Ekphrastic
The FAN exhibition Ekphrastic opened at the LaConner Quilt and Textile Museum in LaConner, Washington in October 2016. Ekphrastic, a travelling exhibition, was shown at various venues until December 2019.
The word 'Ekphrasis' means a rhetorical device whereby one medium of art is created to relate to another medium of art. Usually Ekphrastic poetry is created to respond to a piece of art.
FAN put a distinctive spin on this process by inviting twelve well known Canadian poets to contribute a poem of their choosing. Each of the twelve poems was interpreted by four FAN members in a wide range of styles.
The Ekphrastic exhibition is a unique showcase of the collective talents of Canadian poets and fibre artists.
Artwork from Ekphrastic
ELEGY: Remains
By Debbie Caseburg Tyson
ELEGY: Ode to Elegy
By Robin Fischer
ELEGY: Remembering
By Margie Davidson
ELEGY: Woodsmoke & Whiskey
By Marcy Horswill
FOIL: Fleeting Splendour
By Judith Panson
FOIL: Foil of Leaves
By Sharon Rubuliak
FOIL: September's Gold
By Leah Gravells
FOIL: Time is Called
By Sara Judith
HOPE STONE
By Joanna Lilley
HOPE STONE: A Rose for Mom
By Vivian Kapusta
HOPE STONE: Finding Hope
By Beth Flemington
HOPE STONE: Hoping
By Pippa Moore
HOPE STONE: Solitude
By Donna Stockdale
MAGICAL THINKING
By Ronnie R. Brown
MAGICAL THINKING: Magical Fairyland
By Carol Seeley
MAGICAL THINKING: Magical Thinking
By Leslie Forbes
MAGICAL THINKING: Magical Thinking Woman
By Krista Zeghers
MAGICAL THINKING: Winter Sprites
By Joyce Brown
OCTOBER: October
By Victoria Gray
OCTOBER: October
By Marianne Parsons
OCTOBER: October - Abandoned
By Janet Harper
OCTOBER: October's Fragile Beauty
By Terry Phillips
POEM ON THE POEM ON THE STAIRS for Shannon Bramer
By Chandra Mayor
POEM ON THE POEM ON THE STAIRS: Poem on the Stairs
By Dianne Firth
POEM ON THE POEM ON THE STAIRS: Remembering Our Stories
By Karen Johnson
POEM ON THE POEM ON THE STAIRS: Still Beautiful, Quilt on a Quilt for Shannon and Chandra
By Yvonne Bilan-Wallace
RAVEN: Crossroads
By Judy Weiss
RAVEN: The Call For Redemption
By Alison Dean Cowitz
RAVEN: THE RAVEN
By Cathie King
RAVEN: The Road to Lonely
By Jan Clark
SEASONAL AFFECT
By Lydia Kwa
SEASONAL AFFECT: In Praise of Shadows
By Judy Leslie
SEASONAL AFFECT: Mindful Shadows
By Gloria S. Daly
SEASONAL AFFECT: Seasonal Affect
By Donna-Fay Digance
SEASONAL AFFECT: Winter Blues
By Diana Bartelings
THE MOMENT I KNEW I'D NEVER LEAVE
By Lorna Crozier
THE MOMENT I KNEW I'D NEVER LEAVE: A Moment In Time
By Judi MacLeod
THE MOMENT I KNEW I'D NEVER LEAVE: Connection
By Linda MacKay
THE MOMENT I KNEW I'D NEVER LEAVE: The Edge of the Pond
By Terry Aske
THE MOMENT I KNEW I'D NEVER LEAVE: The Moment
By Mary Sullivan Holdgrafer
TURN, TURN, TURN
By Tracy Hamon
TURN, TURN, TURN: My Turn
By Jaynie Himsl
TURN, TURN, TURN: There is a Season
By Katie Stein Sather
TURN, TURN, TURN: Turn, Turn, Turn
By Holly Hildebrand
TURN,TURN,TURN: Lisa
By Willy Carleton
WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
By Kimmy Beach
WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Café Life
By Jenny Perry
WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Santorini Sunset
By Thelma Newbury
WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: The Promise
By Diane Duncan
WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: Through the Camera the Sun Sets
By Anne de Verteuil
WINTER DEER
By Tanis MacDonald
WINTER DEER: Pink Woods
By Janet Bednarczyk
WINTER DEER: Visitors at Dawn
By Mary Wilton
WINTER DEER: Walk in the Park
By Dawn Piasta
WINTER DEER: Winter Deer
By Susan Selby