Fort St. John Country Quilters bring ‘Seasons In The Peace’ to local gallery
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There are a lot of ways to tell the story of the Peace Region, and this month at Peace Gallery North, members of the Fort St. John Country Quilters are doing it with fabric, thread and plenty of hours behind a sewing machine.
‘Seasons In The Peace’ is currently on display at the gallery, bringing together quilts from guild members who were asked to show what the seasons of the Peace River area mean to them.
It is a pretty fitting theme for this part of the province.
Around here, the seasons shape nearly everything we do, from the work people take on through the year to the short summers most of us try to squeeze every last bit out of.
Quilters taking part in the show were asked to create a display connected to a season in the Peace, but beyond that, they were left plenty of room to take the idea in their own direction.
“Come in anytime during the gallery's open hours to experience how a variety of quilters interpreted this year's theme,” Peace Gallery North wrote while inviting people to see the exhibit.
That is part of what makes a show like this interesting.
People can live in the same region for years, look out at the same winters, muddy springs and long summer evenings, and still see something completely different when it comes time to put that experience into a piece of art.
The Fort St. John Country Quilters are a group of fibre artists dedicated to preserving and promoting quilting, but a lot of their work also ends up outside the gallery.
According to Peace Gallery North, the group donates more than 100 quilts each year to several non-profit organizations.
That is a lot of time, work and care being put back into the community, and it is worth mentioning.
We always enjoy seeing local artists given room to show what they have been working on, especially when the work says something about life here in the North Peace.
‘Seasons In The Peace’ will remain on display until August 1 and is free to view during regular gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
It is worth stopping in for a look, even if only to see how somebody else has stitched together a season you already know well.