Exhibition dates: May 8–July 4, 2025
Exhibition location: Amelia Douglas Gallery, fourth floor north, Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave., New Westminster
A new Amelia Douglas Gallery exhibition offers a warm welcome to spring with vibrant embroidered fine art quilts inspired by nature and local flora.
Botanically Inspired features a rich garden of colourful embroidered, stitched and hand-sewn art quilts made by Kirsten Chursinoff, a multidisciplinary textile artist working in Vancouver.
Chursinoff’s art practice is inspired by the local flowers, plants and edible berries found in and around the greater Vancouver area. Her nature-inspired craft combines embroidery and quilting techniques that utilize sustainably sourced natural and synthetic fibres to create intricate textile art.
“As an urban textile artist, I am inspired by botanical gardens as well as the tenacious plants in overgrown lots,” said Chursinoff, who holds a Diploma in Textile Arts from Capilano University. “I love hand embroidery, and I combine various techniques to keep the viewer guessing as to how the work was made. My values are closely tied to making and working with my hands.”
The newly renovated Amelia Douglas Gallery welcomes the Douglas community and the public to an opening reception Thursday, May 8 at 4:30pm.
The exhibit will be on display until July 4. Admission is free.
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Contact
Aline Bouwman
Communications Officer
bouwmana@douglascollege.ca
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Douglas College is the largest college in B.C., combining the academic foundations of a university and the employer-ready skills of a college to graduate resilient global citizens who adapt, innovate and lead in a changing world.
Douglas College respectfully acknowledges that our campuses are located on the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), scəw̓aθən (Tsawwassen) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples.
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