World of Threads Festival – Interview with Leisa Rich
Leisa Rich is a fibre artist, producing sculptures and installation works. She believes that art is not always beautiful or appealing and should absolutely, always, have more than ordinary significance, should provoke a response, or should alter the viewer’s perception in some way.
To read her interview
http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/079_leisa_rich_12.html
Interviews produced by Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman
Leisa participated in the Solo Shows & Installations exhibit of Festival 2014 in the Corridor Galleries at our main festival venue at Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre in Oakville
For Festival 2012, Leisa had work showing in De rerum natura (On The Nature of Things) at Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, in Oakville.
http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artwork_pages/2012/de_rerum_natura_joshua_creek_12.html
Above is Undue Growth, one of Leisa’s sculptural pieces featured in Festival 2012.