The Gibsons Public Art Gallery and the Sunshine Coast Grandmothers & GrandOthers are jointly sponsoring a unique textile arts show called Turning the TideOne Ripple at a Time Aug. 18 to 21.
This beautiful collection of 52 hand-crafted pieces was created by the North Island Quilters for Community Awareness from the Comox Valley (and some guest artists), and is being brought to the Sunshine Coast through the auspices of the Glacier Grannies in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
Each unique, hand-crafted piece depicts a facet of the lives of African grandmothers and the orphans in their care who have been affected by the devastating AIDS pandemic.
Funds raised (admission by donation) from this exhibition will go through the Foundation directly to self-help and income-generating community projects in 15 sub-Saharan African countries, and will help to improve life for many of these remarkable women and children.
In the last few years, generous Canadians have contributed more than $9 million dollars to the grandmothers' campaign to help fund more than 300 grassroots organizations.
The Turning the Tide exhibit combines art, artistry and commitment. The quilters and the more than 240 grandmothers' groups across Canada believe deeply that the tide of the AIDS pandemic can be reversed at the community level and that, with enough funding, the projects supported by the Stephen Lewis Foundation are on the precipice of creating major change right across Africa.
The exhibition will take place during the 11th annual Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival.
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