Artist participates in millennium project at the Museum for Textiles in Toronto

by Oksana Zakydalsky

TORONTO - Part of the exhibition "Janet Morton: Wool World" at the Museum for Textiles in Toronto (March 11-July 2) sought to retell history through personal stories and historic events.

Ms. Morton extended an open invitation for contributions of knitted squares, each to be inscribed with a date of personal or historical importance, along with the story of the significance of that date. She wrote: "the purpose of this project is to mark the passage into a new century, using wool to tell stories; to reflect, record and celebrate the events in our lives, to 'cast off' the passing century."

Sophia Lada, a Toronto-based visual artist, inspired by her interest in stamp collecting, contributed a knitted square incorporating the millennium hologram stamp issued by Canada Post. The stamp features a peace dove moving in an upward flight as the year 1999 changes into 2000.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 23, 2000, No. 17, Vol. LXVIII

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