Have you made it to see the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists’ current exhibit, yet? For those of you in the Melbourne, FL area, there’s still time to do so. The show continues through August 30th at the Eau Gallie library. See these two previous posts for lots of images: One and Two. It’s really worth…
A View Within is an art quilt exhibit currently on display at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, in Melbourne, FL. It features the work of Paula Chung and Karen Rips. Paula likes to interpret MRIs and other medical images in her work. Karen has riffed off the same images and ideas but in her…
We’re very lucky to have the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts right here in Melbourne, FL. This is a state of the art facility which brings in extraordinary textile exhibits all throughout the year. Every summer they host an art quilt exhibit. Right now they have two: Radical Elements and A View Within. Radical Elements is a…
The public library in Eau Gallie, (Melbourne) FL has beautiful views of the Indian River, and now, beautiful views of art made by the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists. (She says unashamedly.) Here are some more photos of the exhibit. Pieces on this wall (starting top left and going clockwise) were make by Dij Pacarro, Susan…
It always takes longer than you expect when hanging a show. But, thanks to an efficient crew, the recent installation of our Dirty Dozen Fiber Arts show went very smoothly. Our exhibit is at the Eau Gallie library, in Melbourne, FL. It’s a nice building with a wall of windows looking out on palm trees…
You wouldn’t think that three galleries of “head shot” portraits would be that interesting. But, it really was. In the hands of painter Ray Turner, each person not only looks different, but in many cases, their personalities shine through. This grouping was on the main wall at the Foosaner Art Museum, in Melbourne, FL. Can…
The general population tends to translate the word quilt as “bedspread.” If you say you make art quilts they might think, “She’s mighty proud of her bedspreads!” This is the challenge of art quilters as we try to show our work and to educate the public about what we do. Thankfully, exhibits of art quilts (and other textiles)…
Rollins College, in Winter Park, FL has a beautiful campus on the edge of a lake, with huge oak trees. It also has Cornell Fine Arts Museum, which I visited for the first time recently. While looking for the museum, we ended up in an art building with a display of student work in the…
Art, food, good conversation, and interesting people make exhibit receptions some of my favorite events. Throw in discussion about the pieces on display by the people who made them and it gets even better! All of this will be happening on April 13th for an exhibit in Daytona Beach, FL, called “The Quilt as Art.” I’ll…
The prize winners at the Daytona Beach AQS quilt show were quite wonderful. These are some of my favorites. Claudia Pfeil’s Fern Rising won Best of Show and it was very well deserved. The shadows added to the fern shapes made it look extremely 3D. Plus, the use of sheer fabrics (for the spirals) and an…