LAUNCH PARTY of The SHED STUDIO & Opening Night Exhibition - Amanda McCavour -“Ode to a Prairie”. FRIDAY MAY 23 2025

Opening Night Friday May 23 Until Sunday June 8th 2025

Celebrating the opening of the SHED STUDIO, we welcome Toronto-based textile artist Amanda McCavour - one of six winners of the Rewilding Arts Prize presented by the David Suzuki Foundation and Rewilding Magazine. We are especially thrilled to have her re-imagined mini-installation of “Ode to a Prairie” as our first exhibition.

Using plants as markers of memory and place, her work invites viewers to consider the past and the future of our natural environments. Although specifically about the prairie restoration movement in Wisconsin, “Ode to a Prairie” speaks to broader ideas of rewilding and has the ability to make us aware of our own natural surroundings closer to home.

“My desire is to create an experience for people — an enveloping experience for them,” says McCavour. “I can remember experiences I’ve had with art that have changed my perspective. And I think that art does have the power to do that.”

The newly conceived SHED-STUDIO within the SHED shop marks a new chapter for us at Chetwyn Farms - celebrating and showcasing extraordinary fibre & textile artists.  Like Amanda, we too remember experiences with art that changed our perspective, and share with you this first of many exhibitions and special events designed to change your perspective, knowing art does indeed have the power to do that!