Monday, April 28, 2014

New Fiber Art Exhibit at Mattatuck Museum (Waterbury, CT)

Stories and Journeys:
The Art of Faith Ringgold and Aminah Robinson

March 30 – June 8, 2014

Faith Ringgold, Groovin High, 1996, Silkscreen, Courtesy of ACA Galleries, New York.jpgImage: Faith Ringgold, Groovin' High

Among the most vital artists working today are two octogenarians, Faith Ringgold and Aminah Robinson. Each of these extraordinary women creates work that incorporates and addresses the cultural legacy that black Americans inherited from their African ancestors. Over their combined 120 year creative journey, Ringgold and Robinson have reconstructed, in various media, the spirited and inventive multi-media forms of the African past. Their subjects, however, are contemporary or investigations of the recent past.

This exhibition celebrates the richness of their evocative art using the most recently produced series of each. With approximately twenty works from each artist, this exhibit of quilts, textiles, works on paper and paintings will demonstrate through image and narrative, their (and their neighbors) African-American experience in the United States.

Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
www.mattatuckmuseum.org/changing

Thursday, April 17, 2014

SAQA Artists Invited to the New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, CT)

Congratulations, SAQA artists Barbara McKie, Norma Schlager and Kate Themel, whose work will be exhibited at the New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA) upcoming show:

"Stitched in Time: American Quilts 1758-2014" 
October 4, 2014 – January 4, 2015

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Museum curators have selected examples of masterful quilts and fiber art from over two centuries of textile history.

Barb's, Norma's and Kate's artwork was brought to the attention of NBMAA by way of the Studio Art Quilt Associates' annual "Portfolio" book. 

SAQA-Portfolio20-cover_lgThe SAQA Portfolio contains full page color images of fiber art by SAQA's Juried Artist Members.

It is available for purchase through the SAQA online store.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

On Display NOW: FiberArt NorthEast at Etui Fiber Arts (Larchmont, NY)

Please stop by Etui Fiber Arts gallery to see SAQA CT artists Nike Cutsumpas, Barbara Drillick and Norma Schlager's work in a group show by FiberArt NorthEast (FANE).

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(Image: Access by N.Cutsumpas)

FANE is a group of 25 artists who meet monthly and exhibit once or twice a year as a group.  Their latest exhibition features architectural elements.

The show will be on display at Etui Fiber Arts in Larchmont from April 3 – 30, 2014.

Etui Fiber Arts 
2106 Boston Post Road
Larchmont, NY 10538

Shop Hours
Tuesday - Thursday  10-5
Friday - Saturday  10-4
Sunday - Monday  Closed

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