Changing Landscapes - Contemporary Textile & Fibre Art Symposium

Changing Landscapes is a one day event that will explore themes around the evolutionary incorporation of technology into hand made practices with presentations, round table discussions and a hands-on workshop, all live-streamed for a broadly accessible cross-continental experience.

Canadian and international artists, academics and specialists in the field will be presenting in person and remotely, including Meghan Price (CA), Fuzzy Mall Art (CA/US), Vita Plume (LV/CA), Kristina Austi (LT/NO), Jacobo Alonzo (MX), Kadi Pajupuu (EE), Ilze Godlevskis (LV/CA), Ieva Krumina (LV/CA), Jonatan E. Jurkowski (PL), Maja Gecic (SRB), and Beatrijs Sterk (NL).
This event includes a Baltic style catered lunch and closing cocktails with a viewing of the group exhibition and Egils Rozenbergs’ exhibition

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Info: Doors open coffee/tea are served, audience takes seats

Info: Artist Speakers will explore themes around the evolutionary incorporation of technology into hand made practices and there personal relationship to their textie and fibre art practices. The short form 10 minute presentations will have contmeporary textile and fibre artists participating both in person and live streamed from various countries. Artists include: Meghan Price (CA), Fuzzy Mall Art (CA/US), Vita Plume (LV/CA), Kristina Austi (LT/NO), Jacobo Alonzo (MX), Kadi Pajupuu (EE)

Info: Live Streamed Round Table pannel from Europe: Beatrijs Sterk (NL), Jonatan E. Jurkowski (PL), Maja Gecic (SRB)

Info: In person Round Table pannel with creative leaders in Canada: • Nithikul Nimqulrat - Artist/Researcher/Author
• Deborah Wang - Artistic Director & Curator - DesignTO
• Suzanne Carte - Senior Curator - Burlington Art GalleryArtist/Researcher/Author

Info: Lunch will provided and catered by Zupa Zupa, a Latvian-inspired artisan catering company designed by Elizabete Ludviks, who combines natural & delicious ingredients in a contemporary Baltic style.

Info: Textile/Fibre Arts workshop will encourage participants to explore their own relationship with technology using fibre, textiles and technological recycled materials to materially express their ideas of arts and the digital world.

Info: Closing with cocktails in the Main Gallery with the opportunity to spend time viewing the Egils Rozenbergs exhibition and the Nature, Being & Technology group exhibition in the long hallway gallery.

Host or Publisher NoBa - North Baltica Contemporary Art