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2006

The Folk Tree Collection
www.folktree.com

ART QUILTS: Tradition & Innovation
July 15 – August 12, 2006

From July 15 – August 12, 2006, The Folk Tree Collection presents ART QUILTS: Tradition & Innovation, an exhibition featuring contemporary interpretations of the quilt genre by fifteen artists. The individuals represented are primarily from southern California, many with backgrounds in the fine arts, and all use the quilt form as their“canvas” for very personal expressions - both abstract and recognizable in nature. A reception for the artists is scheduled for Saturday, July 15, from 2- 6 P.M.

The “art quilt” began garnering recognition in the United States in the 1970s when fine artists started using fabric in unconventional and non-utilitarian ways, departing from the historic function of the quilt as clothing, drapery and bed covering. The 1971 Whitney Museum exhibition “Abstract Design in American Quilts” further enhanced the significance of the quilt as an art form, and no longer relevant only in domestic settings. In the book The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw defines the original quilt as three layers of fabric enclosing a central core of wadding or batting. The artists included in this exhibition often start their pieces in this manner, using it as a catalyst for innovation in form and content.

Artists selected for the show include: Betty Amador, Charlotte Bird, Joanell Connolly, Cindy Cooksey, Sumi Foley, Lucia Vigil Frances, Janet Ghio, Rose Hughes, Rebecca Janes, Mavis Leahy, Jill Le Croissette, Cindy Rinne, Karen Rips, Connie Rohman, Dinah Sargeant, and Kristen Willett.

Several artists, among them Charlotte Bird, Joanell Connolly, Connie Rohman and Dinah Sargeant, dye or paint their own cloth. Rose Hughes’ hand painted pieces are inspired by her natural environs, especially the hills of California’s coastal and inland landscape. Sumi Foley transforms old kimonos and “abandoned” fabric to create her hanging narratives. Cindy Rinne, Cindy Cooksey, and Mavis Leahy embellish their work with beads, buttons and vintage elements. Janet Ghio works in three dimensions, creating shrines that refer to the iconography of other cultures, particularly Mexico and Africa. Some of the artists hand-stitch, while others use a machine, but they all share a love of sewing. And, they are equally intrigued by the symbolic and technical possibilities of the multiple layers of quilting.

The Folk Tree Collection is located at 199 S. Fair Oaks Ave., minutes walking distance from the Gold Line's Del Mar Station (and just fifteen minutes from downtown Los Angeles off the end of the 110 freeway) near the heart of Old Pasadena. Gallery hours are: M-W, 11-6; Th-Sat, 10-6; Sun, 12-5. For further information, contact Gail Mishkin at
(626)793-4828.

Front Porch Gallery and CLH Center for Spirituality and Aging are proud to present Spiral Bound:

The Spiritual Journey of Aging. View the work of twelve artists, each expressing his or her vision of aging as a spiritual journey.

 OPENING PROGRAM:

Saturday, May 27, 2006 from1 to 2 pm presented by Rev. Donald Koepke, director, CLH Center for Spirituality and Aging.  Reception to follow from 2 to 4 pm.

 EXHIBIT:

May 27 through July 30, 2006 Front Porch Gallery located at 2903 Carlsbad Boulevard in Carlsbad. (click here for pdf format)

GALLERY HOURS:

Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays from noon to 6 pm; Saturdays & Sundays from 11 am to 5 pm.  (760) 795-6120 for more information

January 2006-January 2008

Fine Focus 06, National Traveling Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts venues to be announced

January 13 - March 17, 2006
On the Wall: SAQA at Colorado Springs Gallery of Contemporary Art
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80933 • 719-262-3567

February 10 - April 16, 2006
Textile Expressions: Contemporary Art Quilts
Santa Barbara Historical Museum
136 East De la Guerra Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 • 805-966-1601

March 10 - July 31, 2006
Spiral Bound
Front Porch Gallery
2906 Carlsbad Blvd. Carlsbad, CA 92008 •  760-795-6120

2005

Simply Quilts,   Pieced Curves So Simple  Episode QLT-1137
AIR TIMES: • December 26, 2005 8:30 AM ET/PT • February 20, 2006 8:30 AM ET/PT
(please check your local cable listings as times vary)

Appearance on the Carol Duvall Show,   episode #1859, November 11 & 14, 9:00 am (please check your local cable listings as times vary)

Solo Show - 2005

"Metaphors of Form" at La Jolla FiberArts   *   August 22 through October 1

Opening reception * Friday, August 26, 6:30- 8:30 pm

Fruiting Body #1 Art Quilt, 31.25" x 30.5"

(detail)

This body of work reflects exploration of shapes, color and value gradations and both machine and hand stitching.  The metaphors are of time and space.

2004

May 1 - June 3 “Baskets, Gourds and Imagination: Current Works in Fiber Art,” The Next Door Gallery, 2963 Beech at 30 th Street in Golden Hill, 619-233-6679. Reception at the Gallery, May 1, 5-8pm.

•   June 4 - July 30 California Fibers show at Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO.

•   June 30 - August 28 “Up The Garden Path, Three Artists' Views,” Charlotte Bird, Christie Dunning, Jan Schwarz at Rancho Buena Vista Adobe, 651 East Vista Way, Vista, CA. 760-639-6139 for directions.

•   July 6 - August 29 “The Nature of Things,” Pacific Quilt Artists exhibition at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS.

•   July 11 - August 27 “Beyond Warp and Weft” California Fibers exhibition at the Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad, CA. Opening reception July 10, 5-7pm.

•   September TBA COVA Open Studios, studio will be open to the public.

•   November 7 - January 16 “Quilt Visions,” Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside, CA, 760-721-2787. Opening reception on November 6, 6-8pm.

•   November - December Pacific Quilt Artists exhibition at Rancho Buena Vista Adobe, 651 East Vista Way, Vista, CA. Pacific Quilt Artists exhibition at La Jolla Fiber Arts Gallery, La Jolla, CA.

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