Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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REGISTRATION FULL! Seniors Program: Non-traditional Patchwork / turn something old into something new with Laura Moore
Time and Date: Friday, August 9, 11am – 2pm
Location: Art Windsor-Essex, 401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor, 2nd floor Education Studio
Cost: Free with regular gallery admission, free for current AWE members.
Open to adults and seniors 55+.
REGISTRATION FULL! To be added to the waitlist, please contact Sophie Hinch at shinch@artwindsoressex.ca
Materials and lunch will be provided.
Join us in the studio and learn how to transform something old, into something new!
Bring an old item of clothing (recommended: heavy weight fabrics like 100% cotton/denim/canvas); equivalent to one meter of fabric in total. We’ll start the work shop with some simple demos -improv/modern patchwork and then turn our creations into handy zipper pouches. 8″ zipper OR 10″ zipper – available at AWE or bring your own!
Meet the Artist: Laura Moore
Laura Moore is a Toronto-based (Chatham born), multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in sculpture. Moore works primarily in stone, although her practice extends into drawing, wood, mould- making and textiles. Notable exhibitions and outdoor public installations include Picture Stones in Bergen, Norway (2024), Love Languages at Art Windsor Essex, Windsor (2024), Erratic Behaviour at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery in Kitchener, Canada (2024), Memory Bathing at OpenArt Biennale, Örbero Sweden (2022), Memory Sticks, Baneheia & Odderøya, Kristiansand, Norway
(2022), Replika/Replica at Babel Visningsrom for Kunst, Norway (2017) and Sculpture by the Sea in Aarhus, Denmark (2015). The artist is a transient member of Studio Pescarella in Pietrasanta, Italy and recently attended the USF Verftet residency in Bergen, Norway in 2024. She received an MFA from York University and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Her work is in the collections of the Royal Bank of Canada, the Bank of Montreal, TD Bank, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, RIMOWA, Bell Canada, The Body Shop and numerous private collections.
Moore has a mid-career retrospective solo exhibition, Memories of the Future, at the McIntosh Gallery in London (ON) in 2025.
This program is supported by the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility through the Seniors Community Grant program and by Caesars Windsor Cares.
