where did the weekend go?!?!?

There are not enough days in the weekend. 

Rod Schmidt

'flirt' the installation in its stairwell
Thank you to everyone who braved the cold and ice this weekend to join me at the opening receptions for these two exceptional exhibits.  

Here are some pictures from the receptions and the prep. 

I also have written a few words about each exhibit.  I hope to do so more but one never knows where the time goes.  I have been referencing this blog to gets some dates of dresses, etc. and numerous times I saw the notation that 'I will write more later' but it seems as if later doesn't happen?!?!?

Flirt 

Mother Brook Arts and Community Center (MBACC)

Dedham, MA

Jean Ford Webb, Executive Director of Mother Brookand

'the daily dress series'

at Baldwin Hill Art 

Natick, MA 

  

I am so happy with both these shows!! 

Flirt is a fabulous selection of art from 14 different artists 

(myself being one). 

This show is their inaugural exhibit, introducing

 Mother Brook to the community.  

The building used to be an old school, 

and fortunately instead of razing it, it was turned into an arts center.

It is a beautiful space, with the warmth of old world schools.  

I was fortunate enough to be asked to create a piece for one of the stairwells, and voila 'flirt' the installation.

During the opening I observed many people posing 

in front of the piece, which is fun.  

Red Alert Cocktail Dress is also on exhibit there 

and was the subject of many visitors' photos as well.  

'the daily dress series' is another exhibit that I am truly excited about.  For this show I made photos of a selection 

of my ephemeral dresses and  the gallery framed them beautifully.  

It has been so exciting to see this dresses as a collection. 

 I also penned little stories that went with each dress.  Something that I have been wanting to do forever,

but it took the deadline of the opening for me to really sit down.

For this exhibit, Baldwin Hill

also asked to exhibit my creature and 'insatiable', and 

I was astonished by how excited I was to exhibit my creatures, 

and I was over the moon about working on 'insatiable' again !!

Last night during the reception I sat by my beast and crocheted away, while engaging in wonderful conversations!! #heaven!  

So thank you Mother Brook Art and Baldwin Hill for offering the opportunity to create new works and revisit some old ones.

xxx

'insatiable' ~ out and about, again

Yesterday I delivered and installed 'insatiable' 

at the Natick Public Library, 

as part of the Natick Artists' Open Studios' 

group show, Green.

This exhibit features original pieces by over 40 

Natick Artists Open Studios participants, 

it includes photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture,

 mosaics, ceramic, glass, mixed media and more.

The curator and I perched 'insatiable' in the atrium stairwell 

where she is stretching out her tendrils.  

I am excited about how she is displayed; 

hanging but not hanging, 

up-close for library visitors but not too accessible

to little hands :).  

I am super excited to have her out in the world again!!! 

I hope to do a workshop sometime during the show 

but I am not sure, as my fall is pretty full. 

More about that is another post. :)

Save the Date: 

Natick Artists Open Studios 
October 19 & 20, 2013
 noon - 5 pm 
AND
the opening reception of 
'breaking open'
October 19, 2013
5-7pm
@ Fountain Street Fine Art
Framingham

Bringing Art & Craft into Our Local Community by Creating Spaces where Everyone is Inspired to Thrive! 

Creatures are out and about again

This Tuesday is the opening of Fashion and Fiberarts at the Dana Hall School gallery, Wellesley, MA.  

I am honored to announce that I am part of this group show, in the prestigious company of Sara Campbell, Tia Pinney and Merill Comeau.

  

For this exhibit they are showing some work from both 'the dress project' ~ 'lilith' and 'emily' and my creatures. 'insatiable' is also making an appearance and I plan to spend some time with the Dana students feeding the beast.

Information about the opening and the show is below.

 

Always excited to exhibit my creatures as I leave it to the curator to decide how and where they will be hung/exhibited/placed.  Can't wait to see the show!!! Peace

Traveling dresses and dates to SAVE!!!

Just to keep everyone up to date 

(there seems to be  A LOT going on right now!!! :)

~ here are a few announcements from the studio ~ 

Persephone's dress

don't slip

eat your vegetables

clementine dress

 Just sent these pieces off to the Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh, NY for their Yumilicious! exhibit. 

 This was the first time that I printed 'don't slip' and 'Persephone's dress' as large photographs which is always exciting.  And while placing my printing order I decided to throw in 'sizzzzle' which I will be showing this weekend at Open studios!!

Yes, save the date, mark your calendar ~ 

this weekend is Natick Artist's Open Studios!!! 

The excitement and craziness is growing in the Natick Artist community 

as we all dig out our studios, trying to make it navigable for our visitors.

I will be camped out in my wonderful studio at 

25 Washington Ave, second floor, on the left.  

There hopefully will be many balloons guiding the way. 

 Click here for the full web site and the map.  

I am planning to have dresscards, dressmats, dresstags and 

my new series of collages, as well as other interesting artistic adventures.  

  

And remember you can ALWAYS bring some green/brownish fiber like material to add to 'insatiable'  When I was performing her at JP Knits for their Yarn Crawl people came in with lots of items.  One family came in with old soccer socks which we cut into strips and added to the beast.  It was such fun ~ all three siblings, ranging ages 4 -10, were nestled in to the couch, crocheting and NOT wanting to go :) 

And lastly ~ 

SAVE THE DATE 

for 'Upon Further Consideration' at Regis College, 

on Friday, October 26th, 

David Lang and I will be hosting a closing reception.  

There is also supposed to be a gallery talk that afternoon so the finer details will be coming.  So if you have not seen the show and needed an extra reason to go - you now have a the reason ~ a party!!

  

Hope to see you at one of these arty occasions!!!

peace

Jamaica Plain Open Studios @ JP Knit and Stitch

It has been a thoroughly busy past few weeks for me ~ 

8 Visions at the Attleboro Arts Museum, 'Upon Further Consideration' with David Lang at Regis College and this weekend - I had the pleasure of performing 'insatiable' at  JP Knit and Stitch for the Jamaica Plain Open Studios. And once I got to this lovely store I realized that this was exactly what the doctor ordered for this overly committed artist!! 

 Genevieve Day of JP Knit and Stitch has created a dreamy haven for anyone interested in any type of handiwork (beautiful fabrics and divine yarns). For this weekend I had been invited to perform with 'insatiable' and I had two heavenly days crocheting and talking to their wonderful clientele .  I also introduced a large selection of dresscards and dressmats which were quite nicely received!! 

On top of all that fun, this weekend we introduced my Organic Crocheting Workshop that I will be teaching at JP Knit and Stitch on November 4th.  I am thinking this will be a perfect way to spend the first day of daylight saving ~ sitting in this cozy spot and freely crocheting, seeing where your hook will lead you.  Check out the class posting on their site and join me for this meditative and relaxing afternoon.

So all in all this was a wonderful weekend which I would like to share . . . 

my wonderful space int he shop - love my creatures in their windows!!

one of my 5x7 dressmats

one of the dresscards that i made especially for jp Knits ;) 

an eager visitor who really wanted to get into the spirit of the piece!

another fan of 'insatiable' who even crocheted onto the piece

dressed and ready to feed the beast

and now I am a bit prepared for the Natick Artists Open Studios, 

for that weekend i'll be in my studio @ 25 Washington St. 

Natick Artists Open Studios
October 20 & 21, 2012
noon - 5 pm

peace

Taking Wings Westward . . .

"winged victory"

"insatiable"

 Happy to announce that 'insatiable' and 'winged victory' were accepted into "The Art of Fiber": 

Rediscover this ancient art form through the unique vision of more than 20 contemporary artists. From appliqué and cross stich to basketry and mixed media, the artists in this exhibit represent a wide range of techniques, materials, and subject matter. Expect the unexpected as traditional meets contemporary in this juried exhibit.

Davis Art Gallery

44 Portland Street, Worcester, MA  01609, 3rd Floor, 

Opening Reception:  May 24, 2012, 5-7 p.m.

Featuring:

Bayda Asbridge
Ani Baronian
Kerry Bart-Raber
Jennifer Baum
Frank Cole
Andrea Driscoll
Virginia Fitzgerald
Ann Hanscom
Tobi Hoffman
Celia Knight
Robyn Lane
Kimberly Marshall
Janet Miller
Corina Palmer
Judy Rolt
Janice Sisti
Carolann Tebbetts
Kay Thompson
Marion Vaitkus
Max Verga
Erika Davis Wade
Mihoko Wakabayashi

Heading South!!

I am very so excited because I am packing up to head down south to Mystic, CT to lead an all day workshop tomorrow!!! The workshop is in conjunction to the Mystic Art Center's exhibit, Form & Fantasy: A Contemporary Twist on Fiber Art, in which I have a piece ~ 'insatiable'.

The day is split into two sessions ~ organic crocheting in the morning, based on my creatures and wraps, and collaging, based on my daily dress project, in the afternoon.  The broad focus of the workshop is creating while focusing on process over product. 

Both of the bodies of work that have inspired these workshops are produced in a very organic way.  I am more interested in the process and getting my thinking-mind out of the way, than the product!!  Secondly, reusing materials is a main theme in both these works so i am planning to high light the wonders of reclaiming the materials that surrounds us ~ most of the daily dress pages are based on some piece of detritus that inspired me during that day!! 

Lastly,  both of these bodies of work thrill me ~ my creatures and daily dresses are a huge passion for me so I am hoping that it will be easy for me to share.

 

So I am filling my car with my endless collections of stuff - vcr tape, electrical cords, candy wrappers, and so much more!!! I so enjoy teaching and leading workshops as they allow allow me to share my passions, and they also give me the time and excuse to make art!  Getting the time and 'band width' to be creative during the day is usually quite difficult when trying to make a living as an artist:(  But tomorrow I will be sharing some of my skills to a group of teachers who, hopefully,  will teach to their classes, so the tradition & passion will continue!! 

 xxx & peace!!

'insatiable' on the road again

Recently I got an exciting email, which read  ~

Working on 'insatiable' at Attleboro Arts Museum

"Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that your piece Insatiable has been accepted into the Mystic Arts Center Form and Fantasy fiber exhibit and was awarded 3^rd Prize! . .  Out of the approximately 70 entries we  received from around the country, the juror selected 26, or 37%."

So 'insatiable' is on the road AGAIN!!!   In fact I am heading down to Mystic, CT tomorrow to deliver her and then plan to swing through Manhattan to see de Kooning: A Retrospective at the MOMA!!

dress tag in Wellesley

I am so psyched because beside seeing some great Art, I plan to do a little dress tagging in the big apple.  Yes I am calling my little dress activity dress tags or dress tagging ~ thank you all for your suggestions. As u can see I have tagging quite a bit.  And I am not even photographing each tag because I realize that it is always appropriate to pull out the camera in certain spots.

So NYC and Mystic keep an eye out for some little dresses filled with good stuff.  

And here's the 411 on the mystic show:

Form and Fantasy: A Contemporary Twist on Fiber Art, runs from September 30 - November 12, with the Opening Reception - Thursday, October 6^th from 6pm-8pm.

 peace!!!