Sunday, November 7, 2010

SDA NY Member News November 7, 2010

 

CALL FOR ENTRIES

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD -- EXCITING NEW EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY FOR SDA MEMBERS

Northeast Regional Juried Contemporary Fiber Exhibition

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The Surface Design Association is partnering with Rochester Contemporary Art Center to present a contemporary fiber exhibition in Rochester, NY. April 1 – May 9, 2011.

The timing will create a spotlight on fiber in the entire region because the SDA exhibition will overlap the touring FiberArt International exhibition at Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery May 1 – July 3, 2011.

Entries may include or combine surface design, mixed media, felting, quilting, hand embroidery, knotting, weaving, knitting and crochet, fiber sculpture, basketry and/or handcrafted paper.

Who May Enter: Open to artists living in New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Entry Deadline: January, 17, 2011.

For more information, please download the full prospectus.

EXHIBITION NEWS

Natayla Aikens

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 The Gallery on 3 presents works by Natalya Aikens and Ekaterina Piskareva.

Dates: November 1st through 30th, 2010

Artist Reception: Sunday, November 14th from 1 – 5 PM

Location: Mahopac Public Library, 668 Route 6, Mahopac, NY

Natalya Aikens and Ekaterina Piskareva, both artists of Russian heritage, are exhibiting their paintings, textile and mixed media collages, and drawings together.

Natalya’s art is an exploration of her heritage. St. Petersburg, her birth city, inspires her with its elegance, grace and grittiness, and Russian decorative traditions infuse her work with their fanciful spirit. Her current work focuses on her fascination with sheer, translucent effects and creative recycling. Adding intense hand stitching and free hand machine embroidery further enhances her work.

Jappie King Black

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Jappie King Black, Large Lace Weave Fragment, bronze lost wax casting, blue patina, approx. 12" diameter x 6"high  

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Jappie King Black, Color Study with Bronze Baskets, cotton, over paper rush, bronze lost wax casting, approx. 3" diameter x 1" high.

Jappie, an assistant professor of fine art at Kean University in Union, NJ, has baskets, bronzes and an installation in the Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, November 1 – December 17, 2010 in the James Howe Gallery at Kean University, Union, NJ.  Artists’ reception to be announced.

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