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2024 23rd Annual Insights Show at the Wellington County Museum and Archives
Insights Show at the Wellington County Museum and Archives starting this month until end of June. Exhibition of Fine Art located at The Wellington Country Museum And Archives, 0536 Wellington Rd 18, Fergus, ON N1M 2W3 Permafrost Triptych Artist Statement My Permafrost Triptych has been accepted into the Insights art exhibition at the Wellington County
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Open Studio
Display of art quilts and demonstration of longarm quilting by Joan Hug-Valeriote On Saturday, Sept. 23rd, 2023, Joan opened her Studio (and her garage) to visitors to the Ward in Guelph, during the first annual Praise the Ward Festival… www.praisetheward.com Click on any image to see the gallery. It was a beautiful day and all the
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A one-day festival in Guelph’s Grooviest Neighbourhood, Sept. 23rd, Studio Tour 11 am – 4 pm.
Ten am till ten pm – 18 venues all over the Ward Praise the Ward Music, visual art, theatre, workshops, food, a cra5 market, walking and cycling tours, kid’s activities. An evening concert at the Guelph Li3le Theatre featuring ‘The Kramdens’ & ‘The Ward’ Daytme shows with Shannon Kingsbury, Harri Palm, Ben Finley and annais
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Gwen’s Sugar Bag Quilt – Handcrafted Quilts from Generations
Very Modern Ruler Work on a Very Traditional Quilt Begun in 1969 just after moving to Ontario from Cape Breton,my cousin’s wife, Gwen Valeriote sewed the Dresden Plates with 50’s and 60’s fabric scraps brought from Halifax. She appliquéd two of the medallions to a couple of sugar bags and then abandoned the project. 54
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Canadian Quilters National Juried Show 2023 – Come Sea Halifax!
2023 National Juried Show (NJS) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 7-10, 2023. Canadian Quilters, Halifax Convention Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dear Joan Congratulations on having your entry, accepted into the 2023 National Juried Show (NJS) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 7-10, 2023. Attached please find an image that you can use on your social
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Season After Season
SAQA Global Exhibition This quilt, Canadian Seasons is in the Studio Art Quilt Associates Global Exhibition touring show entitled Season After Season Click on any picture to open the gallery. Link to Exhibition Season After Season (SAQA Global Exhibition) | SAQA – Studio Art Quilt Associates Joan Hug-Valeriote is an award-winning, professional quilt/fibre artist. She is a recognized Ontario
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European Shows
Switzerland and in France, April-June 2022 By virtue of her Swiss nationality (by marriage) and her affiliation with La Suisse-Romande (French-speaking Switzerland), Joan is a member of the Swiss delegation of France Patchwork, the French national guild of textile artists that includes quilters. Permafrost #1 was accepted in this collection for exhibition in two venues
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Scapes, Scopes & Abstracts: The Imagery Behind Joan Hug-Valeriote’s Creations
Born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, quilt artist Joan Hug-Valeriote, shares that her first quilt was a potholder made at a historical home kitchen in Toronto’s High Park. She recalls back then only knowinghow to sew square pieces of clothing together and doing checkerboard pattern with them, however, shedidn’t know how to make a proper
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An exhibition of quilted textile art by Joan Hug-Valeriote. Sponsored by the Guelph Arts Council Dec. 11th to 31st, 2021
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