During my trip last September to the UK we went to see the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry at Anchor Mill in Paisley, Scotland. Anchor Mill is now an exhibition space, but it’s the original building of the Anchor threads that we fiber artists know. This exhibition celebrates Scottish heritage and culture not just in Scotland but […]
Radical Elements Exhibition
I’ve received images of the Radical Elements Exhibition mounted at the National Academy of Sciences that I posted about previously. When one of my pieces is in a traveling exhibition it’s not often I have the opportunity to see my work and how it relates to the other selected pieces or to the exhibition space […]
Radical Elements Show at the Gallery of the National Academy of Sciences
The “Radical Elements” exhibition, organized by Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), begins a five month showing at the National Academy of Sciences located at 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Dates are May 20 – October 19, 2015, with hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. Admission is free. The exhibition features 40 artists […]
Fiber Lovers’ Tour
Last September I traveled to the United Kingdom on a Food and Fiber Lovers’ Tour organized by Kathy Brassill of Handcrafted Holidays. Our group of seven spent 17 days in Scotland and England on perhaps the best trip I have ever been on. Even though it’s now been months since the experience, it continues to […]
Art Gallery Tour 3
Yesterday was the third and final tour. We viewed work in three galleries, all exhibiting group shows. At the Adams and Ollman gallery, I found a piece called “Pulled Thin” by Austin Eddy the most interesting. At each gallery, instructor Amy Bay selects a piece to discuss in detail, and the Eddy piece happened to […]
Art Gallery Tour Week 2
Last weekend we viewed work by Nancy Lorenz in a show called “Polished Ground” at PDX Contemporary. The first thing I noticed when I entered the gallery was the reflection of metal on all four walls. But after my initial reaction, I was struck by the contrast between precious and utilitarian in her work. Backgrounds […]
Art Gallery Tours
For the past two weeks I’ve toured galleries in an area of Portland called the Pearl with painter, curator, and Portland Community College instructor, Amy Bay. Each week one artist has stood out for me. The first week it was Ben Buswell who has a show at the Upfor Gallery called No One Above or […]
Quilt Judging–Umpqua Valley Quilters
I spent Thursday, April 9th, judging for the Umpqua Valley Quilters Guild in Roseburg, Oregon. Shows often have special exhibits. Among them, I found one called Strands of Jewels fresh and unique, having never seen one like it before. Sixty members created pieces 6″ wide of similar lengths in any style they wished. The “strands” […]
