Sunday, August 22, 2010

SDA NY Member News August 22, 2010

STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR FIBER MEETING AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Moon.2010.BrushGallery,Lowell,Massachusetts.Silk&Bamboo.

“Under the Moon”, 2010, silk and bamboo weaving by Sarah Saulson, SU faculty member.

DATE: September 11, 2010

LOCATION: The Warehouse, Syracuse University

TIMES: 10 AM – 4 PM

Program includes a tour of SU fiber and surface design classrooms, MFA studios, presentations by SU fiber faculty and an opening reception for the faculty exhibition at the Warehouse Gallery, “Pliable Planes: Cloth and Beyond”

For more information and to register, please e-mail jeannerbeck@gmail.com

DEADLINE FOR RESERVATIONS IS AUGUST 30.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS 

Pat Hickman Curates Tapestry Exhibition

Exploring Woven Tapestry
Archie Brennan & Susan Martin Maffei

Location:  GAGA Arts Center, 55 W. Railroad Ave., Garnerville, NY 10923

Dates: September 10 - October 3

Opening Reception:
Friday, Sept. 10th 6 to 9 PM

Gallery Hours: Friday - 4 PM to 8 PM
Saturday - 2 PM to 6 PM
Sunday - 12 PM to 4 PM

Archie Brennan & Susan Martin Maffei are internationally-known tapestry artists who have been working in their chosen medium for a combination of more than 85 years! They have exhibited and taught in museums, universities, galleries and art centers around the World and have work in both public and private collections.

Textile Society of America Symposium and Silent Auction Opportunity

The Textile Society Symposium will be held October  in Lincoln, Nebraska October 6 –9, 2010.100805-PatHickman

“COLOR IT TWILL”- a tapestry by Lillian Elliott 1973

TSA Silent Auction

In conjunction with the Symposium, the Lillian Elliott Award Committee is conducting a silent auction for a beautiful, small tapestry woven by Lillian Elliott. The proceeds support the fund, from which an award is offered every two years to a promising artist working in the textile medium. The tapestry can be seen at the Tugboat Gallery during the exhibition  “Surrounded: Large and Small Work by Lillian Elliott Awardees”, October 1-29. This exhibition features awardees Frances Dorsey (1995), Marcie Miller Gross (1996) and Soonran Youn, (2002)

The successful bidder of the Silent Auction will be announced at the Textile Society of America Symposium banquet, Friday, October 8.

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