Pieced Together - Opens Today
Structures #59 ©2006 70" x 56"
Today is the opening of Pieced Together at the Decorative Arts Center in Lancaster, Ohio. The show runs April 28 through September 2, 2007.
Pieced Together will showcase bold, graphic and textural pieces that can be separated into two separate entities, those made for the bed and those destined for the wall. The show will reveal the visual melding of ideas in fiber prior to and after the onset of the art quilt movement.
Curator, Michelle Stitzlein, has invited ten noted quilters and fiber artists from across the country to participate in the show. The participants, some recognized as founding artists of the 1970s international art quilt movement, will exhibit works from their most current series. The quilters’ artwork will demonstrate the innovative techniques that are being utilized in quilts and fibers today.
Invited quilts artists:Katherine Allen, Sue Benner, Lisa Call, Nancy Crow, Eleanor McCain, Jeanne Williamson Ostroff and Joan Schulze. Invited 3-D Fiber Artists: Lindsay Ketterer Gates, Amy Lipshie and Donna Rhae Marder.
There was a members preview last night that would have been nice to attend but I won’t be in Ohio until Sunday. Nancy Crow held a booksigning for her new book titled Nancy Crow.
This is an incredible book and I recommend it not just for quilters but for all artists as it is a fascinating glimpse into the working process of an extremely gifted and dedicated artist. The images, not just of her art but of her inspiration, are amazing. The book won an Award for Excellence (Pictorial Books) at the Chicago Book Clinic | Book & Media Awards in November 2006 and it was much deserved.
Having the chance to take yet another workshop from Nancy is an incredible opportunity. I have many people ask me why I continue to take workshops with her (this will be my 7th or 8th one). I take them because Nancy is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. Her hard work and dedication are contagious and I am continually inspired when around her. Her classrooms have the most incredible creative energy and I while I have a very solid idea of what I’m doing with my artwork and generally just work independently I always learn something in my interaction with her.
I’ll get to spend 15 hours a day completely immersed in my art. No computers, no kids, no outside distractions. What an incredible opportunity. While I could attempt to recreate this atmosphere at home, shutting out the distractions is more difficult. Plus the interaction with other dedicated artists is a rare treat.
Plus I won’t have to cook as Nancy bring in an awesome chef to cook for us. What’s not to love!
Posted by Lisa in: Abstract Contemporary Textile Art, Art Exhibits
Nellie said,
April 28, 2007 @ 9:25 am
Sigh!!! I covet.