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Art Quilt Elements
Art Quilt Elements 2024
March 24 – April 27, 2024
Davenport Gallery, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Vidinghoff Gallery
Exhibition Opening Reception: March 24, 2024 3-5pm
Art Quilt Elements 2024 is the 16th biennial exhibition of this internationally acclaimed show, unique for its professional presentation of contemporary fine art quilts. The exhibition has been widely praised by reviewers and artists not only for the presentation of the work, but also for the commitment to promoting the art quilt as a fine art form.
AQE 2024 Jurors, Ann Johnston, Bruce Pepich and Carolyn Ducey reviewed and selected the work invited to Art Quilt Elements 2024.
A Plethora of Plants: Real, Observed, Imagined
Group exhibition curated by Marcy B. Freedman.
From the extraordinary botanical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci to the strange plant/human hybrids created by Odilon Redon, the flora of our planet has inspired artists around the world to create great works of art – for centuries. And contemporary artists are no different! As demonstrated by the paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles, sculptures and video works in this exhibition, it is clear that many artists of today strive to continue the tradition of closely observing the natural world, while others use nature as the starting point for an imaginative adventure of creative invention. In order to enhance the experience of our visitors, the exhibition also includes real plants, an interactive display of plant-based fragrances, and an original, plant-inspired soundscape.
Visual Artists in the Exhibition:
Lisa Breznak, Marsi Burns & Nickolas Riggs, Ivy Dachman, Loren Eiferman, Carla Rae Johnson, Natalya Khorover, Janice LaMotta, Corinne Lapin-Cohen, Rita Maas,
Mary McFerran, Linda Nemergut, Loretta Oleck,
Gene Panczenko, Leslie Pelino, Richard Rosenbaum,
Ilse Schreiber-Noll, Thomas Sarrantonio, Devin Siglock, Tom Smith
Soundscape by Skin Against Metal
Fragrance display by Nell Valentine Cote
At the Guild Hall.
Ephemeral Bloom
Artists express funky botanicals in a diverse range of mediums that celebrate the emergence of the spring bloom sequence.
Opening Reception
Sat. April 13, 4-6pm
Walk & Talk artists and curator.
Sun. 5/5*, 4-6pm
Closing Reception
Sun. 5/19*, 4-6pm
Viewing Days: Open Saturdays, 12pm-5pm
Some Sundays*, and by appt.
Artists: Carol Bouyoucos, Charles Clary, Jared Deery, Loren Eiferman, Jeila Gueramian, Natalya Khorover, Christina Massey, Donna Namnoum, Jessica Smolinski, Lisa B. Woods
Open Call, an exhibition
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 14, 1-3pm
The Arts Exchange
ArtsWestchester believes that artists are often keen observers of time and place; they create artworks that respond to the challenges and triumphs of the moment, illuminate complex issues and inspire dialog around current local and global events.
We are proud to feature 22 artists that represent the breadth of art being made in Westchester County.
Rising Up! A Multi-Cultural Celebration of Stitched Fine Art
With Guest Curator: Michele Beasley Maloney
June 23, 2024 - July 21, 2023
Francine Kelly Gallery in the Art Barn at Featherstone Center for the Arts.
Point Of View for Columbia Fiber Arts Guild
Buildings. Fire escapes. Bridges. Power lines. Cathedrals. Homes. This workshop will challenge you to look at the manmade world from different perspectives. Take pictures of lines that intrigue you, taking photos from the side, above or below, to manipulate how you engage with them. Using these images, we’ll explore the junctures of lines, simple curves, and dynamic angles around us. You’ll receive guidance and tips on how to build powerful compositions using the perspectives you’ve captured that speak directly to the unique way in which you see the world.
Natalya’s art is an extension of her commitment to using recycled and repurposed materials, a lifelong advocacy. Her detailed works are nuanced and reimagined images inspired by the lines of the urban environment. A close examination of Natalya’s art reveals delightful and unexpected combinations of materials as diverse as vintage lace, plastic sheeting, and candy wrappers, layered and collaged with machine and hand stitching. She strives to use materials which would be condemned to the landfill and chooses to use the unusual techniques of stitching and sewing to bring her artwork to life.
Layered with (Re)Purpose
Dryer sheets: we’ve all used them, we’ve all thrown them away. Well no more! This helpful fossil fuel derived denizen of the laundry room is recyclable in only one way - ART! AND combined with single-use plastic packaging and mesh, all sorts of paper ephemera and even fabric scraps, it becomes a wonderful new surface which can be painted on, stamped on, printed on and stitched on by hand and by machine.
Save your used dryer sheets, collect them from friends, and put them through the wash cycle with some towels. Gather up your paper ephemera, look through your pantry for soft plastic packaging and dig out those fabric scraps, the tinier, the messier, the better!
We will learn all sorts of ways to use them in your mixed media art adventures. Bring your paints, stencils, needles and thread and leave with a collection of samples to use in your next creation…. And help to save the planet.
Live sessions for this workshop are scheduled as follows:
Workshop Session 1: Saturday, 3/2/24: 12:00 -2:00 pm ET (convert timezone)
Moderated Meetup: Wednesday, 3/6/24: 7:00-8:00 pm ET (convert timezone)
Workshop Session 2: Saturday, 3/9/24: 12:00 -2:00 pm ET (convert timezone)
All sessions will be held via Zoom Meetings and Saturday sessions will recorded. Video recordings will be available the same day of each session and are accessible to participants through the end of 2024.
Plastic Nature for Seattle Modern Quilt Guild
"Plastic Nature"
Is it trash? Is it recyclable? Can you make art with it?
Join us for a day of learning to use unconventional materials in small quilted projects. Natalya Khorover is an artist deeply vested in reclaiming and repurposing materials that often end up choking our environment or overflowing landfills. She uses hand and machine stitching to collage layers of single use plastics into works of art. In the process, the original materials become unrecognizable.
Even though our recycle rate is high in Seattle, we are betting that you can find colorful food wrappers, plastic overwraps (Costco bath tissue, anyone?), Amazon shipping bags, bubble wrap, candy wrappers, newspaper bags, used color catchers, magazine photos, origami paper, wrapping papers and other raw materials in your home to prepare for a fun day of creating.
Trichromancy: Color Divination
Curated by Fern Strong and Jeannie Catmull, Trichromancy focuses on color & fiber. This ranges from hand-dyed techniques to textile and felted pieces where color plays a vital role in the work, and also to mixed media pieces where one of the primary elements is fiber.
JCC Climate + Nature Exhibition
JCC Climate + Nature Exhibition
Art Making with Recycled Plastic - Textural Flowers workshop is on Wednesday, March 20th @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us to celebrate the JCC’s current exhibition Climate + Nature featuring the artwork of 20 local artists.
Geo Crumbs: Making the Invisible Visible
We humans are excellent at leaving behind traces of our activities. Even a simple walk in the park seems to result in evidence on the trail.
These are the crumbs, left inadvertently or purposefully, which are marking our existence, and contributing to pollution.
We humans are also excellent at working towards solutions by following the crumbs. A tiny little easy solution is plalking (picking up litter while walking). That’s something you can do right away.
HAVE YOU PLALKED TODAY?
Here’s where you can see the exhibit: 40.96593° N, 73.74636° W
Nature’s Way - ODETTA digital
Exclusively on Artsy
“Nature’s Way” is an exhibition demonstrating how artists select their subject matter when creating a work of art. Oftentimes artists are drawn to depict what they see, both in the outside world, and in their own mind’s eye. Motivated by beauty, curiosity, emotion, and technology, artists often pursue making art as a means of better understanding their thoughts or tools.
There are also those artists who let the tools and materials show them what they can do unleashed by typical controls imposed like the use of a brush in painting. This type of artist revels in the random happy accident, relying on it to teach them more about the unseen forces in the world around us.
Guiding this interest ireferences the Roman philosopher and poet Lucretius, circa 99 - 55 BC. Titus Lucretius Carus is credited with being one of the first philosophers to propose that humans are not subjected to fate, or rewards and punishment by the Gods. He posits that we are a part of a universe composed of atoms. Their fate is based on scientific reasons, rather than supernatural ones.
In Lucretius’ poem, “On the Nature of Things” he discusses that atoms have a swerve, resulting in a type of behavior that he refers to as “free will.” This free will directs internal agency, from the atomic level on up to all living creatures, and humans. This agency allows us the space for passion, imagination and our human need for creativity.
For ”Nature’s Way”, fifty-four ODETTA Digital artists are offering works that demonstrate their inner voice, that inner stirring that prompts them to make a work of art, in order to understand their subject better.