Lecture / Seminar All Ages
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Event in Room: Main Gallery
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You can still check out the show until April 11th.
Artist Talk | Julie Rosvall
I am Torn & I am Mended
Mended Surfaces: Repair, Risk, and Resilience in the Art of Julie Rosvall
ARTSPLACE Gallery is pleased to present new work by Julie Rosvall, a textile artist and printmaker based in the Gaspereau Valley near Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Rosvall’s practice brings together traditional textile knowledge and contemporary printmaking, resulting in intricate relief prints that capture the delicate textures and structural patterns of knitted and woven materials.
Trained in weaving, spinning, dyeing, and knitting, Rosvall transitioned to printmaking in 2010, inspired by the work of Canadian printmaker Betty Goodwin. Her evolving practice incorporates techniques such as soft ground etching and collagraphy, allowing textile surfaces to be translated into paper with remarkable sensitivity and depth. Throughout her career, Rosvall has remained deeply committed to fostering meaningful connections between art, nature, and community.
The works presented in the series “I am Torn and I am Mended” emerge from a period of technical risk and experimentation. As Rosvall began producing increasingly large-scale prints, the physical challenges of printing oversized paper resulted in creasing during the press process. While refining these methods with longtime mentor and printmaker Bonnie Baker, Rosvall produced several large proofs marked by these imperfections. Rather than discarding them, she treated the creases as points of possibility.
“This body of work invites viewers to reconsider damage and repair as sources of strength, offering a quiet meditation on vulnerability, adaptation, and the value of sustained attention and care,” said Sophie Paskins, Gallery Director.
By mending the damaged prints using textile repair techniques, Rosvall reframes error as transformation. The visible repairs function as metaphors for resilience, care, and continuation, drawing parallels between worn textiles and lived bodies.
Rosvall’s work has been exhibited widely across Canada and internationally, with pieces held in private collections as far away as Australia.
Exhibition continues through April 11.
[email protected]
9026911493
Event in Room: Main Gallery
EVENT CANCELLED
You can still check out the show until April 11th.
Artist Talk | Julie Rosvall
I am Torn & I am Mended
Mended Surfaces: Repair, Risk, and Resilience in the Art of Julie Rosvall
ARTSPLACE Gallery is pleased to present new work by Julie Rosvall, a textile artist and printmaker based in the Gaspereau Valley near Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Rosvall’s practice brings together traditional textile knowledge and contemporary printmaking, resulting in intricate relief prints that capture the delicate textures and structural patterns of knitted and woven materials.
Trained in weaving, spinning, dyeing, and knitting, Rosvall transitioned to printmaking in 2010, inspired by the work of Canadian printmaker Betty Goodwin. Her evolving practice incorporates techniques such as soft ground etching and collagraphy, allowing textile surfaces to be translated into paper with remarkable sensitivity and depth. Throughout her career, Rosvall has remained deeply committed to fostering meaningful connections between art, nature, and community.
The works presented in the series “I am Torn and I am Mended” emerge from a period of technical risk and experimentation. As Rosvall began producing increasingly large-scale prints, the physical challenges of printing oversized paper resulted in creasing during the press process. While refining these methods with longtime mentor and printmaker Bonnie Baker, Rosvall produced several large proofs marked by these imperfections. Rather than discarding them, she treated the creases as points of possibility.
“This body of work invites viewers to reconsider damage and repair as sources of strength, offering a quiet meditation on vulnerability, adaptation, and the value of sustained attention and care,” said Sophie Paskins, Gallery Director.
By mending the damaged prints using textile repair techniques, Rosvall reframes error as transformation. The visible repairs function as metaphors for resilience, care, and continuation, drawing parallels between worn textiles and lived bodies.
Rosvall’s work has been exhibited widely across Canada and internationally, with pieces held in private collections as far away as Australia.
Exhibition continues through April 11.
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