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Western fibre artists entwine ideas on hope for world issues

Hanging by a thread

Tracey Prediger

You’ll never think about red thread the same way after learning its significance in a new exhibit at Gallery Vertigo entitled Threads of Hope.

Members of the western Fibre Art Network (FAN) challenged each other to explore their personal interpretation of hope regarding world issues that are meaningful to them.

“The red thread that runs through the entire exhibit looks to me as though, even though our hopes and dreams are different, they’re all interconnected,” says Brigitte Red, Gallery Vertigo’s executive director.

All the western provinces are represented in the 52 piece display.

Anette Cameron is from Kelowna and created two instalments. One is called ‘Double Helix’, which symbolizes promising DNA research, The other is entitled ‘Rise from Darkness’.

“Rise from the Darkness is talking about all of the wars, the violence, the unrest throughout the entire world, and I came to think about my European background and how really the war impacted my whole family,” explains Cameron.

Each artist was given the same set of instructions, they had to incorporate the same red fabric anywhere in their art with an inpoint on the left and an exit on the right.

“The colour red that flows from one to the other completing a line of artists joining forces to improve the our world,” says Red who encourages people to come to the gallery and have a closure look at the texture involved in each piece.

Cameron has seen the exhibit three times in the past year, each time, the art work is presented differently, “The purpose of this was to promote peace, and to promote unity, where we all get along as one big family in the whole world.”

The exhibit’s opening reception is Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 6-8 p.m.

Threads of Hope has been on tour across Canada since May of 2020.

Vernon’s Gallery Vertigo is its final stop, wrapping up Apr 1.



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