Happening Next – Flower Power
“Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend?)”
– Mao Tse-Tung
‘Flower Power’ has been the slogan of the anti-war movement in the USA. While the poem by Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae “In Flander’s fields the poppies blow” commemorates those who have fallen, and every year reminds us of the terrible sacrifices made during the war. The crimson red flowers are now offered by grieving people at funerals or the sites of tragedies.
The Cempasuchil (marigolds) decorate the statues on Dia de los Muertos in Mexico. Flowers are symbols of resistance and solidarity in Chile and in Hong Kong; and of religious belief in India.
The images and use of flowers are a powerful expression of human longing for renewal, a transient beauty immortalized, expressing powerful emotions about our own human condition.
The Art Show at the Village Gallery this July is all about ‘Flower Power’. We want your inspiration and interpretation of the topic of the power of a flower.
Applications are available online or at the Village Gallery 1975 Vernon st Lumby
Call For Artists – Those Fabulous Fibres!
Our textile needs have been served for thousands of years using natural fibres.
The importance of textiles has been met with an array of fibres from plant, animal and mineral, this started with the use of animal hides, reeds, flax, linen and cotton. The use of yarn has been known to exist since before the Stone Age. The first attempt at artificial fibres started as early as 1664 and has developed into what we know today.
The Monashee Arts Council invites our Artists to show how our use of textiles has gone from utilitarian to FABULOUS! with your fibre creations in the Fabulous Fibre show starting August 5 to August 30th at the Village Gallery.
The deadline for submissions is August 3.
