Now through January 5, some of my work will be on display at the South Bend Museum of Art in Whip Stitch, an exhibit of contemporary quilts. I have been so excited to have my artworks shown in the beautiful Warner Gallery, right here in my hometown. What a wonderful opportunity to introduce my art to friends and family over the next two months. Many thanks to SBMA for including me in this exhibit. Here are the other wonderful fiber artists on view: Julie Farver, Zak Foster, Luke Haynes and Nicole Leth, Jenny Hurth, Ai Kijima, Amanda Nadig, Heidi Parkes, Angee Turner and Sherri Lynn Wood.
This has been a difficult couple of weeks for me. I am struggling with disappointment, anger and dread…and have channeled some of that negative energy into some restorative stitching. What else is there?
I have some art heading into the world: Playing with Fire has been selected for SAQA Global Primal Forces: Fire; Mind Map: Compartments has been sent to the Dairy Barn for Quilt National; Ordinary Oracle: Talismanic Cloth was selected for the SDA online exhibit Material Flux (see the entire exhibit here) and Chemistry is currently on exhibit in Quilts=Art=Quilts at the amazing Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY.
Reading List
I have not posted for awhile, so I am listing some of my top picks from these past couple of months. The Truth According to Us, by Annie Burrows; Wedding People, by Alison Espach; Catalina, by Karla Cornejo; Death at the Sign of the Rook, by Kate Atkinson and Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Stroud.
I am resolved to look for beauty and delight in the people and things around me and not get caught up in the hourly churn of our political mess. That may be a heavy lift.