ADC Fine Crafts Show

Please join with me this weekend as Alabama Designer Craftsmen present our fall show at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.  Preview night is Friday, 6-9 pm; regular show is Saturday and Sunday.  There is a raffle and I've donated my art quilt "Swimming in Pure Color"  -- lots of bright blues and yellows.  Hope to see you there!

Bluff Park Art Show

Bluff Park Art Show is Saturday, October 5. Please come see me at my booth -G10.
http://www.bluffparkartassociation.org/

Sacred Threads On the Road

Exciting news today about my new art work, Prayers at the Wailing Wall, which will be in the Sacred Threads exhibition.  Forty of the art quilts, including mine, were juried into an additional exhibition and will travel to Omaha, Nebraska, for an additional showing.  This will be at the Sunderland Gallery in Omaha from September 15 through November 10, 2013.  What an honor to be selected for this show.   

Sacred Threads 2013

I am pleased to announce that I have an art quilt accepted into the 2013 Sacred Threads Art Quilt Exhibition.  This is a national show, held in Northern Virginia just outside Washington DC.  Please see this link for more information:  http://www.sacredthreadsquilts.com/   As described on their website,  Sacred Threads is an exhibition of quilts exploring themes of spirituality, joy, inspiration, peace/brotherhood, grief and healing. This biennial exhibition was established to provide a safe venue for quilters  who see their work as a connection to the sacred and/or as an expression of their spiritual journey.  The objective is to create a dignified exhibition of artwork that touches on both spiritual and personal levels all those who view it.

The piece I submitted, Prayers at the Wailing Wall, is based on an experience I had on a recent trip to Jerusalem.  Although I had read about the wall, I was very moved to actually be there.  It was memorable to join with others in prayer, and to see the written prayers that were tucked into the niches between the stone blocks. 

If you are in the DC area in July, I hope you will stop by to view these art quilts.

Alabama Designer Craftsmen Art Show

I'm joining with fellow members of Alabama Designer Craftsmen for a group art showing at Soon-Bok Sellers Gallery. The opening reception is Sunday, March 10, from 1-4pm. Everyone is invited. This is the same gallery where I was part of the PEN Women exhibit last month, but I'm showing different work this time. The show runs through March 29th.

PEN Women Art Show

I was pleased to win a first place ribbon at the PEN Women Art Show. Visit the Soon-Bok Sellers Gallery, 571 Park Avenue, Birmingham (Bluff Park area) 35226. The opening reception is Sunday, January 27th, and the show runs through 2/26/13.

Leeds Arts Council Gallery - Opening Reception

Beginning next Sunday, August 5, I’ll be the solo/ featured artist at the Leeds Arts Council Gallery. The opening reception on Sunday is from 1.30 – 3.30. The LAC Gallery is located at 8140 Parkway Drive. From Birmingham east on I-20, take exit 140 onto US 78 east. Follow US 78 to Downtown Leeds. The gallery is on the left side of the street. More info at http://www.leedsartscouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=62   and   
http://www.leedsartscouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=61
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In addition to works you may have seen previously, I have newer works in this show that were shown at the Orange Beach Arts Center, plus one new piece that is the largest work I’ve done. It is a landscape and you may know how much I enjoy working on those.
I hope you’ll be able to come next week. As always, thanks for your support of my artistic journey.

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