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Summer in full swing!

July 8, 2016by sharonkallis Leave a comment

Funny how it feels like I just looked up to find I am living the projects I was planning back in late Winter and early Spring- suddenly here we are! […]

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do-it-together; knowledge sharing, Events, installations, social engagement, Uncategorized

video- Invasive repurposing: site remediation

December 1, 2015by sharonkallis 1 Comment

Over several months of 2015 I worked once more with the Stanley Park Ecology Society re-purposing a variety of invasives by restoring compromised sites in Stanley Park. We use the […]

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do-it-together; knowledge sharing, environment, installations, Uncategorized

Planting my feet on the land of the Catalans at CACIS

September 25, 2015by sharonkallis Leave a comment

It is a curious thing returning to a “foreign landscape”, a place away from home, but previously visited. Having been here at CACIS twice before to make work in collaboration […]

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clothing, environment, installations, material inquiry

invasive plant up-purposing- wattle fences in Stanley Park!

August 24, 2015by sharonkallis Leave a comment

This past weekend, right before heading out of town I had an amazing time working again with the Stanley Park Ecology Society. The next iteration of our creative re-purposing includes […]

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do-it-together; knowledge sharing, environment, installations

Hastings Bee Heroes

June 3, 2015by sharonkallis Leave a comment

Hastings Bee Heroes. A very low key, “soft spoken” installation for a highly frenetic neighbourhood… nonetheless, walking on Hastings with Sarah and identifying the stories behind bee keeping in the […]

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culture, environment, installations

a month in review…

April 9, 2015by sharonkallis Leave a comment

Having just spent the last 5 hours sorting photos,  doing a newsletter, posting to flickr, facebook and various webpages all of the recent events that are unfolding at a frantic […]

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do-it-together; knowledge sharing, Events, installations, material inquiry

Land Art; Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec 2013

October 23, 2013by sharonkallis 1 Comment

It had been 24 years since I was in Quebec, a lifetime ago really. I must confess to a certain amount of unease regarding my trip; a small kernel of […]

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culture, do-it-together; knowledge sharing, installations, material inquiry, social engagement

erosion control ivy bio-netting is installed!

October 7, 2013by sharonkallis 2 Comments

We had an incredible couple of clear days weather-wise (with rain on either side) for working out on the slope in Stanley Park where we installed the bionetting made over […]

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do-it-together; knowledge sharing, environment, installations

Square pegs and round holes: a story of culture clash and rotting twigs

March 22, 2013by sharonkallis Leave a comment

Remember BranchWeave and the Coiled River? Now that construction is done we can finish off our installation, unfortunately the woven orbs that were made with community participation back in 2011 […]

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culture, do-it-together; knowledge sharing, Events, installations

choosing weaving over new appliances anyday…

February 19, 2013by sharonkallis 2 Comments

Sometimes the things that are the most important in our lives are the things we forget to talk about. Weird eh? Occasionally I think I am guilty of this in […]

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culture, do-it-together; knowledge sharing, installations, social engagement

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  • We Can’t All Be Christo, But…
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Books

  • my book! Common Threads: Weaving Community Through Collaborative Eco-Art

Media and Interviews

  • Canadian Art: Robin Laurence on MOP garden
  • Fiber Arts Now winter 2014
  • Hooked on the Environment pg 1
  • Hooked on the Environment pg 2
  • Lillian Elliott Award announcement

other projects

  • Aberthau:flax=food+fibre
  • BranchWeave with Science World
  • eARThand gleaners society
  • Means of Production Garden (MOPARRC)
  • NEST in Crab Park
  • The Ivy Project
  • The Legion Of Flying Monkeys Horn Orchestra
  • The Urban Weaver Project

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