On September 25th we welcomed director Cathy Stevulak to present her documentary Threads: The Art and Life of Surayia Rahman. Surayia is an artist who is driven to create: from painting and sketching to working with embroiderers in the tradition of Nakshi kantha tapestry. Threads is a documentary about...

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On September 23rd, Jane Callender delivered ler lecture "Animating Pattern" it was Jane's second time presenting at Maiwa. She returned with a substantial publication under her belt. 2000 Pattern Combinations: A step-by-step guide to creating pattern has been released in both English and Japanese. It is an invaluable source for...

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FEATURED ARTISAN and WORKSHOP ADIRE and TIE DIE with GASALI ADEYEMO "Indigo is very powerful" muses Gasali Onireke Adeyemo, "In my tribe, we revere indigo as it symbolizes love. When we love someone, we gift him or her an indigo-dyed cloth." This October, renowned indigo artist Gasali Adeyemo...

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Michael Brennand-Wood giving his lecture "Pretty Deadly." Last night (September 17) was Pretty Deadly. Michael Brennand-Wood took the audience through a survey of his work and artistic practice. The title refers to the double nature of much of Michael's work which, at a distance, appears to be floral...

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Janet Bolton On September 12 Janet Bolton returned to the Maiwa Textile Symposium to talk about her life and art. Janet's art is one of simple purity in which swatches of fabrics will suggest, with due encouragement and consideration, a vignette from childhood, a kite's journey across the...

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Artisan Made Locks Handcrafted security Maiwa East has just received a collection of handmade brass and iron locks. These are mostly antiques that were made in small metalworking shops. They are stamped with the number of levers in the mechanism and the maker's brand. They feature hand riveted...

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Valerie Goodwin On Monday September 8, the Maiwa Textile Symposium welcomed Valerie Goodwin to Vancouver. Valerie is best known for transforming the medium of quilting into a powerful artistic statement that combines the historic, political, aesthetic, and most importantly, the cartographic. Valerie spoke to a capacity audience about...

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Diana Sanderson of the Silk Weaving Studio introducing the evening. On Thursday Sept 4, Professor Masayoshi Ohashi took the audience through an incredible survey of the textile artisans who preceded him and talked about how their influences shaped his own formidable body of work. With a mixture of...

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In a post-industrial world where cloth and its manufacture are so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, we hope to reinvest fabric with meaning and, through the work of skilled hands, rediscover its many pleasures. With those words, Charllotte Kwon opened the 2014 Maiwa Textile Sympsoium. She handed...

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Water Carries Colour, Water Waves Air  Reiko Sudo of Nuno Corporation  and  Prof. Masayoshi Ohashi,  Tokyo Zokei University of Art and Design Two Lectures and an Exhibition LECTURE: The Legendary Nuno Corporation Reiko Sudo, Sept 3  (SOLD OUT) LECTURE: Beyond Tradition Masayoshi Ohashi, Sept 4 Tickets Available  EXHIBITION September 5...

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