Winter Scenes from my Window

I enjoy experiencing the different seasons in Vancouver, including snow in winter! I spent some time gazing out my window enjoying the winter scenes.

These pictures were taken with my canon power shot camera, which produces better photos than the iPhone 4 photos taken at the MOA exhibit (below).  Must get a new iPhone before I leave on my cruise.

MOA Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures

Layers of Influence: Unfolding Cloth Across Cultures

On Thursday evening I attended this exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology with Sisterhood friends. This Exhibit presents large swaths of intricate textiles which were often worn to enhance the wearer’s prestige, power and spiritual connection, including Japanese kimonos, Indian saris, Indonesian sarongs, West African adinkra, adire and kente cloth, South Pacific barkcloth, Chinese Qing dynasty robes, Indigenous Northwest coast blankets, Maori feather cloaks and more.  http://moa.ubc.ca/portfolio_page/layers-of-influence/

The tour was led by one of the curators with comments and stories provided by other women who have personally experienced making or receiving special lengths of decorative textiles, often for a special occasion such as birth, graduation and marriage. These textile gifts are kept for life and passed down to children.

Many of the textiles were instantly recognizable as representing a known culture, such as Bali, Guatemala, Japan, China, places where Neil and I travelled.  I very much recommend this exhibit and of course the whole MOA. The Layers of Influence exhibit continues to April 9.