Rachelle LeBlanc

Education

Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Arts, Oakville, Ontario.

1987-1989 Degree Fashion Design and Technique

 Exhibitions and Public Presentations

Upcoming

2011     - "Prairie Excellence" Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB (multi-province                 juried show) November- December, 2011

2012    - "Prairie Excellence" Sam Walter Museum, The Pas, MB (multi-                          province juried show) February- March, 2012

               - "Prairie Excellence" Deer Museum & Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB                          (multi-province juried show) Summer 2012

2013   -"Prairie Excellence" Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK (multi-                            province juried show) September- October, 2013

Past

2011    - "Off the Floor"- Contemporary Hooked Rugs, Alberta Craft                             Council, Edmonton, Alberta (solo show) July- August, 2011 

               - "No Floors Required"- Contemporary Hooked Rug Exhibition,                FibreWorks Gallery, Madeira Park, BC (group show) June- July, 2011

               - "Prairie Excellence" Anity Gallery, Saskatoon, SK  (multi-province                juried show) January- February, 2011

               - "Prairie Excellence" University of Winnipeg Gallery, Winnipeg,               MB (multi- province juried show) April- May, 2011

               - "Prairie Excellence" Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery,  Moose                Jaw, SK (multi-province juried show) June- September, 2011

               - "Line, Work, and Play"- Articulture's Art Exhibition for the                Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Art Awards, St Albert City Hall,                St Albert, AB (juried group show) April 2011 

2010   - "Hooked on Rugs Exhibition" Multicultural Center Museum,                Stony Plain, Alberta (solo show) September- December, 2010

              - "Prairie Excellence" Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery,                              Edmonton, Alberta (juried group show) September- December, 2010

              - "For the Love of Craft" Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery,                           Edmonton, Alberta (juried group show) July- September, 2010

2008  - "Wild Thing" Juried Exhibition Focus on Fibre Art Association”                 Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta (juried group                show) May- July, 2008

               - "Hooked Rugs" Musée des Maître et Artisans du Québec,                                   Montréal (group show)  January- May, 2008

2007  - "Pushing the Limits: New Concepts in Rug Hooking" Newtown                Rug Hooking   Show, Newtown, Connecticut (juried group show)                          October 2007

               - "Hooked in the Mountains" Shelburne Museum, Shelburne,                           Vermont (group show) March 2007

2006   - "Hooked in the Mountains- Strong Women Exhibition"                                   Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont (group show) March 2006

                - "Hooked Rug Exhibition" Sainte Julie Public Gallery, St Julie,                         Quebec (solo show) October 2006

                - "Hooked Rug Exhibition" Musée de Kent, Bouctouche,

                New Brunswick (solo show) July- September 2006

Special Project

2012     - "Queen's Diamond Jubilee"  To mark 60 years of the Queen's reign, I                 have been commissioned to work collaboratively with UK artist Lynne                 Stein to create a rug to be presented during the Jubilee celebrations.            

Awards

 2011    -"Mayor's Celebration for the Arts - Sutton Award Nominee",                           Edmonton, Alberta

               - Rug Hooking Magazines "Celebrations Winner Contemporary                Design", Stackpole Magazines, Mechanicsburg, PA

2007  - Juror's Choice Award “ Pushing the Limits: New Concepts in                Rug  Hooking”, Newtown Rug Hooking Show, Newtown, CT

Bibliography

 Littenberg, Anne-Marie.  Hooked Rug Portraits published by Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania. 2011. Pages 6, 7, 12, 25, 45, 46, 47, 63, 72, 73, 79, 132, 133   ISBN : 978-1-881982-73-9

Saskatchewan Craft Council, Alberta Craft Council, Manitoba Craft Council, Prairie Excellence Exhibition Catalogue, 2010-2011.  Page 37. 

Longchamps, Denis and Burton, J.Penney.  Tapis Crochetés/ Hooked Rugs, Exhibition catalogue published by Craft Journal, Montreal, Quebec. 2008.  Pages 43, 44, 60, 61, 62.  ISBN : 978-2-9809569-6-6

Oxford, Amy.  Hooked Rugs Today: Strong Women Volume #1, Exhibition catalogue published by Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania.  2006.  Pages 28, 35, 39.  ISBN : 0-7643-2578-7

Oxford, Amy.  Hooked Rugs Today: Strong Women Volume #2, Exhibition catalogue published by Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania. 2006.   Pages 70, 74, 123.

Future Publications

- My work will be featured in the gallery pages of Lynne Stein's book (Title and publication dates to be confirmed), by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, England. Due out in 2012-2013.

- My work will also be published in Jessie Turbayne’s new book titled "Pacific Coast Hooked Rugs" by Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania.  Due out in 2011-2012

- Celebrations Award Winners Exhibition, Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio August 2011.  Winning rug will also be featured in "Rug Hooking Magazines “Celebrations 2011" an annual publication on the winners by Stackpole Magazine. Due out fall 2011.

Media

Walker, Dawn.  Daybreak Alberta, CBC Radio.  Calgary, August 13- 14, 2011

Hebert, Francine. VIA TVA episode #371 , TVA TV, Quebec, 2006