Date: Sunday, July 11, 2021
Time: 7:15 – 9:00 pm
Presenters: Munirih Campbell and Amelia Epp
Join Munirih Campbell and Amelia Epp for a presentation and interactive conversation about their textile-based creative practices. These long time friends will share about their individual practices and will respond to questions posed to one another. Munirih Campbell will discuss her art practice, in which she uses embroidery and hand sewing. Amelia Epp will share her practice of creating, mending, and altering garments. For both, these textile-based practices offer opportunities for self-care and reflection, as well as connection to others. They will share ways that textile-based practices can also offer opportunities for learning, discussion, and action relating to social justice. Munirih and Amelia will invite attendees to join the conversation and to share about their own making practices.
About the Presenters:
Munirih Campbell is an artist currently living in Quesnel, BC. She studied Fine Art at Concordia University with a focus in Fiber Art. She has shown her work in both Montreal, QC and Vancouver, BC. With playful whimsy her work takes into consideration her personal heritage while expressing current understandings. Working from a place of nostalgia she plays with the contents of her life to create meditations on themes such as Unity in Diversity.
Amelia Epp is an art educator currently living in Vancouver, BC. She studied sociology and visual arts at Simon Fraser University. She completed her graduate studies in art education at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City, and is a certified teacher. As an educator she has worked with children, teens, and adults in schools, museums, after-school programs, and community-based organizations. Amelia currently works as a District Visual Arts Teacher in the North Vancouver School District.
As an artist, Amelia deconstructs, re-purposes, and casts found materials to create reliefs, sculptures and collages. She employs an organic minimalism to explore forms and designs inspired by the human body, the natural world, architecture, urban design, as well as traditional craft and textiles. She has shown her work in both New York and British Columbia. Experimentation, collaboration, and play are important components of her practice as both an artist and educator.
See Amelia’s artwork at: www.ameliaepp.com
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