The "tweaked" floor cloth of this workshop goes beyond decorative elements often seen in commercial products into a resonant personal statement with cultural, historical or political impact. Su Rogers shares her technique of incorporating a short statement of personal meaning with supporting motifs and imagery into a vibrant canvas. Combining personal narrative and imagery in the painted floor cloth offers lots of room for both joyful art play and the consideration of issues or values of personal importance. Participants may wish to incorporate a special poem, bit of oral history, travel memory, or any other source of inspiration as a jumping off point. With acrylics as the painting medium for the cloths, participants will be given direction in using them to the best advantage for their project, be it naïve or sophisticated in technique.

Su Rogers often focuses her artistic interests on Maritime themes and concerns, looking to the folk arts for inspiration. A graduate of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, she has shown her work professionally over the past 20 years in Ottawa, Newfoundland and Labroador, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, and other locations. Now living in Ontario, Su returns home each year to renew her bonds with her family, the landscape, the fishery and the unique culture of her home province, Nova Scotia.