Windows to Creativity’ and ‘Honouring our Past: Envisioning our Future
The WASOON 2018 conference promises participants the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of fibre arts through workshops, lectures, silent auction and vendors marketplace.
Keynote Speaker – Deborah Livingston-Lowe, “Canadian Textiles Come Full Circle”, an overview of non-indigenous textile production in Eastern Canada from the 18th century to the current Fibreshed Movement from a handloom weaver’s perspective.
Opening Reception – Friday evening, Timmins Museum National Exhibition Centre
Workshops weaving, spinning, beading, dyeing, felting, sewing, basket making, textile printing, and much more
Banquet &Keynote Speaker – Saturday evening at the Senator Hotel with a PHSG Fashion Show
Come & experience Northern Ontario hospitality!