2018 LECTURE SERIES

LIMITED SPACES LEFT

Featuring top artisans & crafts people from around the world.

Lectures and events below have openings as of this posting.

LECTURES

BETWEEN SCIENCE & ART: COLLABORATION IN TEXTILES

CATHERINE ELLIS & JOY BOUTRUP

Textile engineer and textile artist team up for a look at how collaboration works between science and art. Two well-established figures bring a lifetime of curiosity and study to this ground breaking lecture. 

WOMAN WITH A FISH

SUE STONE

Artist Sue Stone brings the worlds of needlework and figurative painting together in her evocative, often surreal pieces. Join her as she talks about her life, art, and creative journey to create a personal examination of memory, self, and identity. 

THE SILK ROUTE

JOHN GILLOW

Join inveterate textile collector, traveller, and author John Gillow as he recounts this fascinating story. John will trace the paths over land and across the sea (collectively known as the Silk Route) whereby silk was brought to the West. He will also take us eastward, following silks to Japan and Korea.

THE POETICS OF TEXTILES

TIM MCLAUGHLIN

 Textiles are poetic metaphors woven from ideas just as much as they are physical items woven from fibres. Join Maiwa's Tim McLaughlin for an inspirational journey into the deeper meanings of textiles.

STRIPPED BARE: DECONSTRUCTING TEXTILES

& THE ARTISTIC PROCESS

RACHEL MEGINNES

Having recently completed a series of work which repurposes the inside cotton battings of vintage quilts into contemporary paintings for the wall, Rachel shares with us her deconstructive, mixed media processes while discussing her beliefs in artistic growth and vulnerability. 

EVENTS

BREAKING WAVES

THE INNOVATIVE WEAVES OF AMY PUTANSU

Using a rare hand-weaving technique called ondulé, Amy Putansu maneuvers threads out of the strict grid and into wave-like patterns and lines.

There is no charge for the exhibition opening but a ticket is required for entry.

See the Full Workshop, Lecture, & Event Listing Here

LECTURES START SEPTEMBER 6TH

$15.00 EACH

Tickets purchased online after August 20th will be held at the door.

Tickets available online at schooloftextiles.com

or in the Maiwa store on Granville Island