Pillowtops: A Gift For Sweethearts


Date: Feb 9
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Level 2
Workshop

Pillow tops are woven with yarn on wooden frames and were traditionally crafted by Newfoundland lumber camp workers to be gifted to their wives, girlfriends or mothers. Nicole Penney will provide detailed instruction during this hands-on, half-day workshop, where you will learn the skills and techniques necessary to make a pillow top to take home. The workshop costs $40 and pre-registration is required. 10% Discount for members. The fee includes use of tools and materials and a coffee break. To register, please contact Visitor Services at 757-8090. For more information on the workshop schedule and content, please contact Joy Barfoot at 757-8092 or email joybarfoot@therooms.ca

Events & Programs

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Reimagining the classic bedtime story, Matthew-Robin Nye explores how spaces of imagination can transcend categories like child and adult, inviting reflection on how we learn, feel, and connect to artwork across generations.

Through this work, he asks what it means to build environments that are open, attentive, and alive to shared experience—places where visitors can simply be, and where curiosity and presence unfold at their own rhythm.

This is a free program but a ticket is required. Please reserve your free ticket online or call 709-757-8090.

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Tour

Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the Caribou

In this exhibition, find out about the impacts of the First World War on Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and how events overseas dramatically altered our lives at home.

Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.