Maritimes Weaving Guild

Article by Jane Tisdale

ABELS PROVIDED BY the Canadian Handicrafts Guild were sewn onto woven items made at the Mount Allison Handicraft Guild in Sackville, New Brunswick. An unused roll of these labels was recently discovered during research for an exhibition at the Owens Art Gallery about the history of the Applied Arts program at Mount Allison University. This roll of labels is the only known item that remains from the guild.

In 1931, Elizabeth McLeod, Head of the Art Department at the Ladies’ College at Mount Allison University, organized a guild for art students to sell their work. The Art Department and the guild were housed within the Owens Art Gallery at Mount Allison University. The guild soon became a ‘co-operating institution’ affiliated with the Canadian Handicrafts Guild.

Excerpted from Fall/Winter 2015 Ornamentum. Click here to subscribe.

Jane Tisdale is Fine Arts Conservator/Exhibition Curator at Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, in Sackville, New Brunswick.