Tuesday, May 31, 2011

ART OF OUR CENTURY


I will have this piece, VALVE, displayed at "Art of Our Century" at the UVU Woodbury Art Museum in Orem, Utah. Here is more information about the opening reception and the exhibit which will be up all Summer. Here is the Museum's press release about the show:


Opening reception Tuesday, June 7th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

It's finally here! We are so excited to show you this year's Art of OUR CENTURY exhibition.

From fiber arts to photography, painting to ceramic sculpture, come prepared to see a variety of artists from Utah as well as the Western United States.

Utah artists included in the exhibition are: Catherine Downing, Larry Goodin, Etsuko Kato, Nick Mendoza, Scot Olson, Natalie Raevsky, Tawni Shuler, Marcus Vincent and Taylor Wright.

Out of state artists include: Nathan Barnes, Renee Couture, Fernando Delgado, Fatima Jamil Faiz, Samuel Fee, Kathleen Kastles, David Klarén, William LeGoullon, Mardi Linane, Arnon Livingstone, Carol Milne, Shawna Moore and Elizabeth Morisette.

If you are unable to attend the opening night reception, you can still come see the exhibition. It will run all summer long, from June 3-September 23. Running concurrently will be a selection of faculty works for UVU's Art and Visual Communication Department.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Finished Pieces





Here are the finished pieces for the "Faces of Bennett" Community Art Project. I had a wonderful time working with Bennett IB World School's Art teacher, Molly Babcock (of Masks at MOCA Fame) on this project. Each panel is created using cotton broadcloth as a background and the felted portraits sewn on to the front. Each 5th grader created a 'self portrait' for the piece that will be left at Bennett as a momento from the class of 2011.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Faces of Bennett Felting Project





Here are some pictures of my latest Community Arts Project. It is called "Faces of Bennett" I am working with kids at Bennett IB World School in Fort Collins, Colorado to create a school-wide tapestry of faces using felting techniques. The Graduating 5th Grade students are assembling the faces using facial features created by the Kindergarten-4th grade students. This is a great project to use to introduce Community Arts and also Fiber Arts. I will post finished pictures when the piece is assembled.

Monday, May 2, 2011

New Work

















Here are a few new pieces from the studio. Three Wall Pieces and Two Zipper Vessels. The wall pieces were all created by weaving on the frame loom. The titles are: (Left to right) VALVE (5"x7"x6" sewn zippers) CREEP (8"x7"x6"sewn zippers) MILKY WAY (19"x11" x2" Milk Tabs woven on a cotton warp) RINGY DINGY (8"x11" plastic rings woven on a cotton warp) BEJEWELED (16"x10" Beads woven on a cotton warp) All pieces are for sale.