‘Page 4B The Cc: * Wednesday, May 1, ‘1991 - Slocan artist internationally acclaimed : By BERNICE @aRaus ' Sun correspondent . Throughout 17 years of explor- * ing several artistic mediums, South Slocan artist Maggie Tchir has acclaimed intermational recogni- : tion for her work, :. “I have a passion for ancient > textile processes and carpetmaking and studied Tibetan Carpet weav- ing in Nepal about thirteen years with a culture that has very deep roots, The whole mythology of their symbols on carpets really. inspired me, and out of that I decid- ‘ed I really wanted to explore more,” she says. In 1978, Tchir was a Canadian delegate to the World Craft Coun- cil Conference in Kyoto, Japan. And in the summer of 1990, Tchir received two scholarships to attend the Intemational Felt Symposium’: 's Ce ry Fels Art + ago with Tibetan ” she * noted. Tchir pushes up her purple- framed glasses. “That was a wonderful process to go through, just getting in touch in Arbus, Denmark. “It was really exciting to ge to Denmark to rub shoulders with the felt community of the world,” she says, standing beside her piece at Graham Read the National Bxhibition centre in Castlegar. “There were-many front Afghanistan and Iran, and Outer Mongolia there, Most of the partici- pants were women,” she explained. “It was wonderful because it brought together so many People from so many places to leam differ- ent techniques.” About 135 people ‘from all over the world attended, and some of Tchir's work was in an intemation- al competition and exhibition, . “Tt was very exciting,” she says. “It’s really important that people of different Nations come together at all levels and each other.” Tchir has participated in more than 30 juried invitational exhibi- tions since 1984. She began with weaving and gradually developed into a mix-media “I come from a textile back- ground, and from there it was basi- cally an evolution to working with pew materials.” Tchir grins, looking down at her piecese entitled Mountain Memory Box, “I gather everything and any- thing, my studio is full of junk— pieces from my grandmother's leather gloves, my mother’s button bo: ing i: a ” A Few Little Gems In Praise at Mother Motor’ Day - May 12 oil hen, «Mom, May 3 & Dad, May 2 Happy Birthday from Ben, Jenny & Ken ¢ Carrie McCormick from Mom, Dad, Chris & Brian ¢ Kyle Voykin from Mum, Dad & Bradley is Tchir collects old pieces of material and cloth and works them into her pieces through tearing, ~‘ stitching and braiding. “I went through a series where I made a lot of my art with old tea bags,” she says, smiling. “I'd dip them in acrylic paints and use pas- tels and stitch them into little robes. People thought it was very strange.” % But Tchir’s textile/mix media work extends far beyond the mate- tials she uses. In her work, she tries ) to project a sense of history, a link- > age with the past. “There is history in my work, and hopefully a sense of alive- f i 4 before that is still present. T like to make things look old and give them asense of. to what is slowly. 5 “Thad a chance, when I was'14 years old, to go to England with my parents,” she says, “and I saw the nightgown and nightcap of one of the kings who was beheaded. He was executed in them, and there was blood on the ‘material. It really moved me.” Tchir calls it, “One of the most powerful textile experiences I had because of the sense of connection I felt—it opened a door to the past, to people's lives.” Most recently Tchir’s Mountain Memory Box appeared in the show Made By Hand; Felt and Paper, which ran at the NEC from Febru- ary through April. “In the last few years I started making smali sculptural box:: called dream boxes that you could open up and play with and sce little things inside—they were very the- atrical—and from there they gota bigger and more scul Tchir folds her arms over her sweater, “In 1985, I had a show where I worked very large with felt and I really enjoyed it. Some of the biggest pieces I made were eight feet.” She smiles, “I loved it, it was very exciting to work that big. I would definitely like to explore the vessel form in paper more, and more felt work as well. And I enjoy the teaching aspect of it ak Since 1975, Tchir has conducted several workshops on making boxes and medicine bundles. “Over the past five years I have become really involved in the inter- ‘nal, creative process, and with ‘women’s issues,” she said. Tehir has also conducted work- shops honoring the muse and “get- ting in touch with the creative force within ourselves, renaming our- selves within the process of ritual.” As well, she has held workshops and lectures on contemporary fibre, feltmaking and papermaking. “Traditionally, felting is a very beyond us.” Sbe looks away and continues In my work- shops I like to doa mug chir. there, pounding and singing— because there is a sense communi- ty that comes out of it, of well-being. The felting I do is usu- ally very different, they’re usually large wall pieces.” As well as other artistic and academic pursuits, Tchir also researches and curates showings of “Curating is one of the things I'd like to get more involved with— T've got lots of ideas and I enjoy the process of bringing different ele- ments together,” she stated. In 1989, she co-curated a flying ition at Grand Forks, or a project where everyone gets in carpet and organized several shows on id . Internationally acclaimed Slocan Valley artist Maggie Te Photo by Bemice Garque Tibetan carpets. Tchir is presently curating a showing of Tibetan arti- facts to run in Nelson in March, for the International Year of Tibet. “My art is a real internal pro- cess for me,” Tchir says, cupping her chin in her band. “Although I have a vision in my mind of what I want, that vision is always chang- ing. Things that don’t work out I recycle, I tear apart and re-use somehow.” She crosses her arms and les: “I enjoy the internal journeys that are made while I'm working— almost more then the finished product, “ said artist Maggie Tchir. Response overwhelming to phone-in campaign “Winlaw students who were hop- ing-to raise a-few dollars forthe~ World Wildlife Fund by staging a phone in campaign were thrilled by calls from individuals and groups of students who care about they future of our planet. promoting Teusable lunch’ bags, . Tecycling and composting at schools, picking up litter in the community, making bird houses for the park and much more. Clubs such as the Green Club, Kids for Saving the Earth, and SAVE, Stu- Schools from all over the West dents Against the Violation of the Kootenays jammed our phone lines and even faxed us with their pro- jects for Earth Day and the months ahead. The response was over- whelming. “Count us in” said representa- tives who called and when they ~ did, Winlaw students counted 3,962 students participating in vari- ous projects. “Schools are doing a wonderful + _. job of increasing the awareness of = Earth are popping up everywhere. The student groups who called in have helped Winlaw Elemen- tary students to collect contribu- tions which will go toward saving endangered species in Canada. For each participating student, busi- nesses and individuals have pledged to contribute one cent. | The students are excited about adding up the contributions, but the campaign did more than just raise money; it helped our students and their colleagues in other school to realize that together they really can make a difference. Three BC cancer organizations unite Vancouver: Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon Division President Anneke Rubingh announced today that the tree major BC cancer organizations signed an agreement to join fundraising forces in the fight <; against cancer. The agreement Cancer * gives the Society ) and action on environmental con- _—the responsibility for fundraising cems,” said principal Sharon Rar- 4 ioba on behalf of the BC Cancer Agen- ty, the BC Cancer Foundation, and Students are creating ‘Help the the Canadian Cancer Society. Earth’ calendars, recycling bicy- cles, planting trees and flowers, With ie en effort has one goal — to beat cancer. Fundraising is becom- ing increasingly significant in that fight as the population ages. The Canadian Cancer Society is pre- dicting a 56% increase in the num- ber of cancer patients in BC by the year 2000. “We are very pleased to be able to present the people of BC with a unified campaign to raise funds for research, and The three . organizations involved are the BC Cancer Agen- cy, which provides facilities and services for cancer diagnosis, treat- ment, research and related educa- tion, the BC Cancer Foundation, which owns and manages the BC Cancer Research Centre, and the Canadian Cancer Society, which provides assistance to cancer patients and their families, supplies patient services.” said Phyllis Hood, Director of the experience of over 100 years, the ATTENTION PASS CREEK RESIDENTS Pick Up Your ::| ROYAL TREAT at the teen eee n nang THIS WEEKS WINNER IS INDICATED BY LOGO ES Phone In Your Bithday Wish & We Wil Print 2 Free of Charge. All Bkthday Grootings Must bo Phoned (365-6266) In By Noon Thursday Of The Week Before The Paper Comes Out. ou 10U RIGHT! 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May. 4” Coutial Food onan =i gre To find out how you can an get the ‘Trost {rom your " advertising dollar, call ~ The Costogar sun Advertising Dept. 365-5266 _ b By BRENDAN HALPER Sun staff writer Too maiiy long passes and the inability to convert their chances into goals cost the Hi-Arrow. Dev- ‘ils men's soccer team dearly as they lost to Neison’s Heritage Innkeepers ‘this past Sunday’ at the Selkirk College soccer field. * The Innkeepers and Devils played toa final score of 5-1. Castlegar’s Kevin Hear ‘scored the single Devil's goal of the game midway through the second half. “Basically their real threat was Hearn,” said Nelson coach Scott Lewis. “Kevin is definitely a hard player to stop but the key to our winning was our stopper, Rob McRory who basically shut Kevin down.” Devils’ coach Bill Pettigrew said his team was just playing the wrong type of game against Nel: son. ‘Couldn't capitalize on chances, Says Seah Devils lose to Nelson “We were making our passes too long and trying to kick the ball straight up the middle,” said Petti- grew. “That's not a good plan against Nelson's strong defense. When we started making shorter passes that's when we scored, 80 we should have been doing that during the entire game.” During the first half the Devil’s Tepeatedly brought the ball into Nelson's end but simply couldn’t follow up. mee they lacked,” said “We couldn’t seem to capitalize on our chances,” said. Pettigrew. “Scott Mason who was playing sweeper for Nelson caught it every time. Their defense played really well where as ours was a little weak at times.” Pettigrew feels that ifthe Devils had pulled through on their first half scoring chances then they could have turned the game Left, Hi-Arrow Devil Kevin Hearn in control and on his way to scoring during the Sunday game against the Heritage Innkeepers from Nelson. Hearn scored the only goal for the local team in the game that saw the Devils go down 5-1 to the. 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