All three of the Anxiety Shields will be on exhibit this fall. Night Watch is in Interpretations at the Visions Museum in San Diego from October 16 through January 2, 2022. Force Field and Vigil will be exhibited at the Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY in Quilts=Art+Quilts from October 23 through January 9, 2022.
Anxiety Shield: Vigil, 48 x 34”, cotton, wool, buttons, hand embroidered and stitched
I have written about the Anxiety Shields in previous posts but I would like to add that I am so honored to have these very personal pieces selected and exhibited for Interpretations and Q=A=Q . I am scheduled for some zoom and YouTube artist talks associated with these pieces and will include more information next month.
Reading List:
I have read some really great books lately:
The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris; The Aviary, by Diedre McNamer; Kindred, by Octavia Butler (an oldie but goodie); and Wayward, by Diana Spiotta. On the non-fiction side, I am giving a five star rating to two wonderful books: All That She Carried, by Tiya Miles ( a fascinating and moving investigation and account of a textile artifact from the antebellum south) and Neither Wolf Nor Dog, by Kent Nerbern (when I was at the Quilt National closing, I enjoyed meeting Jean Jurgenson, who told me this was a “must read”—and she was right). I did both of these on audio and the readers were amazing.
The fall garden is calling, the weather has been lovely, and I am experimenting with a new idea called “Apron Strings”—meditations on mothering. More on that later. You can see in-progress photos on my Instagram feed at @hgeglio.