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Workshops & Tours

Pre-Symposium Workshops

Rediscovering the Potential of Warp

Limited to 12 participants
Location: Makerlabs
Time: This is a two-day workshop. Tuesday September 18, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and Wednesday September 19, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Workshop leaders: Ruth Scheuing and Mary Lou Trinkwon

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $147.50
Regular Registration: $295

Closeup of cedar boughs
Weave a Cedar Bracelet

Limited to 15 participants
Location: Bill Reid Gallery
Time: Wednesday, September 19, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Workshop leader: Todd Giihlgiigaa DeVries

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $22.50
Regular Registration: $45

Cloth fragment with reds, yellows, greens and geometric figures
Change and Continuity: Latin American Textiles at MOA

Limited to 16 participants per session
Location: UBC Museum of Anthropology

Time: Wednesday, September 19.
Two sessions will be offered:

Morning Session 10:00 am – 12:00 pm; free time to explore the museum until 3:00 pm
Afternoon Session 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm; free time to explore the museum from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Workshop leaders: Dr. Ann Peters and Dr. Cara Tremain

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $27.50
Regular Registration: $55

Red and gold geometric patterned cloth
The Maiwa Collection: Inspiration for Revival

Limited to 20 participants per session
Location: Maiwa Loft, Granville Island
Time: Wednesday, September 19
Two sessions will be offered:

Morning Session 10:00 am – 12:00 pm; free time until 12:40 pm
Afternoon Session 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm; free time until 3:30 pm

Workshop leaders: Charllotte Kwon and Tim McLaughlin

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $25
Regular Registration: $50

Collage of hands processing salmon leather
Salmon Leather: Bark Tanning Process and Shared Traditions

Limited to 13 participants
Location: Trillium North Park
Time: Wednesday September 19, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Workshop leaders: Rebecca Graham and Tracy Williams

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $82.50
Regular Registration: $165

 

Pre-Symposium Tours

 

UBC Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Museum of Anthropology Tour

Limited to 20 participants
Location: University of British Columbia Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Museum of Anthropology
Time: Wednesday September 19, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Tour leader: Volunteer Escort

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $20
Regular Registration: $40

Weaving in progress on a loom
A Visit to Musqueam

Limited to 25 participants
Location: Musqueam Cultural Centre
Time: Wednesday September 19, 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
Resource leader: Debra Sparrow

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $25
Regular Registration: $50

 

Means of Production & Trillium Site Walking Tour

Limited to 20 participants
Location: Means of Production Garden, North China Creek Park
Time: Wednesday September 19, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Tour leader: Sharon Kallis

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $20
Regular Registration: $40

 Post-Symposium Workshops

Weaver using a jacquard loom
Weave Without Weaves: Jacquard Weaving with Vibeke Vestby

Limited to 16 participants
Location: Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Time: This is a two-day workshop. Sunday September 23, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm and Monday September 24, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Workshop leaders: Vibeke Vestby

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $125
Regular Registration: $250

White woven shawl with feathers draped over a form
Salish Weaving Workshop

Limited to 15 participants
Location: Bill Reid Gallery
Time: Sunday September 23, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Workshop leaders: Chief Janice George and Willard “Buddy” Joseph

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $60
Regular Registration: $120

Hands holding a small ball of nettle cordage
Processing Stinging Nettle Fiber: Green and Retted, Spindled and Cordage

Limited to 13 participants
Location: Trillium North Park
Time: Sunday September 23, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Workshop leaders: Sharon Kallis

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $55
Regular Registration: $110

Post-Symposium Tours

Museum visitors standing in front of large carved piece
Whistler Museums of Art & First Peoples Culture

Limited to 22 participants
Location: Whistler, BC
Time: Sunday September 23, 8:00 am – 6:30 pm
Tour leader: Eileen Wheeler

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $55
Regular Registration: $110

Quilt of Canada with a border of human figures
Surrey Art Gallery Tour

Limited to 40 participants
Location: Indian Payal Mall and Surrey Art Gallery
Time: Sunday September 23, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Tour leader: Bettina Matzkuhn

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $20
Regular Registration: $40

People helping each other with sewing in a workshop space
Textile Social Enterprise Tour

Limited to 30 participants
Location: Threadworks
Time: Sunday September 23, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Tour leader: Kaytee Kilgour and Sara Sahulka

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $20
Regular Registration: $40

Outdoor deck overlooking a body of water
Salt Spring Island Tour

Limited to 14 participants
Location: Salt Spring Island locations
Time: Sunday September 23, 8:30 am – Tuesday September 25, 8:00 pm
Tour leader: Diana Sanderson

Student Members (limit 2 spaces): $125
Regular Registration: $250