Artist Teresa Harwood-Lynn organized the qathet region's first sustainable maker-fair and art market, called Renew Art Faire. The event, which took place on Saturday, April 26, at qathet Art Centre (qAC), was a well attended, according to Harwood-Lynn event.
"It was a great success," said Harwood-Lynn. "We are already talking about another show next year including more of the community."
Participating artists displayed and demonstrated their upcycled, reclaimed and sustainable works, while curious patrons observed, asked questions and got their creative juices flowing.
"Some people spent a good portion of the afternoon there talking to the makers," said Harwood-Lynn.
The artists were: Trish Greenwood, recycled glass garden totems; Jo Forrest, metal assemblage work; Anne Leaman, fibre artist; Cindy Neufeld, mosaic artist; Jenny Stevens, rags to rugs; Kathleen Woodman Anderson, rags to bags; Laurel Dahill, reclaimed wood artist; qathet Flax to Linen; eunoia, slow fashion; Sandy McCormick, beach glass artist; Harwood-Lynn, scrap metal artist; and Annie Robinson, wild colour and land-based art.
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