SDA Member News September 27, 2009

Cornell University College of Human Ecology Student Exhibition

The Mann Library at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY is currently displaying the Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholars' Fiber Arts & Wearable Arts Exhibition, which  runs through October 17th. 
Gallery Hours:
Mon through Thurs 8am to midnight.  Friday 8am to 6pm.  Saturday Noon 6pm.  Sunday 10am to midnight.

Patricia Hickman

Eye Chart by Patricia Hickman

Pat Hickman is exhibiting art work in an invitational group show entitled “Designing Women” at the Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY, Sept. 12-Oct. 24. She is part of an invitational exhibition, “Knitted, Knotted, Netted” at the Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, Oct. 11, 2009-Jan. 24, 2010. Other artists in that group exhibition, funded by the Coby Foundation, Ltd., include Karen Ciaramella, Abigail Doan, Kazue Honma, Ed Bing Lee, Norma Minkowitz, Ruth Marshall, Leslie Pontz, Ann Coddington Rast, Hisako Sekijima, Noriko Takamiya, and Carol Westfall.

Pat will teach a workshop, “OPENINGS: Knotted and Knotless Netting” at the Hunterdon on Nov. 15.

She is also participating in “Garnerworld”, Oct. 16-Nov. 15, an exhibition celebrating the history of the Garnerville Arts and Industrial Center, an old calico factory built in 1838, where she has her studio.

“Through the Eyes”, her solo exhibition, will be at the Phoenix Gallery, NY, Nov. 4-28, 2009.

Patricia Spillane, Barbara Vanseloe, Kris G. Moss, Diane Evans and Joanna Monroe Exhibiting in ARTTA show

As part of the Hyde Museum's "A Season of Degas", the Adirondack Regional Textile Artists' Alliance (ARTAA), has just opened a show at Kris and Joanna’s shared studio in the Shirt Factory, 21 Cooper Street in Glens Falls, NY.  All the work in this exhibition is inspired by Degas' "Dancer with Red Stockings", a piece from the Hyde collection.

This show will be up through October 18: Wed - Sat, 10 - 4, and Sun, !2 - 4. More info is available from the Hyde Museum. Participating SDA members are Patricia Spillane, Barbara Vanseloe and Joanna Monroe.

 

"Grace", 25.5" W x 15" H. Acrylic painted image on satin, commercial cottons, machine quilted using cotton & metallic threads.

 

Deux Danseuses: Hommage a Edgar Degas, by Diane Evans.

Rouge et Noir, by Joanna Monroe

Ballerina I, by Barbara Vanseloe

Marilyn Henrion

 

Disturbances 7 by Marilyn Henrion

In conjunction with their major quilt exhibition, “Full Spectrum: Quilts & The Textile Arts”, Binghamton University Art Museum presents internationally recognized quilt artist, Marilyn Henrion, giving a trunk show-lecture chronicling over 30 years of her life and work. Date and Time: October 10, 3-5 PM. Admission: $5. For further information, contact Jack Braunstein, (607) 777-2911.

SDA Member News September 13, 2009

Suzanne Punch


Liberty House display window featuring work by Suzanne Punch

This month, Suzanne Punch will be featured in articles in both the SDA Newsletter and in the Silkworm, an international journal for silk painters.

Both articles focus on the relationship between Suzanne and Liberty House, a boutique in Manhattan near Columbia University. This store shows both fine art and hand-painted wearables by Suzanne. Often there is one of her large silk paintings in the window, along with BoHo clothing, local artisan-made jewelry, African carvings, folk art furniture and hand-woven rugs.

Mary Hertert is the author of a monthly column in the SDA Newletter. This month’s article is “Business Bites: Marketing- Two Artists’ Perspective”.

She interviews Nelda Warkentin and Suzanne Punch about how they are getting through this economic downturn. Liberty House integrates fine art with the every day life of the store, for the enrichment of all.

Betty Vera

Four of Betty’s Jacquard weavings will be exhibited in “Environs,” a group show at the Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon, October 2–30, 2009. Opening reception will be Friday, October 2, 6-8 PM. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 11AM - 4PM.

Nest by Betty Vera

“Nest,” Jacquard tapesty, 47 x 46 inches, cotton, 2008, shown on this image, is one of the pieces that Betty will have in the exhibit. Further details of the exhibition are available at www.eou.edu/art.

Kathy Velis Turan

Day Becomes Electric, K. Velis Turan

KATHY VELIS TURAN solo show
September 2nd- September 27th, 2009
Opening: Sunday, September 13th -
2-4pm
Wellington’s Herbs &Spices
649 Rickard Hill Road • Schoharie, NY 12157
518-295-7366 —
Gallery Hours:
Wed-Sat—10am-4pm , Sun—11:30am-4pm
For more information please
contact Kathy Velis Turan
@ 518-731-8615 or
kvelisturan@hotmail.com

Jeanne Raffer Beck

List, Jeanne Raffer Beck, 30” x 30” framed

Three of Jeanne’s pieces will be part of the Empire State College 4th annual art exhibition September 14-30, 2009

Location: Lower Link Gallery, Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 115 South Ave., Rochester, NY. 14604

Reception: October 1, 2009, 5:30 PM Artist Reception, 6:00 PM Discussion with the Artists

Barbara Hillery Van Elsen

Teaching New Class September 26 – FreeForm Knitting and Crochet

"Swirls, Twirls and Spirals", is a three-hour knitting and crochet class that can be used as an introduction to freeform. You’ll learn patterns and routines that will enable you to play with the colors and textures of different types of yarn and learn how to combine them.

Date: September 26 in the afternoon in Plainview, NY. People can email anjanette.s.cooper@hofstra.edu for a copy of the registration form and more information.

There is also a gallery of some of the class models that can be seen here: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/7189493

SDA Member News August 30, 2009

EXHIBITIONS

Jeanne Beck

Jeanne Raffer Beck’s “Parables” is on display at the Ohio Craft Museum’s “Conversations in Fabric”, an exhibition of 30 contemporary quilts that incorporate text, word or language references.

Parables, 42” x 48”, 2008, silk broadcloth, screenprinted, machine and hand stitching.

Barbara Murak

Memories III, 151/4” x 25.5”, monoprint, machine quilted

Barbara Murak’s “Memories II” and “Memories III” monoprint quilts have been accepted into the Art in Craft Media 2009 exhibit at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, running from Sept. 12- January 3, 2010. 

Barbara will also be in the Invitational Exhibit for those artists who have been accepted to 4 or more shows (this is her 6th), that are judged by curators from U.S. Art Museums.

Gordana Vukovic

"MARK-Makers"
Nine artists, all New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) MARK Program 2008 Award Recipients, display nine ways of making their marks in oil, sculpture, textile, mezzotint, mixed media, installation, and video.  Participating  artists: Julie Casper Roth, Brendan Cohan, Katarina Holbrook, Gail Kort, Mara Lefebvre, Ingrid Ludt, Rebekah Rice, Denise Saint-Onge, and Gordana Vukovic

Where: The Arts Center of the Capital Region, President's Gallery, Troy
When: From September 19 through October 16, 2009
PRICE: Free
PHONE: 273-0552
Opening Reception: 5-9pm, September 25, 2009
Gallery Talk: 1:30pm, September 27, 2009

PUBLICATION

Sharon Bottle Souva

The Syracuse Cultural Workers have chosen Sharon’s "Above The Falls" for their 2010 Poster Calendar. It can be purchased through www.syracuseculturalworkers.com
They also have a Woman Artist Datebook available where another of her quilts "Autumn Reflections" was selected for 2010.

FOR SALE

For Sale:
Panasonic Wide Carriage Dot Matrix Printer KX-P2624,
with desktop stand, parallel cable, and documentation.
Worked fine when last used a few years ago.  Husband reluctantly parting with it.
The KX-P2624 was well regarded and beloved before laser printers took over.
$75.00 in cash.
If interested, please contact:
Bonnie Epstein
Phone: 212-866-0386
bonnie.epstein@earthlink.net

SDA Member News August 16, 2009

AWARDS

Congratulations to SDA member Jappie King Black, who  has been named one of the 2009 recipients of a NYFA grant.  Below are samples of the work that have earned her this highly competitive and distinguished grant award.

Collection 2009 is a mixed media installation, approximately 12' x 30' x 4'. It was made using various techniques: coiling, crochet, twining and wrapping of grapevine, bark, fiber, wood, wire, wax and quills. 

Three Figures is a grapevine and bark sculpture approximately 6' x 7' x 8'. It was part of Evolution 20 @ 10 at the Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, New Jersey.

Jappie lives in Brockport, New York and teaches during the school year at Kean University in Union, New Jersey.

EXHIBITION NEWS

An exhibition of Larry Schulte’s paper-weave paintings and prints, "Weaving Cosmic Reality into Art" is on display at Bayer Healthcare in Montville, NJ and Wayne, NJ from July 9 – November 4, 2009.

NEW MEMBER?

Are you a new member? We’d like to introduce you and your work to other NY State members on our SDA blog.

LINKS TO SHARE?

Many of us stumble across excellent links to websites and blogs that can inspire, inform or entertain. Please send links and we’ll post them on this blog.

ITEMS TO SELL?

My bullet steamer found a new home thanks to my announcing it was for sale on this blog.  You can list items here too!

SDA Member News May 25, 2009

"Lotus Shoe: Grandmother Chen" by Joan Pao.

SDA member Joan Pao's "Lotus Shoe:Grandmother Chen" will be part of the "Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories" exhibit at Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA, June 6,2009 - January 3, 2010. Opening reception Sunday, June 14, 2009, 2-5 PM.

Joan constructed this shoe in memory of her paternal grandmother. She also made a "Lotus Shoe: Grandmother Wong" for her maternal grandmother as well. Both grandmothers had their feet bound. To recreate the shoes they wore, Joan used polyester curtain fabric with straight pins.


Larry Schulte's exhibit of woven painted paper at the Lobby Gallery of 499 Park Avenue, NYC, has been extended through June 30, 2009.

SDA Member News May 18, 2009

EXHIBITION NEWS

River Notes by Judith Plotner

Four new fiber works by Judith Plotner, Gloversville, will be in juried exhibitions around the country. "River Notes", one of two pieces inspired by a kayaking trip in the Adirondacks, will be included in Images 2009 at the Robeson Gallery at Pennsylvania State University from June 10-July 12, 2009, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Arts Festival.

Another piece from this series, "Notes on a Stream," will be in Quilt National at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, opening May 22 - September 7. The show will then travel for two years. For a list of venues please go to the Quilt National website.

Judy will also have two pieces in the upcoming show, "Musings", at the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, MI this summer.

Jeanne Beck's "Parables 3" will be on display at "The Quilted Surface V", May 18 - June 20, 2009, at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center, 139 W Main Street, Columbus, OH 43215.

MEETING NOTICE

The Textile Study Group of New York (TSGNY) invites you to its next meeting.

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM

Speaker: Mia Pearlman

Location: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist
40 East 35th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues), New York City

Admission:
$5 special guest fee for members of other textile organizations
$10 for unaffiliated guests attending a TSGNY meeting


REMINDER: JOHN MARSHALL MINI-WORKSHOP FRIDAY, MAY 22 at All Things Art, Canandaigua, NY, 7-9 PM.

SDA Member News April 26, 2009

CORRECTION ON JOHN MARSHALL CLASS

CLASS OPENINGS-- My apologies, I listed the wrong date for this class last week, so let's try again.

John Marshall's class on traditional Japanese Katazome has ONE opening left.

Dates: May 19- 24, 2009.
Location: All Things Art, 65 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY
Cost: $575 plus $140 materials fee.

Michele Whipplinger's class on African Mudcloth, learning how to use tannins and traditional mud dyes plus a session on indigo dyeing has ONE opening.
Dates: August 13 -15, 2009
Location: All Things Art, 65 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY
Cost: $425 plus $85 materials fee.

If you are interested in attending either one of these excellent classes, please contact Sara Burnett at sjburnett@frontiernet.net

EXHIBITION NEWS

Elaine Longtemps

Corkgun by Elaine Longtemps

"Corkgun", a statement about gun control, responds to the story of an inner city boy playing cops and robbers with his friends and a toy cork- gun. Security police mistook him for a real gunman and fatally shot him.

"Bearing Witness: Arts as Social Action"
Dates: May 17 - June 20, 2009
Opening Reception May 29
Hours: Wed - Sat, 12-6, Sun 12-4

ARC Gallery
832 W. Superior St., #204
Chicago, IL 60622

Larry Schulte

"S068" by Larry Schulte, 20" x 20", printed in an edition of five.

Larry Schulte had a print selected by curator Polly Apfelbaum for the International Print Center exhibition, "New Prints 2009/Spring." IPCNY is located at 526 West 56th Street, 8th floor, New York City.

The exhibition will run through May 30th.

Arle Sklar-Weinstein

"A Local Gallery Spreads Its Wings" by Susan Hodara This is a link to an article about the new gallery.

A juried exhibition of 37 works inaugurates the Blue Door Gallery, located at 13 Riverdale Avenue, Yonkers, NY. Hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12-5 PM and Friday, 2 - 7 PM.

Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Director
Blue Door Gallery
Cell: 914-584-6291

Patricia McKasty, Manager
Blue Door Gallery
BDG 914-375-5100


OTHER NEWS

Barbara Murak presented a hands-on workshop, Fabric Painting and Printmaking Techniques, at The Society for the Arts in Healthcare's 20th Annual International Conference, April 22-25.
The Center for the Arts at the State University of New York at Buffalo hosted this year's conference, highlighting the new Healthcare Initiative at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Women and Children's Hospital in Buffalo.