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Sault museum combines weaving and mapping

The museum will use this grant to launch its Community Threads: Unmapping/Re-Weaving, a large-scale project that combines textile arts, community, and archives
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The Sault Ste. Marie Museum receives its first Ontario Arts Council Grant - Artists in Schools and Communities.

According to the news release, the museum will use this grant to start its Community Threads: Unmapping/Re-Weaving, a large-scale project that unites textile arts, community, and archives focusing on mapping. 

The artwork, created in the form of workshops with local artists, will depict a deliberate break from traditional mapping as an alternative record that includes many stories, techniques, and participants of all ages and backgrounds.

For more information, read the news release below:

The Sault Ste. Marie Museum is excited to announce that we have received our first Ontario Arts Council Grant - Artists in Schools and Communities! We are so excited to have received this funding and cannot wait to start our project Community Threads: Unmapping/Re-Weaving. 

Community Threads: Unmapping/Reweaving is a large-scale project that bridges textile arts, community, and archives with a specific focus on mapping. Our partners with this project include ArtSpeaks, La Galerie Sans Clous, The Algoma Weavers' Guild, Thrive Tours, Katie Huckson, and The Ontario Arts Council.

“Maps are unique in the way they use space to represent place. They feature contours, calligraphic marks, and writing and are selective in what they choose to represent. Maps are powerful, able to locate, describe, demarcate and ground. Maps are participatory and interpretive. Mapping questions knowing, organizing and presenting.”

The artwork, created through community collaboration in the form of various workshops with local artists, will represent an intentional break from traditional mapping as an alternative record that includes many stories, techniques, and contributors of all ages and backgrounds. The final piece will be installed as a large-scale map within the Sault Ste. Marie Museum was created by the work done throughout these workshops.

The dates for the following summer workshops are July 9 and July 15. Please check out our website or our Facebook and Instagram for further details on location and times for our upcoming workshops!

 


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