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Micheline Beauchemin, OC, CQ, RCA (24 October 1929 – 29 September 2009)[1] was a Canadian textile artist and weaver.
Born in Longueuil, Quebec, she made the stage curtains in Ottawa's National Arts Centre and in the Théâtre Maisonneuve at Montreal's Place des Arts.
Honours
In 1973, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, the second level of Canada's highest civilian honour. In 1991, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec, an order of merit bestowed by the government of Quebec. In 1970, she was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 2006, she was awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. In 2005, she was awarded the Quebec government's Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas, given to individuals who are artists or craftsman in the fields of visual arts, of the trades of art, architecture and the design.[2]
References
- ^ "Quebec textiles artist Micheline Beauchemin dies". cbc.ca. 2009-10-01. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2009/10/01/micheline-beauchemin.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Micheline Beauchemin". Canada Council for the Arts. http://www.canadacouncil.ca/aboutus/artistsstories/visualarts/zq127876179166375030.htm. Retrieved September 22, 2006.
External links
Weaving Weaves Basketweave · Charvet · Coverlet · Double weave · Even-weave · Lampas · Oxford · Pile weave · Piqué · Plain weave · Satin weave · Twill · GabardineComponents Tools and techniques Chilkat weaving · Fingerweaving · Flying shuttle · Heddle · Ikat · Inkle weaving · Jacquard weaving · Kasuri · Loom · Navajo weaving · Salish weaving · Shed · Shuttle · Tablet weaving · Tāniko · Tapestry · TempleTypes of looms Dobby loom · Jacquard loom · Hattersley loom · Lancashire loom · Northrop loom · Power loom · Roberts Loom · Warp weighted loomWeavers Acesas · Ada Dietz · Micheline Beauchemin · Thomas Ferguson & Co Ltd · Pamphile · John Rylands · Brigitta Scherzenfeldt · Clara Sherman · Gunta Stölzl · Judocus de VosCategories:- 1929 births
- 2009 deaths
- Knights of the National Order of Quebec
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- People from Longueuil
- Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- Canadian women artists
- Canadian textile artists
- Canadian weavers
- People from Quebec stubs
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