Conversation on Rug hooking in the Qu’Appelle Valley
Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000 (installation view), Nickle Galleries. Margaret Harrison, Margaret's Rug , c. 2005, Private Collection. Photo: Dave Brown, LCR PhotoServices.
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Join us for a thoughtful conversation titled We always picked up what somebody else discarded: Rug hooking in the Qu’Appelle Valley, featuring Bailey Randell-Montsebroten, Cheryl Troupe, Margaret Harrison, and Sherry Farrell Racette.
This conversation is part of our Rawlco Radio and the MacKenzie Art Gallery Free Admission Day. From 11 AM – 5:30 PM, enjoy free access to all second-floor galleries, featuring exhibition tours, and family art workshops in the BMO Learning Centre!
Conversation begins at 2 PM in the Shumiatcher Theatre.
In the featured image is Margaret’s Rug, by Margaret Harrison. Margaret departs from traditional Métis floral designs to depict a specific place—her home in the Katepwa lake road allowance community in southern Saskatchewan’s Qu’appelle valley.
Learn more about the exhibition that Margaret’s Rug is featured in by visiting the exhibition page for Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000.