Culture Days/Journees de la Culture

When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

Moon Rain Centre, Val-des-Monts, Quebec.

September 25, 26, 2010

Textile Arts Discovery Bus Tour

Circuit Decouvert Arts Textiles

On Saturday, September 25^th, Galerie Montcalm and the Ville de Gatineau organized a bus tour that visited the textile arts exhibitions organized by Moon Rain Centre in collaboration with the international textile arts event in the Outaouais, “When Thirteen Moons Entwine”.

The bus started in the morning at Galerie Montcalm in Gatineau after visiting the 9^th International Triennale of Mini-textiles from Angers, France.  It then visited Espace Pierre Debain in Aylmer to see the exhibition Fibres Boreales, then drove to Moon Rain Centre to see the outdoor textile arts installations in situ and the studio exhibition, The Thirteen Moons. A gourmet picnic lunch was prepared by chef Chris Hudson, that bus tour participants and artists enjoyed at the waterfall along the scenic walking path at Moon Rain Centre.

On the drive home to Gatineau, the bus stopped to visit the international tapestry exhibit, Fils Lumineux at the Val-Des-Monts municipal hall.

It was a very enjoyable day for the bus tour participants. The word most frequently spoken was “inspirational”.

Photos by Ken Ewen

Tissage-Metissage

Community Weaving Project

The Agora, Maison du Citoyen, Gatineau, Quebec

On Sunday, September 26^th was Tissage-Metissage, a community weaving project organized by Galerie Montcalm and the Ville de Gatineau and directed by Thoma and Gabby Ewen of Moon Rain Centre.

Moon Rain Centre's “Collective Cloth” project provided the core of this fabric project that had an amazing resulting immense fabric art work. Over 200 community members participated in the weaving of “Tissage-Metissage”, and a permanent public location is being sought to display the weaving.

Photos by Dominique Laurent

When Thirteen Moons Entwine

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

Moon Rain Centre, Val-des-Monts, Quebec.

The integration of textile arts into the natural environment and the mythology of the thirteen moons

When Thirteen Moons Entwine

was an international textile event, inspired by the thirteen moons of the lunar calendar. It was an outdoor laboratory that brought together established professional textile artists with emerging artists in the creation of outdoor textile art installations at thirteen sites along a scenic walking path in nature at Moon Rain Centre, in the Gatineau Hills.

The number thirteen has very ancient and mystical significance, representing the unification of life, creation and the cosmos. In many cultures, the Wise Woman is referred to as a "Woman of the Thirteenth Moon".

When thirteen Moons Entwine included a spectrum of textile arts exhibitions presented in collaboration with major exhibition centres in the region, and offered hands on workshops by internationally known textile artists.

Quand les treize lunes s'entrelacent

When Thirteen Moons Entwine

Three minute video

Video courtesy of Aisha Productions, Gatineau, Quebec

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Outdoor Textile Art INSTALLATIONS

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine was an international textile event, inspired by the thirteen moons of the lunar calendar. It was an outdoor laboratory that brought together established professional textile artists with emerging artists in the creation of 13 outdoor textile art installations at thirteen sites along a scenic walking path in nature at Moon Rain Centre, in the Gatineau Hills.

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Map of Sites

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Image by Gary Stuber, Artzu

Site 1

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Hope Maclean (QUEBEC)

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Edith Meusnier (FRANCE)

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J'oublie les mots, les mythes et légendes pour savourer pleinement le silence et le mystère de l'illusion lunaire.- Edith Meusnier

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Photos by Ken Ewen, Ken Ewen, Joanne de Nobriga, Ken Ewen

Site 2

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Ewa Bartosz-Mazus (POLAND)

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Part of my installation "The Cleansing" represents spirituality and positive thoughts: this optimism overflows out of me and into my tapestry; it is my aspiration that everyone can achieve this fragment of positive energy. - Ewa Bartosz-Mazus

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Claire Guerette (QUEBEC)

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Photos by Ken Ewen, Joanne de Nobriga, Ken Ewen, Ken Ewen

Site 3

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Krystyna Sadej (CANADA)

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Ali Rabjohns (UK)

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All this love and these threads of my creative journey have been wooven into the final pieces, red spider's web reminds us that we are all connected. - Ali Rabjohns

Photos by Ken Ewen

Site 4

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Denise Coker(QUEBEC) Gaël Morin (FRANCE)

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Traces mémoire, rémanence; investir le matériau d'une mémoire réinventée. Quand l'art est technique opératoire, quand il est à la fois le messageet le messager, il devient possible de re-sacraliser l'espace.- Gael Morin

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Photos by Joanne de Nobriga, Ken Ewen, Ken Ewen, Margit Hiedeg

Site 5

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Ixchel Suarez (CANADA)

Marie Pier St-George (CANADA)

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In the beginning of the World, it ia said that the Moon climbed up to the top of a tree. There she would weave; there she would spin; there in the tree. -Ixchel Suarez & Marie Pier St-George>

Photos by Ken Ewen, Gerald Bordeleau, Ken Ewen, Ken Ewen

Site 6

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Jolanta Sprawka (QUEBEC)

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Nadine Dupeux (FRANCE)

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Il arrive souvent qu'aux dernières heures de décembre des solitaires inspirés se penchent au-dessus de l'eau et distinguent, scintillant pour eux des profondeurs, émouvante, terrifiante, la merveille des douze, parfois des treize lunes de l'année écoulée qui reposent, entrelacées. - Nadine Dupeux

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Photos by Gerald Bordeleau, Ken Ewen, Joanne de Nobriga, Joanne de Nobriga

Site 7

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Johanna Nousianien (QUEBEC)

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The view is filled with pools of light shining through inviting you to imagine how it changes with the cycle of light... entwined in its own true rhythm as it joins a flow of treetops stretched to the horizon. -Johanna Nousiaien

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Peter Harris (CANADA)

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I think of the moon as a friendly visitor to grace my garden. While the sun stands for daily or yearly regularity, the moon stands for cyclical variations, the waxing and waning of influences - Peter Harris

Photos by Joanne de Nobriga, Ken Ewen, Ken Ewen, Ken Ewen

Site 8

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

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Andie Haltrich (QUEBEC)

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Space - Time Fabric and Gravity. The resulting physical object becomes a testament to the beauty and familiarity of the patterns we are surrounded by at all times as human inhabitants of earth-Andie Haltrich

Irene Anton (DEUTSCHLAND)

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Photos by Ken Ewen, Joanne de Nobriga, Ken Ewen, Ken Ewen

Site 9

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When Thirteen Moons Entwine

International textile arts event in the Outaouais

Aug 15 to Oct 10, 2010

Nadine Richard (FRANCE)

Carole Baillargeon (QUEBEC)

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Photos by Joanne de Nobriga, Joanne de Nobriga, Ken Ewen, Carole Baillargeon