As part of the Guild’s commitment to the Jewish community we are hosting a presentation of Through the Eye of the Needle. This inspiring 30-minute award-winning documentary examines the life of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz – how she survived the Holocaust as a teenager and how she came to tell her life story in a series of 36 fabric collage and embroidered panels.

In preparation for this important event members of the Guild are volunteering to work with Holocaust survivors at Baycrest. Volunteers can help by sharing our expertise and ideas, offering a helping hand to stitch the squares together, and listening to the fascinating stories shared as we work with our hands and our hearts. The group meets at Baycrest on Wednesday afternoons from 1pm until 2.30 or 3.  Please reply to info@pomegranateguild.ca if you would like to participate.

From time to time we will let you know of events of interest to our members and to textile artists and art lovers in general. You’ll be able to find links to the information on the Links page of the guild website. We encourage all members to tell us about exhibits, classes, workshops, and suppliers that could be featured.

There are a number of events in September to tell you about:

Our member Brenda Conway invites you to her husband Jerome Conway’s show at the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery at the Columbus Centre, September 12 to  30.

The Textile Show at Gerrard Art Space features some of Toronto’s wonderful textile artists.
September 11 – 29
1390 Gerrard St. E.

Color and Light Group Show
August 27 – September 27
Arta Gallery, the Distillery District

Queen West Art Crawl
September 21 and 22

North York Visual Artists Show and Sale
September 28 and 29

Sew Sisters will be having their annual Birthday Sale on September 17th.

Our member Mitzi Zohar will be showing her work at the City Shul Charity Yard Sale
September 29 from 11am to 3pm
Christie Pits Park

Welcome to the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Textiles, Toronto’s newly designed website and blog. A thousand Thank Yous are due to the Karens, Rikki, Lori, and everyone else involved in the creation of our brand new home on the web.

Wishing all of our members and friends a Happy New Year and looking forward to a fabulous year of Art, Textiles and Judaica.

See you at Temple Sinai on September 24th at 7.30 for our first meeting of 5774.