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  • Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham
    All day
    2017/11/09-2017/11/11

    Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6

    Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6

    Cloth Cultures is an international conference to explore the material culture of textiles through the work and legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham (1911-2004), internationally renowned textile scholar, curator and member of the Order of Canada (1985). Burnham helped pioneer invaluable scholarly research in textiles and costume, and demonstrated that many layers of meaning could be revealed through object-centered research in both Indigenous and Western cultures.

    This conference will examine Burnham’s legacy in a number of fields (academia, fine art and design, anthropology, sociology, history, economics, aesthetics, museology, weaving, spinning and fibre art – at least) and dig deeper into the diverse stories and influence imbued in global textiles and clothing.

    This two-day event will feature 35 speakers from ten countries speaking on a variety of subjects, all related to how Dorothy Burnham has impacted their research, life and practice. Keynote speakers: Dr. Adrienne Hood (University of Toronto), Dr. Ruth Phillips (Carleton University, Ottawa) and Dr. Timo Rissanen (Parsons School of Design, NYC)

    Registration for Cloth Cultures will open June 1, 2017

    For more information: www.rom.on.ca

  • Spinning Drop-in at Riverdale Farm
    13:00 -15:00
    2017/11/09

    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    More information to come!

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  • Canadian, Eh? with Jette Vandermeiden
    14:00 -16:00
    2017/11/26

    56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, ON, M9C 1V7

    56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, ON, M9C 1V7

    The great white north.  Where winters are long and snowy, and summers short and buggy. Canada has its own unique weaving traditions adapted to its people and geography.  Acadians, French-Canadian community weaving centers, overshot coverlets, immigrant traditions, Chilkat Dancing blankets, Hudson Bay Blankets, old and contemporary functioning Jacquard looms. Delve into the incredible diversity of current Canadian weaving styles.

    FREE

    In partnership with the Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners

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REGULAR MEETINGS

MONTHLY GUILD MEETINGS Beginning April 2023 we will resume holding  in-person meetings at Riverdale Farm. We will continue to hold some meetings virtually. Our Member’s Meetings are held from September-June, with a break for the summer. Check out the Calendar for up-to-date information.
If you are interested in spinning or weaving, you are welcome to join us as a guest at one of our monthly meetings.
When: 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7:30 – 9:00 pm for in-person meetings; 7:00 – 8:30 pm for virtual meetings
Where: In-person meetings are held in the Meeting House at Riverdale Farm- come in the gate and keep going past the sheep.

TEXTILE/SPINNING DROP-IN 
Guild members join Riverdale Farm staff to host textile drop-ins at the Farm once a week in the afternoons. All are welcome to watch, chat, learn, or bring a project to work on– it’s totally free! Occasionally we have themes, such as a regular Spinning Clinic. At some of the drop-ins, the Farm provides some equipment, including Lendrum spinning wheels, for visitors to use. If you want to take your yarn home, bring a Lendrum bobbin. Equipment is not available to borrow at all drop-ins.
When: Summer 2023: Tuesday afternoons, 1 – 3 pm (through September 2023) at the Simpson House Porch.
Where: Riverdale Farm, 201 Winchester St., Toronto, M4X 1B8

IN THE COMMUNITY

The Guild generally participates in the following Riverdale Farm events , demonstrating fibre processing, spinning, weaving, and other textile skills to the public. After a hiatus during the pandemic, we look forward to resuming these events this Spring.

FAMILY DAY
Riverdale Farm is a great place to spend Family Day, with lots of fun activities taking place, including weaving and spinning demonstrations and activities that the whole family can enjoy.

SHEEP CELEBRATION
Riverdale Farm opens its doors with the farm’s popular Spring Festival at which Guild members use the fleece shorn from the farm sheep to demonstrate the skills needed to wash the wool, prepare it for spinning, make yarn, dye it, and weave it into cloth. Come and watch the process, from sheep shearing on!

FALL FESTIVALS
See the Guild in action on the second weekend in September at the Riverdale Farm Fall Festival, and at the Cabbagetown Festival too!

More information on Riverdale Farm.