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Bettina Matzkuhn

@matzkuhn.bsky.social
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Artist, textile, embroidery, living world www.bettinamatzkuhn.ca

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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
my solo exhibition Memories, Maps, Reflections at ll Museo in the Italian Cultural Centre Vancouver BC opening April 16. Embroidered maps from over the decades Show runs April 16-May 24.
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I am excited to get new photos by Ted Clarke of my 4 sleeping bags "Dormir à la Belle Étoile" I've put them up on my website. With the lack of snow in the mountains this winter, I dread fires season even more.... bettinamatzkuhn.ca/gear
sleeping bag on a camp cot containing an embroidered forest fire
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Where's the Lake? Kluane Lake YT is receding due to many factors caused by climate warming. Pretty, but not normal. Many knock on effects to fish and wildlife....and people #embroidery #handembroidery #yukon #climatechange
embroidered landscape with fireweed and cottonwoods
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Headwaters series ....water of life #embroidery #handembroidery #landscapeart #glaciers
hand embroidery of high alpine landscape with melted snow in red
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Happy 2026 and all good wishes....entering 26 with excitement and trepidation #embroidery #handembroidery #madeinyvr #contemporarytextileart
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Will open my studio during the Eastside Culture Crawl in Vancouver BC #235 Mergatroid Building 975 Vernon Dr. Nov 20-21 5-10pm Nov22-23 11-6pm. Lots to see in our building #eastsideculturecrawl2025 #embroidery #handembroidery #madeinyvr #madeinbc
sihouettes of fir trees with silver sun and dense hand stitching
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Polish artist NeSpoon from Warsaw, known for her street art featuring traditional lace pattern imagery #womensart
Photo of an artist on a raised platform creating a mural of a lace pattern on a building with windows
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Pleased to have my piece "Alluvium" accepted to the Saltspring National Art Prize runs Sept 27-Oct 19 #ssnap #embroidery #handembroidery #landscapeart #kluane #yukon
embroidered and collaged landscape of an alluvial fan Yukon Territory
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CARFAC BC @carfacbc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Artists deserve more than survival. They deserve recognition, respect, and fair pay. This article unpacks the “starving artist” myth and calls for a cultural shift toward valuing artists as professionals. Read here: carfacbc.ca/the-myth-of-... #CARFAC #CARFACBC #ArtistsRights #VisualArts
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Finished piece ready to go on backing - hack leaf, ferns, willows and waterfalls #embroidery #handembroidery
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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A person sitting in front of a wall of books.  The caption reads, "reading can seriously damage your ignorance."
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
two old mountains hanging out. Kluane Park at dusk #embroidery #handembroidery #kluane #yukon
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Part of a panorama in progress #embroidery #handembroidery
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Part of a panorama in progress #embroidery #handembroidery
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CARFAC BC @carfacbc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
When we work together, we can make great advancements for our communities! Founded by artists like the late Jack Chambers in 1968, CARFAC is a democratic, non-profit, national artist-run organisation for visual artists. Join our network of artists helping artists: carfacbc.ca/join/
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Detail of vertical piece #embroidery
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Vulcan Mt Kluane Park YT #embroidery #handembroidery #artwip
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Embroidered glacier....pleasantly thick on the cloth. Endangered IRL. #embroidery #handembroidery #glacier #yukon #contemporarycraft
embroidery bits of white and blue glacier with mountains behind
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Inviting you to a small but mighty show of embroidery at the Silk Weaving Studio on Granville Island, Vancouver BC. Happy to be amongst four artists who use thread to explore ideas. Opening May 22, 6:30 to 8:30pm.There will be a "stitch in" June 1, noon to 4. #embroidery #handembroidery
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Installing work for my exhibit GEAR at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte ON. Opens tomorrow may3 from 2-4 #embroidery #handembroidery #natureart #mvtm #contemporarycraft
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy Earth Day! #embroidery #handembroidery #gear #natureart #madeinbc #madeinyvr #contemporarycraft
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Lu’an Man aka Kluane Lake receding. #embroidery #handembroidery #contemporarycraft #artmove #madeinyvr #Kluane #yukon #natureart #canadiancraft
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Cottonwoods #embroidery#handembroidery #yukon
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Fireweed gone to seed by the lake #embroidery #handembroidery #artwip #kluane #yukon
Hand embroidered beach and fireweed
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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
things you can learn from watching how politicians and their staffers treat people on the campaign trail. canadianjournalist.ca/poilievre-ca...
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Poilievre Stop in Fish Plant Smells | Canadian Journalist
Conservative Party of Canada election campaign stop in a fishing village in Newfoundland turns into a spectacle of party animosity towards media coverage.
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
looks like rain #embroidery #handembroidery #artwip
embroidered hillsides and clouds
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Planting trees #embroidery #handembroidery
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Adding lines to the ice. Like a great (shrinking) highway #yukon #embroidery #madeinbc #madeinyvr #artwip
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Textile. Adding mountains to icefields. Lot of head scratching over what to do next. #creativeprocess #artwip #glaciers #yukon #embroidery
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Enjoyed fruitcake in a hailstorm on my day off
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.“ Goethe. Not equipped with genius, power, or magic but it always feels good to begin…. #artwip #embroidery
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This work will be submitted to a call where it can’t have been previously exhibited or posted. Here’s the back. #embroidery #handembroidery
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I’ve appointed myself the “embroidery tzar” of my studio 😂 #embroidery #handembroidery
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
"Jobs were also eliminated at the National Hurricane Center and Storm Prediction Center... and the tsunami warning centers in Alaska and Hawaii..." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
washingtonpost.com
Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts.
Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Thrilled that my SOS: Belonging life jacket will be in the show Solastalgia at The Muse: Douglas Family Art Centre in Kenora ON opening May. Curators Lindsay Inglis and Sophie Lavoie. #embroidery #handembroidery #natureart #solastalgia #madeinbc #madeinyvr #contemporarycraft #contemporarytextileart
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Over 300,000 Canadians have signed the petition to strip Elon Musk of citizenship. The petition doesn't have the force of law but it sends a strong message. Canadians hate fascists and extremists. It's in our DNA. Let's make it the largest petition in CDN history. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
politico.com
Canadians to Elon Musk: You’re not one of us
“People are really angry,” Ottawa lawmaker says of petition to revoke the citizenship of Trump’s unofficial right-hand man.
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Menacing cloud. #embroidery #handembroidery #natureart #madeinbc #madeinyvr
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Embroidering a cloudy sky with small blue holes… find optimism where I can #embroidery #handembroidery #contemporarytextileart #artwip #madeinyvr
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
As an artist, I support scientists www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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American scientists say their work is under attack and ask Canadians for help | CBC News
In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, CBC's Jaela Bernstien gives us an inside look at how U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown is affecting science, we admire a new highly commende...
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Working on something I want to submit to a call but they won’t accept anything that has bee previously exhibited or shown online. Seems rather onerous- how many artists have the luxury of working in secret on something the will probably be rejected. #embroidery#handembroidery #artwip #madeinbc
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Small work of a “fire rainbow”. Only seen if the ice crystals are the right size and shape and with the sun at the right angle. Saw one once. Religious experience. #embroidery #handembroidery #firerainbow #madeinbc #madeinyvr
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Foresting a slope #embroidery #handembroidery #artwip
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Part of a sky #embroidery#handembroidery #artwip
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Leaving room for a cloud #embroidery #handembroidery #artwip
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Bettina Matzkuhn @matzkuhn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Small piece featuring a “pile d’assiettes” cloud formation. Pile of plates. Often seen downwind from mountains #embroidery #handembroidery #clouds #mountains #contemporarycraft
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