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Yorkminster Park Gallery

Margaret Glew

Margaret Glew in conversation with John Gagné

Join us for an evening with Margaret Glew as she discusses her artistic practice, inspiration and current exhibition, Loose Threads, with John Gagné, owner and director of Gagné Contemporary and Gagné Contemporary Projects.

There will be time to view the exhibition before and after the conversation, and an opportunity to ask questions.

About the exhibition

In Loose Threads, Glew transforms used clothing into hand-stitched, quilted textiles that explore memory, material history and the passage of time. Frayed edges, visible stitching and small windows of intuitive drawing invite us to consider the lives and stories carried in the cloth.

Working primarily in black and white, with accents of red, Glew draws attention to texture and the patient work of stitching - bringing fragments of the past together into something new.

About Margaret Glew

Margaret Glew is a Toronto-based painter and textile artist whose work has been exhibited across Canada and the United States for more than 40 years. Her work is held in public and corporate collections, including the City of Toronto Art Collection and Richmond Hill Public Library. Recent exhibitions include Burning Fire Blues, Recent Work at The Modern Toronto, and a featured textile exhibition at the 2023 World of Threads Festival.

About John Gagné

John Gagné's gallery began in New York City in 2016, curating exhibitions in Brooklyn and Manhattan and working with private collectors. It moved to Toronto in 2020 and now operates two galleries, presenting emerging and established artists.

Margaret Glew: Loose Threads
On view through October 29, 2026

Explore Margaret Glew's work:
www.margaretglew.com
www.instagram.com/margaret_glew

Untitled, 2023, appliqued, hand stitched, quilted textile, 26″ x 26″