Drop by and talk to local visual artists throughout the summer as they share stories about their work and creative process!
Schedule
Thursday, August 7: Kayla Walsh
Thursday, August 14: Di Dabinett
Thursday, August 21: Di Dabinett
Thursday, August 28: Kathleen Knowling
Artist Bios
Kayla Walsh is a textile artist living in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland. She holds a BFA in textiles/fashion from NSCAD University and a diploma of textiles from the College of the North Atlantic.
Kayla is inspired by her coastal home of Newfoundland. She explores themes of mental wellbeing in relation to our natural surroundings, the present moment, and our attachment to place. Kayla explores these themes through weaving, embroidery and natural dyeing.
Diana Dabinett was born in Zimbabwe in 1943, has lived in Newfoundland since 1975, but has always lived close to the natural world. She has exhibited throughout Canada, in the United States, England, Japan and New Zealand. She has had work in solo and group exhibitions world-wide, commissions in Monterey, California, Labrador and St John’s, has taught in the school system and a private group for 30 years and is represented in numerous public and private collections including Her Majesty, the Queen of England. In 2019 she was awarded the NLAC Achievement Award.
Kathleen Knowling has an extensive exhibition history and her artworks are part of many public and private collections in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. She holds a BA in History from Barnard College at Columbia University in New York. She also studied at Mount Allison University, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University, and MUN Extension Arts. In 1977, Kathleen initiated and organized the life-drawing program at Group of 77, which ran for over 30 years. Today, she is part of the Senior Artist Sunday Group and continues with her professional practice.
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