5 Quilts on Display - Quilts Unlimited at View Arts Center

So this is the weekend!

I will have 5 quilts on view in Old Forge, NY at View Arts Center starting this weekend! 3 quilts...
The Lady to Watch, Fire Dancer, Let's Here it for The Girls will all be in the main exhibit, Quilts Unlimited.

The other 2, On Pointe and Pathways will be at part of the Fiber Art Northeast exhibit at View Arts as well.

 

 

Opening Reception is Friday, Oct 9th from 5-7pm. Then on Saturday, Oct 10th, join in for a day of quilts with a lecture by Jane Davila, luncheon and multiple exhibits at View Art Center.

Information can be found here under upcoming exhibitions.

I will be there for the opening weekend festivities. Hope you get a chance to join us!

Renee

I got pictures this time!

So I finally made it to NYC to the Art Quilt Gallery to see the Kimono Inspirations exhibit.  You have heard me talk about the exhibit and the kimonos that we made, so I won't go on and on.  But I had promised pics that I never got, so here they are....

Hope you enjoy the look see:

The gallery hung them all as designed, draped over a pole, except one.  I thought it gave it a really interesting perspective.  It really does look like a kimono :-)

 It's position really allowed me to get up close to take close up pictures....

They did display a few of them on the stands as originally designed.  This is how they were exhibited at the original show in Somers.

Of course, I had to take a pic of me with my kimono, Pathways, hanging in the gallery...

Hope you enjoyed!

More press for the Kimono Inspirations exhibit by FANE at Art Quilt Gallery, NYC

My fibert art group, FiberArt NorthEast, had a challenge to create pieces of work inspired by Kimonos.  The only rules was size 19"x50" for the body and (2) 19"x22" for the sleeves.  By design the Kimonos were to hang over poles, so they would be two sided.  The original exhibit ran at a local quilt show in May, where it had it's own room and the Kimonos floated, scattered around the room.  It was really breathtaking.  You can see my original post here. It was really interesting to see how everyone interpreted the theme.  Some like mine are quilted pieces, some are done in silk, others use all types of fiber, including paper, some are hand and iced dyed, and on and on.  Not one is alike in concept or end result!

The great thing about it, is that two galleries expressed interest and as a result all 25 Kimonos are hanging for the month of August in NYC, at The Art Quilt Gallery on 25th St.  This exhibit has received a bit of press and has now been invited to be part of an exhibit in Germany, next year!

It was featured in the Chelsea News earlier in the month and the latest news source to pick it up is the Examiner.

This is all so exciting!!