Janet Scruggs
Textile and Fibre Artist
Janet Scruggs is a textile artist based in Kamloops, BC. exhibiting locally, nationally and internationally, winning several awards for her artwork. Janet teaches both online and in person which provides her opportunities to share her passion for design and explorations of techniques. She holds a B.Ed. degree as well as a City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Design and Stitched Textiles (Hand Embroidery).
While raising 4 children, she worked as a parent mentor for families raising children with FASD. Janet also taught and mentored others in an experimental textile group, the Fibre Optics Group for many years. She and her husband moved from Calgary to Kamloops in 2016 where she continues to pursue her artistic growth as well as teaching design and textile techniques. As a member of Kamloops Arts Council, Fibre Art Network, Kamloops Textile Artists, FBYR 2RT and Studio Art Quilt Associates, she exhibits her work through these organizations, as well as art galleries as opportunities arise. Janet employs various surface design techniques in her art pieces, incorporating colouring (paint/ink/dye), felting, quilting, hand embroidery, and other mixed media processes. Discovering and implementing new techniques is an ongoing passion.
Solo Exhibitions:
2023-24 - Exhibition, Grand Hotel, Sun Peaks, BC
2023 - Solo Exhibition ArtZone, Sun Peaks, BC
2020 - Solo Exhibition - Down the Rabbit Hole - Kamloops Arts Council Gallery
Selected Exhibitions:
2025 - FBYR 2RT - Midas Touch
2024 - Aviary, Studio Art Quilt Associates, touring 2024 -2027, Juror: Martha Sielman
2024 - Delights, Grand National Exhibition, touring 2024 - 2025.
2023-24 - Group Exhibit - ArtZone, Sun Peaks, BC
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018- Art in Public Spaces - Kamloops Art Council, Kamloops, BC
2025, 2024, 2023 - Group exhibit - ArtZone, Sun Peaks, BC
2023 - Celebrating the Colour Blue, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Curators: Terry Atkins, Deb Fong
2022 - Reflections Exhibit, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2022 - Sunflower Skirts Exhibit, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2021 - Microscapes Exhibition, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Touring 2021-2024, Juror: Linden Gledhill
2021 - Grand National Exhibition Association - Crossroads Exhibition (Touring 2021-2022) Jurors: Tracy Aubin, Judy Villett, Debora Barlow
2021 - Gallery Vertigo - X’s and O’s Exhibition - Vernon, BC
2021 - Fibre Art Network - Chromatopia Exhibition, Touring 2021-2024
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017 - Art Exposed - Kamloops Art Council Exhibition, Kamloops, BC (Jurors 2021: Dave Snider, Robin Hodgson, William Frymire)
2019 - Shifting Tides - Studio Art Quilt Associates
2018, 2017 - Art Exposed - Kamloops Arts Council Exhibition, Kamloops, BC
2018 - Wild Life Exhibit - Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2017 - Photo 2 Fibre Exhibit - Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2016 - My Corner of the World, Canada - Studio Art Quilt Associates Touring Exhibition, 2016-2018,
2014 - Edge of the Forest, Surface Design Association Canada Touring Exhibition, 2014-2016,
2013 - What’s On the Surface Calgary Surface Design Association Exhibition, Calgary, AB,
2009 - Canadian Quilters Association Juried Show, Saskatoon, SK (Trend Tex Challenge Award)
2008 - The Great Canadian Quilt Competition, Calgary, AB (Silver & First)
2006 - The Great Canadian Quilt Competition, Calgary, AB (Honourable Mention)
2006 - Canadian Quilters Association Juried Show, Ottawa, ON
2005 - The Great Canadian Quilt Competition, Calgary, AB (Gold)
Group Exhibitions:
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2025 Fibre Art Network - Sea Life, Touring 2025- 2028
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2025 Fibre Art Network - I Am Exhibit, Touring 2025 - 2028
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2024 - Fibre Art Network - Doors or Gateways Exhibit, Touring 2024 - 2027
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2024 - Fibre Art Network - Narrow Works Exhibition, Touring 2024 - 2027
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2023 - Divergence, Kamloops Textile Artists Exhibit, Kamloops, BC
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2023 - 2024 - ArtZone, Sun Peaks, BC
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2023 - Fibre Art Network - Up Close Exhibit, Touring 2023 - 2026
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2022 - Fibre Art Network - Resist Exhibition, Touring 2023 - 2026
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2021 - Fibre Art Network - On The Bias Exhibition, Touring 2022 - 2025
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2021 - Fibre Art Network - For the Birds Exhibit, Touring 2021 - 2024
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2020 - 2023 - Fibre Art Network - Threads of Hope, Travelling Exhibit 2020 - 2023
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2019 - 2022 - Fibre Art Network - 20/20 Vision Exhibition, Travelling Exhibit 2019 - 2021
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2018 - 2020 - Fibre Art Network - Conversations Exhibition, Travelling Exhibit 2018 - 2020
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2017 - 2019 Fibre Art Network - Botanical Reflections Exhibition, Travelling Exhibit 2017- 1019
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2017 - San Francisco School of Needlework, Summer of Love: What Matters to You Now Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
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2016 - Road Trip Exhibition - Calgary Chapter, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Touring Exhibition
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2016 - Artistic Entities March, Calgary, AB
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2013 - Fibre Optics Group Exhibition, Calgary, AB
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2011 - Fibre Optics Group Exhibition, Calgary, AB
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2006 - Grand National Special Exhibit, Toronto, ON
Detail showing use of dyed cheesecloth and silk rods.
This details thread stitching over painted Lutradur.
Transfer paint applied to polyester fabric. Plastic wrap pushed into the paint and left to dry before being removed to reveal this interesting texture.