2025:

March 6-16: Felt Gathering
Mahon Hall, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Full Details are available HERE!

March 6-9: Fiona Duthie, Layers in Design, Adjustable Nuno  Collage Garment Design
March 7-9: Saar Snoek, Nature-Nurture, Exploratory Textural Sculptures
March 10-12: Saar Snoek, Grow and Bloom, Botanical Spatial Forms form Flat Prefelt
March 10-12: Judit Pocs: Sculptural Hats
March 13-16: Fiona Duthie, Layers in Design- Fabric Painting and Design Study
March 13-16: Judit Pocs, Textural Wall Hanging

Save the dates! More details coming soon!

May 18-23: Nova Scotia Felting Retreat
Indian Harbour, NS

June 8-15: Newfoundland Felting Retreat
St.John’s, NFLD

For online workshops visit HERE.

Recent Previous Exhibitions, Artist Talks, and Workshops:

2024

March 8,9,10:  Layers in Design: Nuno Collage (FULL)
Evocative Arts, Adelaide Hills, South Australia

March 16-21: Layers in Design: in Cloth and Form (FULL)
Grampians Texture, Hall’s Gap, Victoria, Australia

March 20- April 21: Wandering with Intent exhibition
March 22, 6-8pm: Exhibition Opening and Artist Talk
Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

March 23, 24, 25: Layers in Design: Nuno Collage
Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

April 6, 7: PaperFelt Illuminated 
Canberra Region Feltmakers, Canberra, ACT, Australia

April 14-20, 2024 and April 23-29, 2024: Wandering with Intent- Creative Retreat  (both FULL with Waiting List) 
Dungog, NSW, Australia

June 6, 7, 8, 9: Forest Retreat  (Full)
FeltWEST, Perth, Australia

2023

May 19-22:  PUSH: An Exhibition of Fine Craft by Southern Gulf Islands Artisans, Salt Spring Island, BC

October 3-7: Sculpture for the Body Workshop, Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, WA, USA (FULL with waiting list)

2022

March 1 to April 17: Finding Your Thread Exhibition, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 17, 6-9pm
 90 Hunter St, Newcastle East, NSW, Australia

April 30 to June 18: In the Presence of Change: Exhibition w/ glass artist Amee Raval, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
Opening Reception: Friday, April 29, 6-9pm
Craft Ontario Gallery, 1106 Queen Street West, Toronto

June 10 to July 4:  Chromatic Navigation, Solo Exhibition, Salt Spring Arts Council, BC
Opening Reception: June 10, 2022 (6-8 pm)
Artist Talk: June 12 (2-3 pm)
Mahon Hall, 166 Lower Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, BC

August 31 to September 7: Shetland Islands Felting Retreat, Scotland, UK (FULL)

2020

March 9-14: Ellen + Fiona, Colour Collaboration: Silk Painting and Garment Design  (FULL) 
Salt Spring Island, BC

March 9-11: Fiona Duthie, Raised Surfaces in Felt  (FULL)
Salt Spring Island, BC

March 15-April 30: Color Collaboration: Online Exhibition. Ellen Bakker + Fiona Duthie 

Postponed- April 6-11: Ellen + Fiona, Colour Collaboration: Silk Painting and Garment Design (FULL)
Atelier Fibrefusing, Nes aan de Amstel, Holland

Postponed- April 23 – May 1: Shetland Islands Felting Retreat, Scotland, UK (FULL)

Postponed- July 7 – 10 : Big Ink: Surface Design + Garment Construction (FULL)
Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, WA

Postponed- July 11 – 12 : Fibre + Paper + Ink: Illuminated (FULL)
Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, WA

Postponed-September 3 – 11:  Shetland Islands Felting Retreat, Scotland, UK (FULL)

Postponed-September 15-24:  Shetland Islands Felting Retreat, Scotland, UK (FULL)

2019

January 31-February 3: BIG INK: Surface Design + Garment Construction
FeltWEST, Perth, Australia (FULL)

February 13- March 10: BIG INK exhibition
Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

February 16-18: Fibre + Paper + Ink  (FULL)
Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 

February 22-24: Illawarra Feltmakers: Ink on Cloth-Surface Design + Small Garments (FULL)

March 1-4: BIG INK: Surface Design + Garment Construction (FULL)
Felt Wear Able, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

March 16-17: The Versatile Vest
Grampians Texture 2019, Hall’s Gap, Victoria, Australia (FULL)

March 18-21: BIG INK: Surface Design + Garment Construction
Grampians Texture 2019, Hall’s Gap, Victoria, Australia (FULL)

March 23-24: Fibre + Paper + Ink : Illuminated (FULL)
Ministry of Fun, Dunolly, Victoria, Australia

March 29-31: Fibre + Paper + Ink (FULL) 
April 1- 3: Tactile Metaphors (FULL) 
Evocative Arts, Adelaide Hills, South Australia

April 11-14: BIG INK: Surface Design + Garment Construction
Nelson, New Zealand. (FULL)

April 25-28: BIG INK: Surface Design + Garment Construction
Nelson, New Zealand.   (FULL)

July 12: Felt Social on Salt Spring Island
ArtSpring, 100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island, B.C.
10:00am-4:00pm 

August 18–24: Big Ink: Surface Design + Garment Construction
Felters Fling, Silver Bay, New York (FULL)  

September 8-11: Felt Gathering
Gambier Island, BC (FULL)

October 15–November 26: Resilience Exhibition
Craft Council of British Columbia, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC

2018:

Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, WA: April
Big Ink: Surface Design + Garment Construction (FULL)

Shetland Islands Felting Retreat, Scotland, UK (FULL): May 31- June 8

2017:

Dyeing House Gallery, Prato, Italy: March- June
Sea States Exhibition: textural garments and wall pieces w/ Katia Mokeyeva
Sea State Capelet Workshop: March

The Booth, Scalloway, Shetland Isles, UK: April
Artist Residency

Shetland Islands Felting Retreat, Scotland, UK (FULL) May 1-9
Shetland Islands Felting Retreat, Scotland, UK (FULL) May 18-26

Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, WA: June
Fibre + Paper + Ink (FULL)
Shadow Felting and Garment Construction (FULL)
Tactile Metaphors

Felters’ Fling, Snowfarm, Williamsburg, MA: August
Felt Sculpture for Outdoor Installations- 3 days (FULL)
Fibre + Paper + Ink – 3 days (FULL)

2016:

Grampians Texture 2016, Hall’s Gap, Victoria, Australia: March
Felt Illuminated (FULL)
Tactile Metaphors (FULL)

ContextArt 2016, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia (both classes are FULL): April

Artist Lecture: the Creative Stretch: June
Saanich Penisula Art and Crafts Society, Sidney, BC

Midwest Felting Symposium, Madison, Wisconsin, USA: June
Fibre + Paper + Ink
Felting Over the Edge (FULL)
Shadow Felting + Garment Construction (FULL)

felt :: feutre 2016 : Canadian Felt Symposium, Penticton, BC: September
Fibre + Paper + Ink : an exploration (FULL)
Fibre + Paper + Ink: a vessel (FULL)

2015:

Victoria Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Victoria BC, Artist Lecture: Tactile Metaphors: January
Victoria Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Victoria BC, Surface Design: January
Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Artist Lecture: full/filled: February
Fibreswest, Cloverdale BC, Felt Illuminated: March
Fibreswest Cloverdale BC, Felt Bags: March
Okanagan School of the Arts, Penticton BC, Terra Textures: Felt Fashion w/ Katia Mokeyeva: April

Southern Hemisphere Feltmakers Convergence, International Guest Tutor, Auckland, New Zealand, September

Fibres West, Western Australia, Joomchi Felting + Garment Construction (FULL), October
Canberra Region Feltmakers, Australia, Shadow Felting + Garment Construction (FULL), October
FeltWearAble, Melbourne, Australia, Shadow Felting + Garment Construction (FULL), November
FeltWearAble, Melbourne, Australia, Felt Damask, November
Bunbury Feltmakers, Western Australia, Shadow Felting + Garment Construction (FULL), November
Great Southern Workshops, Cranbrook, Western Australia, Felt Illuminated (FULL), November

2014:
Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, February
Felters’ Rendezvous, Estes Park, Colorado, March
Fibreswest, Cloverdale BC, March
Midwest Felting Symposium International teacher, Madison Wisconsin, August
Fall Felting Retreat: Meech Lake, Quebec October
Okanagan School of the Arts, Penticton, BC, November