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Ruth Scheuing

Unraveled
Submitted by Dr. Jenny Penberthy

Join Textile Arts instructor, Ruth
Scheuing, as she talks about using
textiles as language and myth, on
Sunday, April 6 at 2 p.m. in the Cedar
building, room 148. Ruth has taught in
the Textile Arts program at Capilano
College since 1992. Her works have
been exhibited across Canada and
internationally and in 1996 she
received the acclaimed Chalmers
Award in Crafts. She was a contribut-
ing co-editor of a book of essays
entitled Material Matters: the Art
and Culture of Contemporary Textiles,
published in 1998. Currently, Ruth
is working on a series of computer
assisted Jacquard weavings that
explore various historical floral
textile patterns as representations
of nature. In addition, mark your
calendars for the Capilano College
Textile Arts grad show, June 6 to
July 6 at the Seymour Art Gallery,
4360 Gallant Avenue, North
Vancouver, B.C. The opening
reception is on Tuesday, June 10
from 7-9 p.m. Gallery hours are
Tuesday to Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m.

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Second contest
winner

Submitted by Shannon Spagnut

Academic advisor, Rosemary Meech,
is the second of three winners

in the 50/50 lottery contest. The
contest is part of the Capilano
College Opening Doors, Changing
Lives 50/50 lottery, which benefits
the Sechelt campus library.
Rosemary won two tickets to the
Exit 22 production of Anything
Goes. Contest participants were
asked to submit their craziest most
creative answer to the question:
What would you do with $5,000?
Her winning answer is online.
There will be one more chance to
win in April. Send your entry by
e-mail to lottery@capcollege.bc.ca,
or pick up a contest form at the
following ticket sales locations:
Birch reception, Capilano College
Foundation, Continuing Education,
Capilano Students’ Union, or
Sechelt and Squamish reception.
Also, there’s still time to buy a
50/50 lottery ticket for your chance
to win up to $5,000!

old roles. I wanted to stay in|
the entertainment industry,
but I wanted to open up more
opportunities. A friend of mine
told me he was going to take the
Aboriginal Film and Television
Production (AFTP) training program
at Capilano College in North
Vancouver. The first offering of the
program was starting in May 2000,
but due to a prior acting commit-
ment, I was unable to attend that
year. When the program was offered
again in the spring of 2001, 1
jumped at the opportunity.

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