SDA NY Member News May 22, 2011

EXHIBITION NEWS

Parallax / Views of Contemporary Quilt Artists Opens June 3, 2011 in Rochester

Judith Plotner, Soul of an Iris III

Parallax / Views of Contemporary Quilt Artists
Kunstler Gallery, Booksmart Studio
May 31 – June 25, 2011
250 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607

Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday 9 AM - 6 PM, Sat 10 AM - 4 PM

Opening Reception: Friday, June 3, 6 - 9 PM
BOOKSMART STUDIO
250 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY
Information: 585 598-9322
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday 9 AM - 6 PM, Sat 10 AM - 4 PM

Nineteen fiber artists embrace the concept of parallax view, where an
object or idea is seen from two different perspectives. From Kathleen
Loomis representation of two sides of the American Civil War, to Dorothy
Caldwell’s “An Island/A Pond,” where dichotomic views of Lake Ontario
serve as the imagery, this exhibition proves that textile art is a
compelling, complex and expressive medium. Many works have never been
shown, and were specifically created for this exhibit, organized by
contributing artist Pat Pauly.

Featured in this exhibition are artist Pamela Allen, Sandy Donabed,
Priscilla Kibbee, Bev Kondolf, Paula Kavorik, Jeanne Simpson, as well as
Surface Design Association members Nelda Warkentin, Terry
Jarrard-Dimond, Dominie Nash, Jette Clover, Judith Plotner, Kathleen
Loomis,  Dorothy Caldwell, Sylvia Einstein,  Jeannette DeNicolas Meyer,
Shelly Brenner Baird, Marcia DeCamp, Linda Bachman,  Pat Pauly.

Visit Valley Fiber Life for an article on the exhibition.
http://www.valleyfiberlife.com/imported-data/curating-fiber-greats.html

This exhibition runs concurrently with FiberArt International 2011 at the
Memorial Art Gallery, in Rochester, New York and the gallery is just
across the street from Parallax / Views of Contemporary Quilt Artists.

http://mag.rochester.edu/exhibitions/fiber-in-rochester/

Jeanne Raffer Beck

Off the Page: Reinventing Alphabets, Solo Exhibition,Opens May 24

Jeanne Raffer Beck, Writing in Air, 24 x 48, 2011.

Arts & Cultural Council Gallery, 277 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607

Dates: May 24- June 16, 2011

Reception: Friday, June 3, 5:00 – 9:00 PM

Judith Plotner

Judith’s piece, SOUL OF AN IRIS I, will be included in Quilt National '11
from May 27- September 5. The show will then travel for two years. The opening reception weekend will be May 27-29 at the Dairy Barn in Athens, Ohio.

Sharon Bottle Souva

Sharon Bottle Souva, Imbricate Seasons

Sharon’s “Imbricate Seasons” has been accepted into the juried exhibition, THE ArT-QuILT ExPERIENCE

Dates: June 12 - July 31
Sunday, June 12 - Opening Receptions: Exhibition
3:00pm-5:00pm, John and Virginia Winner Memorial Art Gallery
4:30pm-6:30pm, Cazenovia College's Art Gallery in Reisman Hall.

An International Juried Exhibition
Jonathan Holstein, lead juror; Eugenia Barnes; Ann Clarke

The Cazenovia Public Library and the nearby New Woodstock Public Library will also be showing quilts in connection with the main exhibition. In addition, Cazenovia's Library will have several other quilt-related exhibitions, and Lorenzo mansion, a State historic site in Cazenovia, will feature an exhibition of American whitework bedspreads.

OTHER NEWS

SDA Grant Winner Laurie Wohl

Congratulations to Laurie Wohl , who has been awarded an SDA Personal Development Grant. As part of her grant proposal, Laurie wrote:

" I plan to create and to exhibit, in interfaith venues, a distinctive body of Unweavings®. These fiber art pieces – using unwoven canvas, textured papers, and other materials as a foundation – will serve as my medium for integrating visual and tactile elements with texts of interwoven Muslim and Jewish spiritual and secular poetry, using Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy. The calligraphy and my own iconography – raised from the surface of the textile - will serve as both conveyors of meaning and part of the abstract patterning of each piece. In addition to combining Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy, this new body of work will also reference, in form and materials, the iconography of the veil."

For more information about obtaining a personal development grant as an SDA member, please visit the SDA website.