Artisan's Gallery
June 30, 2009 marked the grand opening of the Museum’s Artisan’s Gallery, a spacious, bright section of the museum dedicated to displaying the handwork of local artisans. The gallery’s first exhibition, “Needle, Hook and Shuttle,” represents the work of 29 local artisans ! - whose names are listed below.
Admission to the Museum, including the Gallery, is free.
Claudia Gahlinger’s five-piece tapestry, “Scenes from The Aspy Fault,” is the most recent addition to the Museum’s permanent collection of fibre artwork. Click on the images to view them in more detail. Click here to view some other entries in the exhibit.
“Needle, Hook and Shuttle” Artisans
| Theresa Buchanan, Bay St. Lawrence Lorraine Budge, Neil’s Harbour Esther Danielson, Smelt Brook Maureen Capstick, Cape North Charlene Dixon, South Harbour Darlene Ellis, Cape North Effie Fitzgerald, Sugar Loaf Merne Ann Fitzgerald, Dingwall Mary Fraser, Dingwall Claudia Gahlinger, South Harbour Margaret Gwynn, Cape North Fern Hawley, Ingonish Deirdre Macdonald, Sugar Loaf Mavis MacDonald, Sugar Loaf Sheila MacEachern, Dingwall |
Myrtle McEvoy, Sunrise Selma MacKinnon, Smelt Brook Tracy MacLellan, Sugar Loaf Effie MacLeod, Cape North Lorna MacLeod, Cape North Ruth MacLeod, Cape North Voilet MacLeod, Cape North Effie Annabel Morrison, Cape North Linda Murray, South Harbour Tamara Rasmussen, Bay St. Lawrence Nellie Rideout, Neil’s Harbour Janice Stullenburger, Sunrise Valley Norma Taussig, Gray’s Hollow Iris Wilkie, Sugar Loaf |
