Back after popular demand after the Matrix of Textile show last spring, this year's exhibit is a chance to rethink textile, with works from Emily Carr University students of design, painting, printmaking, sculpture, bookbinding, photography and multimedia — and anything else we forgot.

Curated by Jennifer Norquist

Bonnie Mckibbin

Grandma Told Me So (2010), 24 x 16 x 7 inches.



When the nomadic mind packs its luggage, some things get left behind and others are carried around forever. The items of experience chosen to be included in this metaphorical suitcase are of great importance to the owner, either out of unnecessary sentimentality, essentiality, or both. Sometimes, the stories that are remembered or forgotten are not even ours, but have been heard so many times we feel we have just as much right to them as the teller.

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