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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1976, WHUTBY FREE PRESS whitby Voice of the County Town Mike Bt SERVING OVER 26,000 READERS. rUiblist.d every wopdnQsday a ( by M.BM. Pubiisbing à ~~and phlotography Ime. The Frve Press Building 121 Brock Streetl orh urgess, publisher-Mvaflaglflg Editor. WliitbyOtro Assistant Editor - Blake Purdy Çontributing EdItor - JIM QUal1 Production Manager - Marie Burgess Display Advertisiflg Manager - Robin Lyon Ciassified Ad Manager - Shelley Crowley Box 206, whitby, Mailing Permit No. 2941 Phone 668-6111: Toronto Line 282-1004 Whitby's everley AnneWlim exhibiting textile work iin Oshawa Beverly Anne Williams of Whitby is displaying seven of lier works, including 'Ramn- bow World', a multiple unit, at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa today until September 21. Ms. Wiliams, a graduate in Material Arts at the Ontar- io Coilege of Art, 1969, lias won many awards in the craft area, as weil as lecturiiig widely on textile work. Ms. Williams is a women of many talents. She mna- crames, weaves, t(-achies but most important of ail is a textile artist in the Durhami Region. Ms. Williams work is well known due to numerous ex- hibitions such as in Ottawa at the National Gallery of Canada, and in Toronto at the Art Gailery of Ontario. She lias also had her work exhibited at die Royal Ontar- io Museum, York University, the Canadian Guild of Crafts' Gallery, at Harbourfront and in Aggregation Gallery. She has also exhibited at the Whitby Art Station. Ms. Williams' philosophy towards her works is she tries to use the best technique possible as well as the most appropriate materials to, achieve a visually pleasing piece. This 1 believe is good design when aIl facets of a work are .zonsidered towards the entire end," said as well as( Ms. Williams. Shep Ms. Williams and lier piflows, husband Paul work and own rope seull a design studio in Whitby. fromn the "My husband Paul, works home di with leather and we are often sprawlirlî working on ideas together", ing foun said Ms. Wfiliams. 'I find buildings. his attitude towards his work Her very simiflar to mine and we published borrow ideas from each other The Usef Registration for awarene produces tapestries, wall hangings and Ltptures which range -small, suitable for splay, to the huge gtype of wall hang- id in mnails and office work lias been id in 'Craft Canàda: ýfui Arts', and she lias sions for large pieces of free form rope. The works that Ms. Wil- liamis will be displaying dur- ing the 'Women Artists of the Durham Region: Textile Arts' exhibition will be main- ly wall hangings. The exhibition wil in- clude the work of eight other female artists in the region. .beiing accepted ,,ss workshop Whtby's Beverlcy Anne Williamns will bc holding an experimental and awarencss workshop with textures at the Robert McLaughlin Gai- lery in Oshawa on September 13 and 14 froni 10 a.mi. to 3 pa.n. The objective of flic work- shop wili be Io get a feeling of hypersensitiveitY towards fic different textures. Ms. Williamns ill supply the dif- ferent fibres, yarns and tex- tures for this workshop. Aftcr working th rougli basic exercises, Ms. Williams will blindfold the students. Different fibres, yarns. and textures of ail colours will be piaced on a table where thc studcnts will only be able to touch and feel thcmn but not see the textures. Since this workshop is totally experimental, Ms. Wil- liams hopes that Uic people blindfoldcd wil be concerned only wîihM'at thc textures feel like and -not what they look like. There is no age fimit for this worksiop and experience is riot necessary. Starting in October, Ms. Wlliarns wil be holding classes in lier studio in Whitby. Thie classes are fran1e loom, basic macrame and if possible, advance nacrame. The classes will run for lessons ecd week. Thcfée for the course is $25 which includes basic supplies. No experience is needed for the basic macrame course or tic frame Ioom. But students cntering tic advance macrame course mnust know the two - basic, knots..- , thec square knoti and. the, close. hitch knot. Als'o, these students are asked to bring a sample of their previous work. The limit is 10 students per class and (o register cali Beverley Anne Williams, 668- 5736, or get in touch with Mrs. Thomas at R.H. Thlomas Book Store, 1251 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa. I Oudoorart fair and sale Wlitby and area artists are invited to participate in Uic Uxbridge Fair's outdoor art show Saturday and Sun- day. The show will be iocated opposite the miîdway at thc [air grounds in Elgin Park. Alil pain tiflgs sliould be idred for hanging. Macrame r batek shouid be suitable or displaying on snow wouid like to include hand crafted ceramnie work in tic show and sale. However, since the space available is limnited, the number of pieces accepted per artist will have to remain at three or four depcnding on size. A hanging fee of 50 cents per painting, haîf price for miniatures wil be charged. 20 per cent of the seling pric on ail works goes to the ixie Pair. - Work should be brougit to the fair grounds between 9 and 10 a.ni. Saturday. It wiil be stored inside on Sat- urday evening under tic watchful eye of a security guard. Work sliould be picked up between 5 and 6 p.m. Sunday. if you can't deliver or pick up your work at tliese times, contact lHelen McKen- -na in Uxbridge at 852378. - - - -- - i-