Tip Your Hat 2012 - live and silent auction of artistically altered cowboy hats

Saturday July 7, 2012
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB

proceeds support THIS IS MY CITY Art Society's programming with those who have experience of, or are at risk of homelessness.

www.thisismycitycalgary.ca

MEASURING a YEAR by the MINUTE (installation / performance)
Margie Davidson

This year long process started with continuing my interest in colour study of seasonal change, a desire for a daily meditative art practice, and a curiosity about the visual representation of a year. What would a year measured by one knitted stitch for every minute actually look like? 
 
My goal was to knit 60 stitches in a row and complete 24 rows a day to represent that day as measured by the minute.  I recorded each days knitting progress with a date tag. As the project grew, I dealt with tangled yarn and competing priorities. It was a challenge to find 3 hours each day to complete 24 rows of knitting.
 It has been an insightful process. I have learned about myself as I came to terms with the evolution of the artwork and the divergence of two types of measurement.  I learned about making space physically for the artwork as it grew and about the rigor of a daily commitment of time.  I learned about the value of holding the intention of a daily meditative practice.(installation / performance) 

Sunday May 13 (Mothers Day)
12:00 to 5:00 (ARTIST TALK - 2:00)

DaDe ART & DESIGN LAB in collaboration with the Alberta Craft Council, will showcase unconventional, contemporary works, from 10 contemporary fibre artists from around North America.  FABRICated will be on display and available for sale from April 20 to June 3, 2012.
 
featuring
Ilse Anysas-Salkauskas, Arlee Barr, Margie Davidson, Deborah Dumka, Connie Fraser, Matt Gould, Luke Haynes, Mary Holdgrafer, Jill Nuckles & Dana Roman
 
opening reception Friday April 20, 2012
7:00 pm