Textiles & Tea Episode 99 Anie Toole

Textiles & Tea with Anie Toole The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.'s (HGA) exciting new program launched in 2021, Textiles & Tea, takes place every Tuesday at 4 PM (ET). We've invited some of the most respected fiber artists in the field today to join us for an hour-long conversation where we discuss their artwork and their creative journey. Make a cup of your favorite tea and join us as we talk about fiber, creativity, inspiration, process and so much more. Weaving and natural dye are at the core of Anie Toole’s transdisciplinary studio practice that extends into printmaking, clay, and sound explorations. Weaving and its systems of notations model translation, translanguaging and writing. Through materials, she manipulates language and its forms. Failing to model the vibrations and the space of simultaneous translations, her studio research speculates dual spaces that accommodate two languages at once. Currently based in Quebec City, she holds an MFA from Memorial University of Newfoundland, a Fine Craft diploma in Constructed Textiles from La Maison des métiers d’art de Québec, and a BSc Honours in Mathematics from the University of Ottawa. Distinctions include the Helen Frances Gregor Award from Craft Ontario, Windgate Artist Fellowship / Vermont Studio Center, DesignTO Founders’ Award and the Emerging Artist Fine Craft Award for the region of Quebec City. Toole exhibits across North America and was a Convergence intern in 2018. This episode originally aired on November 22, 2022.