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Uncommon Threads: A Survey of Contemporary Quilts
Structures #98 ©2008 Lisa Call 30 x 29″ Textile Painting (Fabric hand dyed by the artist, cotton batting, cotton thread)
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Gallery in NY is featuring Uncommon Threads: A Survey of Contemporary Quilts. The show closes December 17 but if you can’t make it to the gallery you can view this wonderful show on-line.
Uncommon Threads: A Survey of Contemporary Quilts. The tradition of quilts and quilting has primarily been considered as autilitarian object first and as an artistic medium incidentally. But the rise of feminism and the revaluation of “women’s work” led to a renewed appreciation of the artistic potential of the medium, and to an exploding number of quilters. This exhibition focuses on 11 contemporary artists who use quilting techniques in their work. Some have come out of the traditional world of art quilting, and others are younger artists who have embraced the medium because its deep associations further their artistic practice. Each of these artists emphasizes a different aspect of quilting and has a different agenda. This exhibition shows how an old-fashioned medium is being repurposed for a new generation.
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts is located at 529 W. 20th Street 6W, New York, N.Y.
Gallery hours are Tues. – Sat. 10AM – 6PM.
Phone: (212) 366.5368 Email: info@markelfinearts.com
Alyson Stanfield at FRCQ
Front Range Contemporary Quilters’ meeting on Monday Nov 21 features Art Marketing expert Alyson Stanfield. This is a great opportunity for local SAQA members to learn more about successful self promotion and marketing tools specific to the art market.
FRCQ meets in Wesminster from 7-9pm. There is a guest fee if you are not a member. Westminster City Park
Recreation Center
10455 Sheridan Blvd.
Westminster, Colorado
Structures in Cloth Now at the Sangre de Cristo in Pueblo
Structures in Cloth opens tonight at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo. The opening is from 5-8pm and viewers will be treated to the incredible textile art of SAQA members as well as SANTOS:The Bishop Tafoya Collection, Seasons by Marty Brens, Contrast and Drama: Photography by Allan McConnell and Southern Colorado Watercolor Society Signature Members.
Structures in Cloth shows through Jan. 21, 2012 in the Hoag Gallery. Be sure to catch this great exhibit. For hours and directions check the web site: http://sdc-arts.org/exhibitions.html
Up, Up and Away~ Carol Ann Waugh
Up, Up and Away ~ Carol Ann Waugh
Up, Up and Away by Carol Ann Waugh is gracing the walls at the new Eastside Human Services Building in Denver. It is hanging on the second floor, behind the reception desk for Family Services. Congratulations to Carol for bringing another piece of Textile Art into the public art forum. You can read more about the artwork and the public art process on Carol’s blog
You can see this piece in person at the Eastside Human Services Building
3815 Steel St
Denver
Open to the public during normal City business hours.
Carol also has a show this month at the SYNC Gallery. Stitch and Slash runs October 21, 2011 to November 12, 2011. Opening Reception Friday October 21 6-9pm.
Two Brits and a Sewing Machine
Fiber Visions in Ft. Collins
Fabric of Legacies ~ Susan Strickland
“Fond Memories”, a fiber piece by Susan Strickland is now on exhibit in the “Fabric of Legacies 29th Annual Art Quilt Exhibition” at Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins.
Fond MemoriesInspiration: letters saved by my Mother which were written to me during WWII, welcoming me into the world. My Dad was stationed overseas and I did not see him until I was three years old. I wanted to commemorate and remember the love and loneliness that these men were feeling.
Stupendous Stitching
Gyrations by Carol Ann Waugh
Stupendous Stitching is Carol Ann Waugh’s new exhibition of work hanging at the Buell Theater from October 3-January 1.
Carol will be interviewed on Denver’s KUVO (89.3FM) tomorrow, Friday, October 7th from 4:15 – 4:30-pm. Listen in to this live interview about Carol’s art work.
