We invite you to consider sponsoring one or more items from our much needed resource Wish List!
You can partner with other parents and friends to equip the school with better PE equipment and musical instruments!
It is an 8x8 wooden canvas with delicate mixed media entitled “Layers”
Artist Bio
Jessica McDonald is a textile artist based in St. John’s, Newfoundland. A textile lover for the majority of her life, she has studied the art form at Olds College (Alberta) and The College of the North Atlantic (Newfoundland). She has since earned a BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Minor in Art History, from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2019. Her undergrad thesis explored craft perceptions and their importance in social community and generational inheritance in Atlantic Canada. Additional training and professional development opportunities have extended across North America including a weaving residency in Oaxaca, Mexico, interning for the Handweavers Guild of America in Nevada, USA, and working for the Peters Valley School of Craft in New Jersey, USA. In 2018 Jessica received the Arts & Letters Award in the Senior Division for her weaving which was purchased by The Rooms Gallery. Throughout 2020, she has worked with Dale Jarvis of Heritage NL to conduct research on weaving in the province of NL. Jarvis & McDonald have collaborated on the Facebook group Weavers and Spinners of Newfoundland and Labrador, to locate existing weavers and their looms. Jessica brings the traditional craft to light through exploration, research, and teaching. She is passionate about exploring concepts of home, community, and textiles and the history in which it carries.
Canada
Lakecrest Independent School
58 Patrick Street
St. John’s, NL
A1E 2S7
Phone: 709-738-1212
Email: agillingham@lakecrest.ca
Pickups from June 14-17 between 8:30am-2:30pm
Parents may also contact the school to ask the item be sent home with their child from Tuesday onwards.
The funds raised will help to enrich Lakecrest Independent School learning environment and promote the activities of the organization. They will be used towards community outreach, infrastructure upgrades to our St. John’s historic building as well as other initiatives keeping with the mission of the school.