Sechelt artist Patricia Crucil is part of the latest exhibition at the Vancouver Museum.
The museum is inviting the public to experience contemporary craft in the Craft Association of British Columbia's (CABC) newest exhibition, Contemporary Craft in BC: Excellence Within Diversity, from Feb. 7 to April 6. Celebrate the diversity of more than 90 provincial artisans using mediums of fibre, glass, wood, metal, ceramic and mixed media to create vibrant pieces with West Coast flair. Crucil will have her fibre work displayed at the exhibition. "This is the largest fine craft exhibition in British Columbia that features a broad range of mediums and artists," said Yvonne Chui, CABC executive director in a news release. "Excellence within Diversity celebrates the technical skill and creative excellence required by the craft makers to create pieces that are a combination of function and aesthetics. Some of our artists are people who have had previous careers as doctors, nurses, teachers and engineers or recent graduates of art and design colleges and have been drawn to become craft artists to express and comment on identity, place and social issues. Craft is all around us and has been produced for centuries. The exhibit celebrates how ordinary objects made by hand can be extraordinary." Artists featured in the exhibit are inspired by the natural environment, cultures around the world, current events, science, history and architecture. This exhibit promises to be filled with unique, one-of-a-kind pieces created by makers who have reached the peak of their creative skills.
The exhibit is open during regular Vancouver Museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Mondays.
See www.vanmuseum.bc.ca or www.cabc.net.
