Fiber Artist
Pacific International Quilt Festival is coming to Santa Clara this month. They have new hours for the show dates of July 24 – 27, so check that here before you leave home. This international showcase is always worth the trouble of attendance. I am pleased that my quilt Eucalyptus II is part of an exhibit […]
Printed & Stitched, a collaborative exhibition developed through a partnership with the California Society of Printmakers and Studio Art Quilt Associates, is currently at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. A Gallery Walk/Artists Talk is scheduled for Friday, June 28, 2024 5:00 – 7:00 pm Please mark your calendar to enjoy the exhibit and […]
I drove to La Conner, WA last week. This small town with a population under 1,000 is situated in western Washington about one hour north of Seattle on the Swinomish Channel. It has a commanding view of Mount Baker, lovely restaurants and an excellent fiber arts museum. The building itself makes a visit worth your […]
I am particularly thrilled to share here that my art quilt Peaches has been accepted for Birds of a Fiber 2024 at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, WA. It’s not often that I see a call for entry where I can enter Peaches, and this one is all birds. […]
I have spent the last several months working with Holly Knott to refresh and repair my website. There were too many things not happening – for example, my blog posts were not being sent out to subscribers! – and I had no control over it. Well. That and other issues are solved and I have […]
I am thrilled to share that my work Eucalyptus has been selected for the juried regional exhibition Printed & Stitched. Eucalyptus uses three botanical prints of eucalyptus leaves on silk fabric pieced together with botanical-dyed cotton fabric. Each print is roughly 5” x 3”. Machine quilting and hand embroidery complete the design. The […]
I have been invited to participate in an all-Portland artist exhibit. All the works in this exhibit will be 12″ x 12″ or less including framing, hence the title Small Works Big Show. Five of my works will be on display and for sale. They include Broken Ginkgos V Sunflower Scrap III And three of […]
It is always an honor to have my work accepted for exhibit. Ginkgo Dust Up has been selected for Art Quilts 2, a Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) exhibit which will open at the California Heritage Museum Monday, June 14, in Santa Monica. Of 198 quilts entered by 85 artists just 57 quilts were selected […]
We are all growing accustomed to seeking out entertainment and cultural experiences in the new virtual format. Museums, movie houses, music organizations and more, are doing their best to reach out and engage the public. Well, here’s another opportunity to view a stunning exhibit of art quilts: Stitching California: Fiber Artists Interpret the State’s People, […]
There are still a few days left to take advantage of viewing the art quilt exhibit at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. In fact, there are two exhibits running simultaneously, so that’s twice the reason to make the trip. Art Quilts, an international juried exhibit, is featured in Gallery III and How Did They Do […]
The Sebastopol Center for the Arts will have an international juried exhibition titled Art Quilts running from January 10 – Febraury 16, 2020. The North Bay Local Connection of SAQA will be exhibiting innovative 12-inch square artworks in its exhibit titled How Did They Do That? to run from January 20 – February 16,2020. The […]
I am thrilled to share that my work Woodwardia Wonder has been accepted into Stitching California: Fiber Artists Interpret the State’s People, Life and Land, a regional exhibit of SAQA Northern California and Northern Nevada. Jurors selected 41 pieces out of 78 submissions for this exhibit which will open at Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah […]
I am very pleased to share that Woodwardia Wonder will be part of Intertwined [fiber from one extreme to the other] opening July 21, 2018 at the Healdsburg Center for the Arts in Healdsburg, California. Woodwardia Wonder features a heliographic mono print of a single Woodwardia fern frond and it measures 60″ x 24″. The […]
I am very pleased to share that I was contacted by the Brigham City Museum of Art and History regarding participation in their International Quilt Invitational 2018. The piece that they are specifically interested in is Fall Ginkgos. Click on the image for a larger view. Detail This exhibit will have work from quite a […]
Publicity about fiber art exhibits is always nice. I mentioned earlier publicity the exhibit received here. Machine Quilting Unlimited magazine devoted six pages in their May/June 2018 issue to feature Art Quilts: Works by Members of SAQA California & Nevada regions. Click on image for a larger view. I was thrilled that they chose one […]
Edward Goldman on KCRW’s Art Talk shared information on three current exhibitions in Southern California — one is the Art Quilts exhibit at the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica. I have two pieces in this exhibit and, though he does not picture either of them, I encourage you to check out his short broadcast. […]
I recently made a trip to Coos Bay to attend the artist reception for the opening of two High Fiber Diet exhibits at the Coos Art Museum. My piece, Forget Me Not, Collaboration with Grandma, was part of the It Isn’t Easy Being Green show which hung next to the Heat Wave exhibit in the […]
I’m thrilled to announce that a new venue has been secured for the exhibit “It Isn’t Easy Being Green” which features my work Forget Me Not: Collaboration with Grandma. Click on image for larger view. December 15, 2017 – February 11, 2018 Coos Art Museum 235 Anderson Avenue Coos Bay, OR 97420 Artist Reception: December […]
I am pleased to say that my work will be among a group of artists showing small works of art, all for sale, at Creative Framing & Gallery in Oakland, CA. All works will be 12″ or less on any side. All media will be represented. My works will include 14 fabric postcards, each mounted […]
I am thrilled to announce that two of my works have been accepted for Art Quilts, a juried exhibit of the California and Nevada regions of Studio Art Quilt Associates. The call for this exhibit simply stated that “Art Quilts…seeks to display outstanding contemporary textiles created by SAQA regional members from both the Southern CA/Southern […]
I always feel that gaining entry to a judged and juried exhibit is a reward in itself. So I could not be more happy about having three entries accepted for Best of the Valley 2017 and having all three come home with a ribbon. BOTV 2017 was held in Lindsay, CA, April 7-9. Click on […]
I’m pleased to say that my three entries for the Best of the Valley exhibit have been accepted. Broken Tulips (click on an image for a larger view) Going in Circles and Precious Metals II will be on display April 7 – 9, 2017 McDermont Field House 365 North Sweet Brier Lindsay, CA 93247 See this […]
I have three pieces of art in 200 for under $200, the November juried exhibit at Oregon Society of Artists. All of the art in this exhibit will be on 12″ x 12″ pine cradle boards. I have mounted three of my fabric postcards, each already mounted on archival mat board, onto the cradle boards. […]
I recently learned that my work Forget Me Not: Collaboration with Grandma has been accepted into the High Fiber Diet exhibit It’s Not Easy Being Green. Three jurors selected 31 fiber creations, each including at least 25% recycled, repurposed or organic materials while expressing a struggle, whether personal or universal. (Click on image for a […]
Two of my works have been juried into a guest show titled “minimal – just enough” at Art on Broadway Gallery. The gallery is located in the heart of historic downtown Beaverton and specializes in original fine art by award-winning local artists. The call stated in part: “This show can apply to just about any […]
I’ve just learned that three of my entries for the Columbia FiberArts Guild exhibit Fabrications have been accepted. The jurors had 70 submissions to consider and 37 were selected. This is the first exhibit I’ve entered since my move to Portland last summer. The call for this exhibit stated simply: We are looking for creative, […]
I have the good fortune to have my work hung with two other artists, a ceramicist and a painter, for a group show entitled Broken Color. You’ll be treated to ceramics by Bobbie Altman and paintings by Heather Robinson. Broken Color Group Show will be on view September 1st – October 31st, 2015 Creative […]
I’m very happy to say that Broken Ginkgos III has been accepted for Fresh Works V at the Harrington Gallery. The juror for this exhibit was Philip Linhares, former Chief Curator at the Oakland Museum of California and Director of the Mills College Art Gallery (my alma mater). Entries from all forms of art […]
The three entries I submitted have been accepted for the Best of the Valley exhibit April 10-12 in Lindsay, California. Two of the pieces are recently completed art quilts — Ginkgos in the Round (click on image for larger view) and Hand of the Artist The third art quilt accepted is Oakleaf Hydrangea II The […]
I attended the artist reception at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton last night. It was the opening day for exhibits including the California Watercolor Association — 75 artists had work hung — photo montage and collage artist, Deborah Griffin, and me. Click on image for larger view. Yes, the center is a former firehouse, […]
