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Carey Shaw.

Jul 3 — 26, 2025

Craft Parlour

Rebecca La Marre

Field: Exhibition

Field: Library, Western Front

Admission: Free

Opening Reception: Jul 3, 2025, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Western Front, in partnership with Peripheral Review and the Vancouver Art Book Fair, presents Craft Parlour, a solo exhibition by Saskatoon/Treaty 6 artist and writer Rebecca La Marre. Installed in our library, the exhibition brings together a series of ceramic writing tablets alongside a new publication of the same name to explore the intersections of craft and writing.

Developed during her 2023–24 residency at Western Front, Craft Parlour emerged from a six-part workshop series that brought together ten interdisciplinary artists—Rosamunde Bordo, Amelia Butcher, Xinwei Che, Hannah Crosson, Sun Forest, Amy Gogarty, Chloë p.f. Lalonde, Christian Newby, Emiliano Sepulveda, and Julia Wong—to consider the relationship between craft, contemporary art, and art writing, with a focus on writing as a tactile and material practice. The sessions blended shared research and hands-on exercises, and were further enriched by guest contributors Rob Froese, Danny Kostyshin, Sharon Kivland, and A Jamali Rad.

Designed by Manon Fraser, and co-published by Western Front and Peripheral Review, the accompanying publication features original contributions by La Marre and the workshop participants, offering further insight into the ideas and processes that shaped the project.

Visit westernfront.ca for more information.