7/30/2019 401 Richmond Update Tenant Profile_Contemporary Textile Studio Cooperative

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COntEMpORARy tExtIlE studIO COOpERAtIVE:Creaig pahwa sio 109

We met wth tw the Contemporary Textile Studio

Co-operative (CTsC, stud 109) udg member

Cathy Lang d Rachel MacHenry uy dy

nvember d chtted whle textle rtt Kerry Croghan

elted wl the bckgrud. it w evdet mmedtely

why rtt wuld ejy wrkg the c-p pce.

nt ly t clerly utftted wth ll the equpmet

ecery r textle bed wrk ll trpe, but t l

h the well-wr eel pce where rt mkg

hppe every dy. The eergy prg.

The CTsC tk hpe 2006 whe the de trtg c-pertve ccded wth the pprtuty t ret pce

t 401 Richmond. The tmg w jut rght. T Cthy d

Rchel t elt lke g tht t w met t be. The ext

tep vlved lkg t ther mdel memberhp-

bed clte (lke eghbur Open Studio) d

hmmerg ut the legl pect crprtg

c-pertve. a e the ew crt-bed r tt-ru

c-pertve Trt CTsC w d ctue t be

trl-blzg grup. Cthy expl we were tet

tryg ut the c-p mdel very pecfclly, puhg me

the budre, d cretg textle prtg tud

tht w rdble t mll grup r tt.

The CTsC recetly reched gl et bck 2006

they receved pprvl r pertl udg thrugh the

Ontario Arts Council rtt-ru cetre. a Rchel

expl, the oaC ctully chged ther crter lghtly

tht we culd be cdered r udg methg tht

beeft ther rtt-ru cetre well by prvdg ew

mdel r cdert. Th udg wll t ly pe

up me pblte r develpmet w tht rug

the c-p wt ret purely vluteer eergy, but l

help t urther legtmze textle-bed rt. Rchel, wh

l teche t sherd Cllege, ugget tht textle

tdy uquely tuted betwee rt, crt, d deg.

itertlly t relly vbrt re t the mmet wth

lt rtt redcverg crt d recectg t trdt

mkg wth thred tht cect t utblty, lclm,

d peple prducg ther w gd.

The c-p t ly prvde wrkpce r t

member but reche ut t brder cmmuty

tudet d the geerl publc thrugh cle d

wrkhp. a Cthy pt ut, we wted t mke

pthwy r peple wh were relly tereted

textle. The educt pece wht they d h w

l expded t clude wrkhp wth tertl

vtg rtt d prterhp wth rgzt lke

the Textile Museum of Canada.

The c-p h met t bjectve fllg the gp betwee

lerg d rt prctce. CTsC member Kerry

tetml perect evdece: th tud ddt ext,

i wuld be e the rtt ut my w trugglg

t fd pce. Fr me the c-p repreeted very

mth trt my wrk rm chl t prctce.

www.textilestudio.ca

Founding Member

Cathy Lang

Textile Artist

Kerry Croghan