OTB: Upcoming Events

@ White Rock Library:

Monday, September 25, 1:00-3:00PM
Peace Arch Spinners and Weavers demonstration

Friday, September 29, 1:00-4:00PM
Needle Nuts

Until the end of September displays by:
Elizabeth Carefoot,
Piece Arch Quilters

OTB at Mind and Matter Art Gallery (over fifteen artists)

and

White Rock Museum and Archives (illustrates how silk is made through our “Stages of Silk” kiosk, using objects and historic images of Japanese silk manufacturing, and its relashionship to White Rock.

Celebrating Fibre

Speaking about "Celebration of Fibre":

" December 8

In 1906 Santiago Ramón y Cajal received the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

He wanted to be a painter.

His father would not let him, so he had to become the greatest Spanish Scientist of all time.

He got his revenge by sketching his discoveries. His drawings of the brain were at par with Miró and Klee:"The garden of neurology sparks incomparable artistic emotions" he liked to say.

He enjoyed exploring the mysteries of the nervous system, but loved drawing even more.

And what he loved most of all was saying out loud whatever was on his mind, well aware it would make him enemies than friends.

Sometimes he would ask in surprise, "You have no enemies? How can it be? Did you never tell the truth or stand up for justice?"

Eduardo Galeno,

Children of the Days

A calendar of human history

Celebrating Fibre around the world: Tuscany

Photo: © Alicia M B Ballard

OTB month at the White Rock Museum and Archives

OTB Exhibit at WRMA (White Rock Museum and Archives, Marine Drive):

The exhibition explores the development of White Rock as a Canadian city, but emphasizes little known local stories about several communities present in White Rock over the last 150 years. Among these stories, the exhibition explores the role of Japanese silk manufacture, and the impact it had on Great Northern Railway (GNR) which served White Rock. GNR was the leading ground transporter of raw silk during the 1920s. When the popularity of silk dropped off in the 1930s, the velocity of travel became an effective marketing tool for Great Northern to a White Rock audience.

This exhibition illustrates how silk is made through our “Stages of Silk” kiosk, using objects and historic images of Japanese silk manufacturing.

"Joy Flags" afternoon @ WR Library

Workshop facilitated by artist: Elizabeth Carefoot

The wall hangings (in the background) are works by Elizabeth Carefoot

OTB #WhiteRock - the one and only Celebration of Fibre and Mixed Media