Scutelliphily

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Sonia Griffiths, “Untitled,” nd

mixed media

Reception: Friday, May 12, 7-9pm

Panel Discussion: Saturday, May 13, 2 pm

Curated by sculptor and curator Zoë Schneider, the exhibition Scutelliphily explores the popularity and meaning of artist-made patches. Patches, machine-made and hand-made, are seeing resurgence in youth culture, connecting wearers and makers through pop-culture, politics, activism and DIY culture.

Artists from Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan are participating in this group exhibition which includes beadwork, embroidery, felting, and silkscreen techniques. Patches are textural and symbolic objects. The making of patches through embroidery and other domestic textile techniques draws on and adds to the history of Craftivism: a political art movement focused on anti-capitalism, environmentalism and feminism.

Artists:

· Katherine Boyer, Winnipeg, MB

· Blair Fornwald, Regina, SK

· Sonia Griffiths, Camrose, AB

· Belinda Harrow, Regina, SK

· Karli Jessup, Regina, SK

· Jaye Kovach, Regina, SK

· Jeff Meldrum, Regina, SK

· Megan Morman, Lethbridge, AB

· Caitlin Mullan, Regina, SK

· Elizabeth Munro, Halifax, NS

· Shanell Papp, Lethbridge, AB

· Jill Waldron, Grande Prairie, AB