The 2023 EAC/ACB Members' Exhibition will be held during Seminar 2023. Join us as we celebrate 50 years of preserving traditional techniques and promoting new challenges in the art of embroidery through education and networking. This year's exhibition will showcase recent embroideries stitched by EAC/ACB members. The Leonida Leatherdale Award for Innovation in Embroidery will […]
The 2023 EAC/ACB Members' Exhibition will be held during Seminar 2023. Join us as we celebrate 50 years of preserving traditional techniques and promoting new challenges in the art of embroidery through education and networking. This year's exhibition will showcase recent embroideries stitched by EAC/ACB members. The Leonida Leatherdale Award for Innovation in Embroidery will […]
The 2023 EAC/ACB Members' Exhibition will be held during Seminar 2023. Join us as we celebrate 50 years of preserving traditional techniques and promoting new challenges in the art of embroidery through education and networking. This year's exhibition will showcase recent embroideries stitched by EAC/ACB members. The Leonida Leatherdale Award for Innovation in Embroidery will […]
The Simcoe County Museum is proud to host the 2023 Simcoe County Quilt, Rug & Artisan Fair. Whether you’re a veteran, a beginner or just curious, there will be something for everyone to see as local artisans’ guilds display their handicrafts and demonstrate traditional crafts like embroidery, quilting, spinning, weaving, rug hooking, pottery, lacemaking and […]
The Simcoe County Museum is proud to host the 2023 Simcoe County Quilt, Rug & Artisan Fair. Whether you’re a veteran, a beginner or just curious, there will be something for everyone to see as local artisans’ guilds display their handicrafts and demonstrate traditional crafts like embroidery, quilting, spinning, weaving, rug hooking, pottery, lacemaking and […]
The Simcoe County Museum is proud to host the 2023 Simcoe County Quilt, Rug & Artisan Fair. Whether you’re a veteran, a beginner or just curious, there will be something for everyone to see as local artisans’ guilds display their handicrafts and demonstrate traditional crafts like embroidery, quilting, spinning, weaving, rug hooking, pottery, lacemaking and […]
Salley Mavor will talk about her journey as an artist who tells stories with three-dimensional embroidery. The presentation will cover a wide range of creative endeavours, from illustration to doll-making to stop-motion animation, demonstrating that there are no limits to what can be expressed with a needle and thread! This is an opportunity to take […]
Join EAC/AC President Terri Briggs on Sunday, October 22, at 3 p.m. Eastern to share your stitching and ideas on improving our organization. To help answer questions, other board members will attend this hour-long Zoom get-together. Please log in to My EAC/Mon ACB to register in Zoom. 4:30 pm Newfoundland Time 4 pm Atlantic Time 3 […]
Stitches of Our Lives Retreat is where like-minded individuals come to stitch, learn and meet others. It is being held November 10 - 12th in beautiful downtown Kingston. Come for a day or a weekend. Enjoy your day(s) relaxing while you stitch in a well-lit ballroom with friends, new and old. Bring your unfinished projects, […]
Marie-Renée Otis is a textile artist — her chosen medium of expression is art embroidery and the overarching goal of her artistic work is to add beauty to the world. In her presentation, Marie-Renée will share the beginnings of her creative adventure with art embroidery and the various stages of her technical evolution; she will […]
Needle: first instrument of learning in the hand. Female education: a privilege, not a right and unequal. Lianne explores the significance of antique samplers in understanding the historical role of women and girls in education. She will share how knowledge and skills were transmitted through needlework in traditional and nontraditional subjects during a time when education […]
Isn’t it amazing how one experience can lead to new ideas and opportunities that unfold into creative and unexpected explorations? A month-long art residency allowed Susan to dive deeply into textile books and scroll-making with paints, dyes, stitches and more. She will take us to Iceland, introduce us to the residency concept and share her […]
