Maggie Tchir
Textiles Instructor in Kootenay Studio Arts
Tel: 250.352.2821 Ext. 29
Bio
Maggie has been a working artist; exhibit curator, textile historian and educator for the past thirty years. Her work in fibre and mixed media have been exhibited internationally and are held in private and corporate collections in Canada, the US and nations abroad. Tchir is a recipient of various scholarships including the Banff School of Fine Arts, the Crafts Association of BC Grace Cameron Rogers Scholarship and the Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Award. She attended the University of British Columbia, The University of Eastern Washington and the Banff School of Fine Arts and graduated with Honours from Langara College. Her world textile research studies have included residency and travel in Asia, Europe and the American Southwest as well as various associated publications. She is currently a research associate at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico.