Banff Summer Festival

Act 2, Scene 8

This image is of a detail of one of Lesley's works in the Meta Incognita body of work. The magenta knot is Anna, the heroine of the opera Frobisher, when she has decided to give up following her dream and is lying on an ice flow waiting to die.

The Banff Summer Festival web site has more information about Articulation's Meta Incognita exhibition in the foyer of the Eric Harvey Theatre,http://www.banffcentre.ca/bsaf/2007/frobisher/

28th Banff Midsummer Ball

'Nothing But Ice and Mystery'

Lesley has donated this work to the 28th Banff Midsummer Ball Silent Auction, July 20 - 22, 2007. The ball is one of the many activities on during the Summer Festival in Banff, Alberta.
'Nothing But Ice and Mystery' is a direct reference to the new opera 'Frobisher' that will have three performances in The Banff Centre during the festival.

http://www.banffcentre.ca/bsaf/2007/frobisher/

New Exhibition On Poplar ArtCraft Gallery

Poplar Artcraft gallery has a new exhibit of work by Genevieve Goodhart, a fibre artist and a painter.
http://poplarartcraft.mackenziefrere.com

Compass With Lattitude goes to Banff

Compass With Latitude

Compass with Lattiude is one of Lesley's works going to the Banff Centre for the summer Festival. This work explores one of the major themes of the opera Frobisher; the lone figure who must navigate her way in a vast landscape.

Certificate in Visual Design, University of Calgary

This winter semester, Lesley completed the Certificate in Visual Design program from University of Calgary Continuing Education. Over a five year period she took 250 hours of courses including art history, drawing, colour, design principles, history of design and photography. She specialised in Art Theory and Practice while other graduates focused on photography, interior design, land scape design or completed it as a general certificate.
It is a flexible program with classes offered at night and weekends on the University of Calgary campus.
http://www.cted.ucalgary.ca

Meta Incognita Moves to the Banff Centre

Black Rock~White Cliffs~Blue Sea

Articulation's exhibition of Meta Incognita has finished at the Southern Jubilee, Calgary. Part of the exhibition will go to the Banff Centre for the Summer Festival July 2 to August 12, 2007. The works will be installed in the foyer of the Eric Harvie Theatre at the Centre.
The gallery hours are, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and weekends 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
All of the works in the exhibition relate directly to the themes and story of the opera Frobisher . There will be 3 performances of the opera at the Centre with the opening night on Wednesday August 8th, 2007 and performances on August 10th and 12th.



Directions to The Banff Centre from the Trans Canada Hwy:
http://tinyurl.com/2dsqwf

New Exhibition On Poplar ArtCraft Gallery

http://poplarartcraft.mackenziefrere.com

Current Exhibition of Work

Lesley's work is currently on exhibition in the Southern Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, until April 4th, 2007. To see images of the exhibition go to www.jubileeauditorium.com , click on Southern Jubilee and look for the name of the exhbition, Meta Incognita.
Lesley exhibits regularly with a group of fiber artists known as Articulation.

Lesley Turner Stitch Artist

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