Blue World/Green World an FAC exhibit

Greetings All, 
March 3 - 28, 2014
 Reception March 8 from 1-3
Gallery Walk March 12 at 2
Peoria Public Library
107 NE. Monroe, Peoria, IL 61602

Blue World/Green World includes 34 pieces by 16 of our members. Works for this exhibit range from representational to impressionistic to abstract. They are all references to the natural world, exploring the real world of sea, sky, field and trees as well as the metaphorical world, the limitless possibilities and the wonders of the here and now. This exhibit promotes serenity and groundedness. Members of the Fiber Artists Coalition employ a variety of innovative materials and techniques in the creation of quilt art with a distinctively contemporary edge. 

P.I.E.C.E.S. - Trish Willliams

107 NE Monroe
Peoria, IL 61602
http://www.peoriapubliclibrary.org/

F.A.C. Blue World/Green World @ the Textile Center

Greetings All,

F.A.C. Blue World/Green World opens at the Textile Center, 3000 University Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414, Phone: 612-436-0464  My pieces Save Darfur-II (above) and Soaring @ Twilight (below) are a part of this exhibit and if you are in the area we would love it if you stop by.

Blue World Green World opens May 17. (The Joan Mondale Gallery is closed for installation May 6-17).

This exhibition was organized by the Fiber Artists Coalition. Fiber Artists Coalition is a group of Midwestern textile artists all of whom are professional members of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) . We have joined together to promote the art quilt by bringing this exciting art form to the public through traveling art exhibits.

Participating Artists: Pat Bishop
Kathie Briggs
Shelley Brucar
Jennifer Conrad
Cheryl D. Ferrin
Clairan Ferrono
Linda Witte Henke
Kasia
Peg Keeney
Pat Kroth
Casey Puetz
Gwyned Trefethen
Laura Wasilowski
Maggie Weiss
Trish Williams

Join us for the opening reception Friday May 17, 6-8 pm. Free and open to the public.

 

Our society has a complex relationship to nature. Blue World/Green World, a diverse exhibition of vibrant art quilts, explores this connection. Through multifaceted work that crosses the boundaries of the representative, to the impressionistic, to the abstract - this show reveals the beauty and pathos of our association to the contemporary natural world.

Forms & Fabrics an exhibit.

Greetings All,

An exhibition of visual artists Mary O'Shaughnessy and Trish Williams employ traditional "women's things" to challenge stereotypes women face; O'Shaughnessy through sculpture, Williams through traditional craft.

Artist Reception and Gallery Talk:
March 19, 2013, 12:30 - 3:00 P.M.

Curator: Prof. Joyce Owens Anderson

Chicago State University President's Gallery
9501 S. King Drive
Cook Administration Bldg., 3rd Floor
www.csu.edu

(773)955-3905

Gallery hours:

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (M -F)

Free and open to the public.

Parking on campus is $5.00

CIS-Nature Exhibit

Celebrates Women’s History Month

River Forest, Illinois, February 7, 2013 – Concordia University Chicago invites the public to celebrate Women’s History Month through an eclectic art exhibit featuring the Fiber Artists Coalition, from February 24 through March 17, at Concordia University Chicago. An artists’ reception will be held on, Sunday, March 23, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Artists works included in this exhibit are: Pat Bishop, Kathie Briggs, Shelley Brucar, Jennifer Conrad,Cheryl Ferrin, Clairan Ferrono, Linda Henke, Kasia, Peg Keeney, Casey Puetz, Laura Wasilowski, Maggie Weiss, and Trish Williams.


The Ferguson Art Gallery is located in Kretzmann Hall at Concordia University Chicago, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call 708-209-3013 or visit www.cuchicago.edu/the_arts/visual_art/ferguson_gallery

Members' Meeting/Workshop

Greetings All,
There will be an August 25th Members' Meeting & Workshop. Please join us August 25th for an exciting meeting, studio tour, and workshop at Stephanie Nordlin's beautiful lakefront house in Poplar Grove, IL.

Workshop description: We will work on transfer dyeing silk scarves. A kit is $10, OR bring your own materials: white silk scarf, muslin 2" wider than scarf and 4" longer, 8 silk ties (will get cut up), scissors, and curling ribbon any color.

Logistics: We will have potluck lunch at Noon, then a meeting, studio tour, and start the workshop at 1:30.

Please RSVP by August 20th to Barbara (BJSCO@comcast.net) , we need to let Stephanie know how many people will be attending the workshop. Workshop limited to 18.

Even if you can't do the workshop, feel free to come for the meeting and tour.

Driving Directions: From Chicago take I-90 to Genoa Rd exit at Belvidere. Turn right at light and go to Rt 76 (at the fairgrounds). Turn right and go to Candlewick Lake entrance on left. Stop at gate and give name and my address, 1672 Candlewick Dr. Go to next stop sign and turn left onto Candlewick Dr. Go 1.5 miles to blue house on lake. We have a STRICT 25mph SPEED LIMIT and FULL STOP at signs.

From the north exit I-90 at Rt 173 and go east to Rt 76, turn right and go to lake entrance on right. Follow above instructions to house.

Call Stephanie's cell 815-621-0641


SDA MEMBER'S EXHIBITION:
Blind Eye: The Result of Doing Nothing, the first ever Midwest SDA members' exhibition.Which will be anofficial part of Chicago Artist Month, including an artists talk on October 20th.

Exhibition Concept: Too often we see tragic situations that result from the lack of action. This exhibition hopes to explore the destructive results of ignoring a situation, including people's ignorance to thinking everything will be ok when they choose to not get involved in making the world a better place. This includes small everyday actions to the grand and global.
Pieces will be 15" x 15" and must be able to hang on a wall

Due in early September 2012

Check out IL SDA blog for full prospectus
Exhibition will be at The HumanThread Gallery in Pilsen in October

Open to all Midwest Surface Design Association members and Jeannette Thompson has asked that SAQA members be included in this exhibit. So let's work hard to get our peices done. It should be an interesting and thought provoking exhibit!

We Too Are Chicago Exhibit

Greetings All,
I would like to invite you to an exhibition at the "Human Thread Center Gallery". This is a two person show that features works by Ramona Dallum Lindsey and Trish Williams. The exhibit will run from July 9 - August3, 2012. This exhibit was inspired by FAC's Blackbirds and a poem written by Ramona Dallum Lindsey. We hope that you can attend.

Artists reception:
July 13, 2012
6pm to 10 pm
645 W. 18th Street
Chicago, IL 60616

(We Are Chicago 2 by Trish Williams)

Weaver’s World                                     
Robots: Drawings and Mixed Media                   
June 8- July 14, 2012                                                                   
Opening Friday, June 8, 6-9:30 PM

Weaver’s World/ Robots: Drawings and Mixed Media

Soft robots comment on hard questions about humans’ use of technology. Papier-mâché interactive robots, bronze robots in embroidered boxes, and larger than life two-dimensional airbrushed cyborgs combine lush fabrics and vivid airbrushed colors.
“Kathy Weaver makes palatable harsh social issues such as war, discrimination, ecology, and technological displacement,”commented Steve Jones, director of the Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County.

Weaver is interested in robotics and it’s influence on our medical and military communities. She draws prototype robots developed in the Robotics Department at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the patients who are pioneers in using them. Sandro Mussa-Invaldi, director of the lab states, Kathy Weaver came as a quiet guest and acute observer of our research laboratories. (Her) drawings are a positive reminder of the long way that is ahead of us…”.

About the artist:
Kathy Weaver was awarded an Illinois State Artists project grant for Weaver’s World. She has recently exhibited in Crossing Lines, World Financial Center, New York, and Stitched Together, Art and Science, at Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois. Her works are in the collection of The Museum of Art and Design in New York, College of Lake County and private collections. Zia Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois, represents her work.
Kathy Weaver currently lives and maintains a studio in Highland Park, Illinois.

Location: The Art Center                                         Hours: Mon-Sat., 9:00am-4:30pm.
1957 Sheridan Road                                                  p.(847) 432-1888
Highland Park, Illinois                                                  f. (847) 432-9106
info@theartcenterhp.org
http://www.theartcenterhp.org/

Best,
Kathy

kathy@kweaverarts.com
www.kweaverarts.com

Dispatch from the Future-Kathy Weaver

Greetings All,
On Sunday afternoon I went to the artist reception and gallery talk of Kathy Weaver, "Dispatch from the Future" at the Kreztmann Art Gallery, Concordia University, River Forest, IL. Enjoy.

Innovations in Textiles

Hello. I want to share with you about a series of textile events coming up soon. Innovations in Textiles is a biennial textile event held in the St. Louis metro area which includes Alton and Edwardsville in Illinois. "Innovations '11 events run from late August to October and feature contemporary fiber art at more than eighteen venues - from St. Charles, MO to Edwardsville, IL. It will showcase what’s new in contemporary fiber art. This collaboration of galleries, non-profits and private arts organizations will feature displays of textile arts, plus lectures, fiber workshops and other programs. It is not to be missed!
Innovations 2011 will focus on a wide range of materials and techniques: soft yarns woven into
tapestries, shaped and dyed shibori wearables, paper stitched with horse hair, fusions of glass
and fiber, sculpture, collage, quilts whose colors rival the palettes of the Old Masters and more."

September 17 - Keynote Speaker: Marci Rae McDade, Former Editor of Fiberarts Magazine, followed by the bus tour, which includes lunch, to the following galleries for artist/curator talks: Missouri History Museum, Third Degree Glass, Duane Reed Gallery, Craft Alliance University City and Grand Center, The Sheldon Art Galleries, Art Saint Louis, Gya Gallery, Norton’s Fine Art Framing & Gallery, Saint Louis Artists’ Guild, University City Library Gallery, and the Regional Arts Commission Gallery.

October 10 - Outlying Bus Tour (including lunch) to: Regional Arts Commission Gallery, Maryville University/MoFA Show, Chesterfield Arts, Crossroads Art Studios, Foundry Art Centre, Florissant Valley, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL, and the Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: http://innovationsintextiles.wordpress.com/

Participating organizations include:
• Art St. Louis: Fiber Focus 2011: Sept. 6- Oct. 13, 2011; 555 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO.
Opening Reception & Awards: Friday September 16, 2011
• Craft Alliance (The Delmar Loop Gallery): Nnenna Okore: Aug. 26 – Oct. 30, 2011; 6640 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO; Phone: 314-725-1177; www.craftalliance.org Opening concurrently in the Charak Gallery: Jim Hay.
• Craft Alliance (Gallery, in the Kranzberg Arts Center in Grand Center): Guerra De La Paz: Sept.16, 2011 - January 2012 (TBA); 501 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO. Phone: 314-534-7528,
www.craftalliance.org
• The Foundry Art Centre: Quilt National 2011: The 17th Biennial International Juried Traveling Exhibition, 100 Clark Street, St. Charles, MO. Phone: 636-255-0270
• The Gallery at University City Library: It Figures: Two person show with Deann Rubin and Betty Shew. Medium: Handwoven tapestry and molded paper, September 2011. Contact: Lexine,lexine@ucpl.lib.mo.us or Deann, deannrubin@yahoo.com
• Gya Gallery: Yeyo Arts Collective, 2700 Locust, St. Louis, MO; yeyoarts@gmail.com
• Jacoby Arts Center: Reaping and Sewing (Collaboration). Artists: Erin Cork, Nina Ganci, Laura Strand, Jo Stealey, Erin Vigneau Dimick and Patricia Vivod, curator. August 26-Oct 2, 2011; Opening Reception: Aug. 26th 5-8 pm; 627 East Broadway, Alton, IL; Phone: 618-462-5222.
• Missouri Fiber Artists (MoFA): Speaking of Fibers: Morton J. May Foundation Gallery, Sept. 28 - Oct. 31, 2011; Reception on Oct 6th; Maryville University, 650 Maryville University Drive, St. Louis, MO. www.maryville.edu, www.missourifiberartists.com
• Missouri History Museum: Woven in Time: Sept. 12, 2011 - Aug. 12, 2012. Woven in Time
commemorates the 85th anniversary of the St. Louis Weavers’ Guild. The exhibit will feature pieces by early chapter members and new works by current members; 5700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO
• Norton’s Fine Art & Framing: No Limitations: A Mixed Media Fiber Show, Sep 16 - Oct 15, 2011, Artist: Suzanne Galli Koenen. 2025 S. Big Bend Blvd, ST. Louis, MO
• St. Louis Artists’ Guild: Hecho a Mano: Illustrations on Life: Sept. 4 – Oct. 28, 2011, Two Oak Knoll Park St. Louis, MO; Phone: 314-727-6266
• Third Degree Glass Factory: Reflections: ArtFiber Saint Louis, An Exhibit of Art Quilts, Sculptural Works and Stitched Constructions; Sept. 16 – Oct. 18, 2011, 5200 Delmar Blvd., (between Union and Kingshighway) St. Louis, MO Phone: 314-367-4527, www.stlglass.com
• Women’s Caucus for the Art: Beyond the Stitch, Sept. 8 - Oct. 6, 2011; Reception on Sept. 9th; Crossroads Art Gallery and Studios, 501 N. Kingshighway, St. Charles, MO
• Additional Venues with shows: Chesterfield Arts, Duane Reed Gallery, Main Street Gallery in Edwardsville, IL, Regional Arts Commission (RAC), SLCC-Florissant Valley Art Gallery, and The Sheldon Art Galleries.

Welcome Jeanette Thompson As Our New Illinois State Rep For the SDA!

I would like to introduce to you the new SDA Illinois State Representative; Jeanette Thompson. I sat down with Jeanette last week to do a mini-interview so I could write an informative blog entry. Jeanette is a Chicago based fiber artist and art educator. She has an AAS in Fine Art from FIT, a BFA in Theater Design from SUNY New Paltz, and a MA from NYU in Educational Theater. She works primarily creating art quilts and teaching Art & Technology at a Chicago High School. She moved to Chicago from New York about 7 years ago and became a Surface Design Association member approximately 4 months ago. She has been and is presently involved with SAQA and the Illinois Art Educators Association. Jeanette attended her first SDA conference back in June with a scholarship from the SDA for educators. She told me she was amazed and blown away by the breath and depth of art embraced and conveyed at the conference. She also told me that not only did she really enjoy the conference but she really enjoyed how enthusiastic, open, and friendly everyone was. So, when the job for a SDA Illinois representative opened up she jumped at it. Jeanette has been involved in a number of Art Quilt Shows and helped coordinate the exhibition "The Unspoken Truth About Color: A Dialogue in Art Quilts About Racism" by the Fiber Artists for Hope. You can read and see more about the exhibition Here.

Jeanette says her top goals for the Illinois chapter of the SDA are:
1. To get Artists together and facilitate communication and the building of relationships
2. To Have at least 4 quarterly meetings per year in various locales (to be held in January, March, June, and September).
3. To plan a few group excursions to various fiber and textile shows/events (i.e. Fiber Focus 2011 in St. Louis)
4. To look into getting an exhibit of Illinois SDA member art together.
You can find out more about Jeanette by taking a look at her blog here.

Below you will find a couple examples of Jeanette's work. Welcome Jeanette!


("A Quiet Place" by Jeanette Thompson)




("Staying in the Light" and "Keeping Balance" by Jeanette Thompson)

Some Coming Up Art Fairs To Visit

Hi!
I hope everyone reading this post enjoyed their spring. Today is the first day of summer and to celebrate I thought I would post links to a few Art & Craft Fairs coming up as well as a link to an art exhibition (and reception) for two very fine ladies who have both taught for the LillStreet Art Center (Akemi Nakano Cohn & Lindsay Obermeyer). First, here are the links for the coming up Art & Craft Shows:

http://www.randolphstreetmarket.com/

http://www.amdurproductions.com/f-goldcoast-public.html

http://www.chicagobotanic.org/artfestival/index.php

(sorry you will have to copy and paste links since I can't get blogger to link directly)


And, here is the information for the "Creation and Co-Existence: The Respectful Interdependence of All That Is" exhibit.

(click on photo to see larger image)

I hope all of you have a great summer!

New Fiber Exhibit at the Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago Running Till June 18th 2011

Hi!
I thought those reading this blog who are in the Chicago area would like to check out this fiber/embroidery show called 'Red Sky at Night' featuring the works of Rebecca Ringquist. Rebecca works with vintage embroidered items of which she cuts up, pieces together, and machine and hand embroiders over. Her work has a lot of texture and depth. I highly recommend seeing it if you are in the area. Information is as follows:

Merge & Flow Bee Accepted into SDA Show

Merge & Flow Bee, has been accepted into the SDA Conference Show, Merge and Flow. Darcy Berg

Here is an event that some of you may be interested in.

One Cause, One Wednesday, One Hundred Collages

One Cause: ­ The Fight Against Cancer.

One Wednesday: ­ February 16, 2011.

One Hundred Collages ­ All using fiber and created for this event by an
all-star team of artists: Natalya Aikens, Pamela Allen, Laura Ann Beehler,
Liz Berg, Pokey Bolton, Laura Cater-Woods, Jette Clover, Jane Davila, Jane
Dunnewold, Jamie Fingal, Gloria Hansen, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Lyric Kinard,
Jeanelle McCall, Linda Teddlie Minton, Karen Stiehl Osborn, BJ Parady, Judy
Perez, Wen Redmond, Cynthia St. Charles, Virginia A. Spiegel

The goal: ­ Raise $8,000 for the American Cancer Society in just one day.

More details and a preview of artwork:
http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/ONEFundraiserPreview.html

Fiberart For A Cause has already donated over $205,000 to the American
Cancer Society through the generosity of fiber artists and their patrons.