All Beings Confluence

Additional Information

Fabric Art Workshop: Saturday, May 2 and 9, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm and Sunday, May 10, 12:00 - 5:00 pm, Regina Public Library, Connaught Branch, 3435 13th Avenue, Regina, SK.
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 3, 1:00 pm

All Beings Confluence is an interactive community project that has emerged through the collaborative efforts of four prairie artists – Martha Cole, Madeleine Lepage, Fenella Temmerman, and Shannon Carson, with Cole continuing to foster and facilitate its presentation and expansion. The gallery is filled with sheer fabric panels, hung closely together. Upon each, there is an image of a living being - humans and other animals, flora and fungi, representing over 250 species thus far, created by numerous individuals. A salient metaphor for the wholeness, interdependence, and self-organization of ecosystems, and indeed of all life on this planet, the pieces are arranged in such a way that we can never see a single being without seeing others through or adjacent to it. Anyone who wants to make a panel is invited to do so – these new panels will then be integrated into the vast and ever-growing collection.

All Beings Confluence began in conjunction with Carolyn McDade’s Widening Embrace, a body of music sung by large choirs of women across North America. Its initial iteration was installed at the Banff Centre in August 2011, coincident with McDade’s recording. Since then, it has travelled to over thirty venues, including art galleries, retreat centres, festivals, and environmental festivals throughout Canada and the United States.

All Beings Confluence (Installation View), 2015.