Lakeside Impressions 2008

Lakeside Impressions is a program of workshops, exhibits and a presentation that showcases local culture and provides a forum for crafts people to share experiences, network and learn new skills. All activities are based at the Scotsville School of Crafts which is owned and operated by the Lake Ainslie Weavers and Craft Guild. Lakeside Impressions includes a gallery showcase that presents fine craft and art work by contributors in the community and from around Cape Breton Island; visitors will be able to meet our featured weaver as well as local artists at our opening event.

In 2008, the featured artist for Lakeside Impressions will be Hilda de Weever. In 1971, when Hilda attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, she chose weaving as an elective. It soon captured her imagination. There she developed her own style of overshot weaving from traditional threading patterns. When she finished her studies, she continued weaving as a hobby until she found a position with the Scott Hunter Arts Group in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, in 1976. Two years later she returned to Nova Scotia to start her own business and raise her daughter in an environment nurturing for both. Hilda has enjoyed considerable exposure and acclaim through various exhibitions and shows, the most recent being "A celebration of Textiles", an exhibition of hand woven yardage by 20 Nova Scotia hand weavers presented by the Mary E. Black Gallery in Halifax; and "All the Colors of the Rainbow-Wearable Art" with Holly Carr at the Ballroom Gallery in Halifax. Hilda was a co-founder of the Weave Shed Craft Cooperative of Wolfville, which had its roots in her back yard studio.

Pictures from Lakeside Impressions 2007