Fiber Art by Karen Loprete Coming to Frameworks in Stratford

Fiber Art by Karen Loprete will be on exhibit at Frameworks of Stratford from August 6th to Sept 6th, 2010

Frameworks is located at:

3567 Main Street

Stratford, CT 06614

phone: 203 375-6262

To see more of Karen’s unique and colorful artwork, visit: http://www.karenloprete.com

Fiber Art by Liz Alpert Fay – at Peter’s Valley Craft Center (Layton, NJ)

Quoted from: Liz Alpert Fay’s Newsletter “TEXTILE ART NEWS”

Surrounded by vast open fields, flowing streams, and tranquil ponds, there exists a place where creators come to learn, teach, and share their art. Peter's Valley Craft Center, located in Layton, New Jersey, is currently celebrating its 40th year, and undergoing a rebirth under its new director, celebrated ceramic artist Kristen Muller.

The center's 40 acre campus is home to the newly renovated Sally D.Francisco Gallery, a beautiful vintage building, complete with simple white washed walls, dark, hand hewn beams and wide, rustic floor boards.

I feel this is the perfect setting for an exhibit of my most recent work. Scheduled to run from August 14th through September 26, 2010, the solo show entitled "Woodland Wanderings" consists of two series of wall hangings, as well as selected sculpture.

"Woodland Wanderings" explores the parallels between art and nature, and suggests that closer inspection of both is required to fully appreciate the depth of beauty within.  It is my hope that this work will spark a new awareness of the world around us and encourage the viewer to consider our natural environment with renewed respect.

Fiber Art Exhibition at Windsor Art Center – Registration is Open for “Identity”

SAQA Artists in CT, RI and MA are invited to participate in an upcoming Fiber Art Exhibition at the Windsor Art Center (Windsor, CT)

Identity

Through fiber art and sculpture, artists share the memorable experiences and traditions that have shaped their personal identity.

Registration is Open NOW

No Entry Fee

Deadline for Entries October 1, 2010

Identity is a non-juried show, open to all current SAQA members who live in Connecticut, Massachusetts or Rhode Island.  

Exhibition Dates: January 22 - March 5, 2011

Contact Kate Themel for a copy of the prospectus

The Windsor Art Center is located at the Freight House:

40 Mechanic Street
Windsor, CT 06095-2522
(860) 688-2528

www.windsorartcenter.org

Muriel Stockdale’s E Pluribus Flags on Display at Newport Mill (Newport, NH)

CYNTHIA-REEVES PROJECTS, in collaboration with the Newport Mill, present FABRICATIONS, a mixed media exhibition featuring work by 19 international, national and regional artists.

The exhibition runs from June 26 – September 25, 2010

Opening Reception: Saturday June 26, 4 – 7 pm

The Newport Mill is located at 169 Sunapee Street, Newport, New Hampshire.

Regular hours are Thursday - Saturday 11am - 5pm. 

In acknowledgment of the building's history as a working mill, FABRICATIONS presents artworks using textiles in innovative, contemporary ways, and showcases projects that utilize weaving, sewing, knitting, crocheting, and spinning into unexpected forms and unusual materials.

(image: From the E Pluribus series, “Austrian American Flag” by Muriel Stockdale)

FABRICATIONS features work by: Elizabeth Billings, Michele Brody, Alisa Dworsky, Brenda Garand, Joan Giordano, Angela Hennessy, Carol Hepper, Danielle Julian Norton, William Dickey King, Milan Klic, JaeHyo Lee, Anne Lindberg, Soo Sunny Park, Lee Renninger, Jan Staller, Muriel Stockdale, Johnny Swing, Christine Tarkowski, and Claire Watkins.

About E Pluribus:

E Pluribus flags have been designed and hand made in the US since 2003 to celebrate and honor the rich diversity of cultures that live in harmony here in the USA.  For information please contact Muriel Stockdale at 212 475-1875 or visit the website http://www.epluribus.us

About the Cynthia Reeves Gallery:

Visit http://www.cynthia-reeves.com
CYNTHIA-REEVES / 535 West 24th Street, Second Floor / New York, NY 10011
Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 - 6:00

Diane Cadrain – Exhibiting Work in Connecticut and Massachusetts

Diane Cadrain’s artwork has been juried into two prestigious shows this summer.  

Homage to Cabbage II will be included in Images 2010 during the Lowell Quilt Festival (Lowell, MA) August 12 – 14, 2010. 

This year the Images exhibition will be displayed inside the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.

Lowell Memorial Auditorium

50 East Merrimack Street

Lowell, MA 01852

http://www.lowellquiltfestival.org/

 

And Cadrain’s paper collage The Way I Feel About Knitting is on display now, part of the 99th Annual Exhibit at the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts.  The exhibition, encompassing work in all fine arts media, is at the Mystic Arts Center (Mystic, CT) and runs until July 17, 2010.

Mystic Arts Center

9 Water Street

Mystic, CT 06355

http://www.mysticarts.org/

(images: left: “Homage to Cabbage II” / right: “How I Feel About Knitting”)

Congratulations Diane!

“From Fine Art to Fiber: Reinterpreting the Masters” at the Whistler

Most of the time, artists are loathe to admit their work is based on or inspired by another artist.  But in this case, it is not only tolerated but encouraged!

The Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, MA presents “From Fine Art to Fiber: Reinterpreting the Masters”, an exhibition of art quilts inspired by famous works of art including paintings, murals, and sculpture — from Michelangelo to Warhol and beyond. 

Some of the artwork to be included in the Fine Art to Fiber Exhibition: Margaret Phillips’ “Picasso’s Girl in the Mirror” (upper left), Norma Schlager’s “Poppies” (lower left) and Kate Themel’s “Ode to a Kiss”, inspired by Gustav Klimt (detail, upper right).  Diane Wright will have two pieces in the show, “After Matisse” and “Tide Pooling”, (detail, lower right) inspired by John James Audubon.

Fine Art to Fiber: Reinterpreting the Masters

will run from August 4 to September 4, 2010.

Whistler House

243 Worthen Street

Lowell, MA

www.whistlerhouse.org

While you’re visiting the Fine Art to Fiber exhibition, be sure to stop at the “Images 2010” Exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum (NEQM), also located in Lowell, Massachusetts.  You may even want to make a special trip to visit the Whistler and NEQM during the Lowell Quilt Festival, August 11 - 15, 2010.

Barb McKie’s Work in Quilt Odyssey and AQS Knoxville

Barbara Barrick McKie will have two of her art quilts exhibited in each of two shows: the 2010 AQS Quilt Show & Contest (Knoxville, TN) and in Quilt Odyssey (Hershey, PA) this summer.

The AQS exhibition will be held at the Knoxville Convention Center July 14-17, 2010 and will include McKie’s Cool Camels of Egypt and Mommy and Me.  Check AQS’ website for more details about the show: http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/knoxville/2010/general_info/

Quilt Odyssey will be at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center July 2-25, 2010.  Barbara’s art quilts Iguana Headache and White Winged Dove of Peace.  More details about Quilt Odyssey here: https://server7.pacecomputing.com/quiltodysseycom/www/index.php

To get a sneak peek at these and other beautiful quilts by Barb McKie, visit her site: http://www.mckieart.com/Pages/thumnail_pgs/Art_Quilt_Main.html

Congratulations, Barb!