Art Career

When I was in Art School in the late 1970's, there was no mention (in the Crafts Department at least) about how to have an art career after graduation. The only thing close to that was all students in Crafts had an assignment, in their senior year, to design and produce an item that could be made in mass production. One wood worker friend made spatulas, jewelry friends made earrings. I honestly don't remember what I made in the fibers department. Wish I did.

There was no mention of how to write a resume, make a business card, organize your portfolio, how to enter a show, and of course there were no computers back then so no discussion about websites, facebook or twitter.

I'm bringing this up because I read Joanne Mattera's Art Blog, where she discusses Careerism. Great post (as usual)! I want to share it with you, if you don't already read her blog. Very interesting read.

Times have really changed. My work now is mainly printmaking and painting now, with some stitching. I've learned, and continue to learn, how to navigate the Fiber world, as well as the Mixed-Media, Printmaking and Painting worlds, by reading, taking workshops, and networking with other artists.

Sati Zech

I read about Sati Zech's work in Art in America magazine, and decided to learn more about her.

Click on "work" on her website (translated in to English) to see her painted, unstretched, stitched canvases. There's also more work shown here, from the Howard Scott Gallery in New York City. Nice!!!

On Exhibit - Elin Noble

Elin Noble's show "Layered Affinities: Quilts and Hand-dyed Cloth," is on exhibit at the Narrows Gallery in Fall River MA, through Saturday, May 2, 2009.

Elin is a master at dyeing fabric, whether it's a 3" piece with a beautiful ink-blot-like detail, or a very large piece of cotton that she's folded and dyed with many layers of color, or multiple yards of silk organza that are hung in layers that present different patterns floating in space.

Here are some installation shots of her show, which I saw yesterday. Pictures on the web are nice to see, but if you can see it in person, do. Fiber work is always better when you're looking at it a few inches to a many feet away.

Building Photos

These three building photos, in the March 15, 2009 NY Times Magazine, are inspiring to me, since a lot of my work is interpretations of the grids from buildings. All three photos are by In Sook Kim for The New York Times.

Quoting the caption for the top photo: "One Ten Third, a Condominium Building Designed By Greenbergfarrow and built by Toll Brothers City Living. The photographer In Sook Kim Set Up Lights in a dozen apartments and placed the residents in their windows. In postproduction, she rearranged the windows to form the shape of a key."


"25 Cooper Square: The Cooper Square Hotel Completed: 2009 Architect: Carlos Zapata Developer: Sciame Photo date: Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009"


"48 Bond Street: Condominium residence Completed: 2008 Architect: Deborah Berke & Partners Architects Developer: Dacbon L.L.C. Photo date: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009"

When doing a search for In Sook Kim, I found an other great photo here.

I can always count on the NY Times to have good building photos periodically. Check out these photos from the NY Times Magazine back in May 2007. I used the top photo as inspiration when creating Orange Construction Fence Series #57 and Orange Construction Fence Series #58, which are presently hanging at the Snyderman-Works Gallery in Philadelphia. (Yeah!)

Time will tell if the photos above will used toward new work. I'll report back.

Hands

Healthy hands are really really important. I've had my injuries over the years, mainly to my left hand, which is not my dominant hand.

On January 10th, when returning home from seeing "Who Does She Think She Is?", at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, I fell in our driveway when getting out of the car. Our driveway is historically icey in the winter, and this winter was the worst it's ever been in 21 years of living here. The house blocks the sun all day, and in mid-January we had as much as 3-4" of ice covering most of the driveway.

My left ring, middle and pointer fingers were slightly injured in the fall, but not enough to seek medical attention at the time. Barely any swelling, and no bruising. About six weeks later, they started to hurt, and now 10+ weeks later it really hurts, especially my middle finger.

It takes quite a while to get seen by a doctor when you're not in crisis, and today I finally saw someone. X-rays show no breaks, but there is tendon/ligament damage. Similar to a hand injury one might get when playing basketball, when fingers get bent back.

I'm wrapped up to keep swelling down and to restrict movement, and I have a hand therapy referral, which I hope will be scheduled ASAP.

Thank goodness I'm a righty, thank goodness for health insurance., and thank goodness this isn't getting in the way of making art. Typing hurts, but not painting, printing or stitching.

New England Impressions III, The Unique Print

I wasn't going to post anything on my blog today because I didn't think I had anything to say. But, when I woke up and checked my email this morning, a little before 7am, there was a nice note from a woman named Shirley who I reads my blog. In her message, from Australia, she told me that the "New England Impressions III, The Unique Print" show, at the Concord Art Association in Concord, MA (a half hour from my home), can be seen on the web. Cool.

"New England Impressions III, The Unique Print" is on exhibit from March 21 - May 3, 2009. If you're not able to see the show, click here, and then click on "New England Impressions III, The Unique Print." You can then either click on "Installation Slide Show," any of the three (online) galleries where you can see all of the images in the show, or you can see the "NE Impressions" shows from previous years. Enjoy.

The Opening is tomorrow night, from 6-8. I'm looking forward to seeing the work in real life, and also meeting other artists in the show. Two pieces I'm very interested in seeing are by Barbara Petter Putnam, called "Threatened Maine Biomes," described on the website as woodcut/fabric/hand-dyed cotton, machine pieced/hand-quilted, and a piece by Debra Olin called "Gliki’s Flight 3D," described as monoprint/mixed media. Glad to see other fiber lovers in the show.

Thank you Shirley for telling me that the show is online. I love that someone halfway around the world told me about something 22 miles away.

More Twitter

On Sunday I wrote about using an orange construction fence graphic to customize my Twitter page, which is http://twitter.com/bleujeanne. Well, I decided it was a bit busy, and didn't do a good job of explaining what my art work looks like, even if I do use them to monoprint with.

Instead, I have uploaded a detail from Orange Construction Fence Series #43, which carries over from my blog's masthead (see the top of this page), and is better branding.

Uploading it was not easy. Twitter's server gets so much use that customizing one's pages with one's own art takes time, patience, good timing, and luck.

Art / Fiber

I was unable to get to New York to see The Armory Show, so I am very interested to read about it online. One post I am especially thankful for is "Armory Week: Sew Me the Money," on Joanne Mattera's Art Blog, dated March 20th. Yes! Excellent commentary, and great pictures. Thank you Joanne! Anyone interested in fiber, should read her post.

Twitter!

Well, many years ago I vowed I'd never have a blog, and I've been blogging for over two years now. Then I vowed I wouldn't Twitter, and what the heck, I created an account to see if I like it, or not. (Everyone's talking about it, so why not try it!) It's only been a few days, but I do see some good networking opportunities. I set it up so my updates on Twitter also show up on my FaceBook status.

My name is 2 characters too long, so Jeanne Williamson would have had to be JeanneWilliams, or some other abbreviation, so I went with bleujeanne as my user name. That was my very first email address from back when I had AOL 100 years ago. There's not much there yet, but check me out: http://twitter.com/bleujeanne.

The funny thing about Twitter is when you sign up to follow someone, many times they also follow you back. That's very cool, but when I found out that The Onion and NPR News are now following my updates, I didn't know what to make of it. Are they actually interested in what I have to say? I'm gonna guess it's an automatic thing? Need to investigate.

The orange construction fence detail above is what I chose for my background on my Twitter home page. I don't think I want to put an image of my art work there, so why not use my inspiration? I tried since I signed up to upload my background image, but it wouldn't work. The site gets so much use, that I was finally able to upload my background late on Saturday night, when it was slower, because most people have better things to do than sit at their computer (like I was doing).

More about the Rose Art Museum, and More

New updates about the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University.

Read "Rose family denounces plan to close Brandeis museum," by Geoff Edgers on March 16, 2008, in the Boston Globe.

Quoting from the beginning of the article "In a public protest meant to put pressure on Brandeis University officials, fifty members of the Rose family today demanded the continued operation of the museum that bears their name and denounced plans to sell the art to pay its bills."

... and ...

"'Re–purposing' the museum is closing by another name,” read a statement signed by the family, which was scheduled to be read at a symposium at the museum tonight. “It would not be the Rose. Any other understanding of the university’s current plan is misinformation.  The administration wants to control money given to the Rose for museum purposes, to sell precious works of art, and to close the museum. We Object.”" Read more, and also the "Statement of Rose family members" (PDF).

Articles and Reviews

Read "Can Brandeis leaders be trusted?," "What is the Rose family saying?," and "Rose family objects to closing Rose museum," posted on March 16, 2009 on The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research.

Boston Art Dealers Association letter about the Rose, posted on March 19, 2009, also on The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research.

This is in New York, not Massachusetts where the Rose Art Museum is, but check out the article "Bill Seeks to Regulate Museums' Art Sales"by Robin Pogrebin on March 17, 2009 in The New York Times.

Then read "Overall, we would much prefer the New York legislature keeping its nose out of private sector business" on The Art Law Blog, on March 18th.

Lecture

I had the best time last night. I drove from my house in Natick, Massachusetts to Falmouth, Mass, which is on Cape Cod (1.25-1.5 hours away). My reason for going there was to give a lecture about how I made a small quilt a week for seven years, how I used a lot of recycled objects and unusual materials in these quilts, and how it turned into a journal. My book The Uncommon Quilter was about this project. It was especially sweet being in Falmouth to talk about it, since I spent two very intense weeks writing it in Falmouth four years ago.

When I give a lecture, it's usually to a quilt guild, and I never know how it will be received. Everyone is always very nice, but if they are a group of traditional quilters, it may be interesting and funny, but not necessarily inspiring.

Last night was a very good match. I had a feeling during their business meeting, when the were discussing different upcoming workshops, and when they had show-and-tell. One member showed a piece she made by painting on canvas, cutting it up and reassembling it, and stitching it. It was beautiful and could easily be hung in an art gallery or museum.

When it was my turn, I explained why and how I got started making a quilt a week, and then I showed slides (very low tech) of many of the individual quilts, small groups of them, and a shot of a year of them together, to show the depth of the project. My stories about the individual quilts are some times sad, but usually funny. I love when questions are asked about why or how I did something, and I really love making people laugh.

After my lecture, members got to look at some actual weekly quilts , as well as four of my 12 x 12 x 12 Series which are mounted on canvas. Many many many women told me they were very inspired to try new techniques and materials, and we had some really nice conversations. Fun night!

Make Me a Super Model

I watch very little TV, but I have to admit that I miss watching Project Runway, which is tangled up in lawsuits. No one knows if/when the next season will air.

I wouldn't normally watch Make Me a Super Model (also on Bravo TV), but my son knows one of the models, so what the heck.

The third episode was last night, and I have to admit I'm really enjoying the show. Not only is it interesting to learn a little about the modeling industry, but the clothes the models wear on the runway are temporary filling the Project Runway void.

I have no idea who made this line of sculptural clothes the models wore last night, but I like them. I wish I was able to find better pictures of the entire line, but this will have to do for the time being.

So who is the model I'm rooting for? Colin (upper left in the picture above). He has no previous modeling experience, is a pre-med student, and is my son's friend. That translates to, he's not going in to this with an ego problem, he's wicked smart, and he's a good guy. Good luck Colin!

New England Impressions III, The Unique Print

I dropped off my work for "New England Impressions III, The Unique Print," at the Concord Art Association, in Concord, MA yesterday.

There's a catalog for this show. Dorothy Thompson, who is the curator, wrote an essay about printmaking, which is at the beginning of the catalog. Since I majored in "Fibers" in Art School, I know more about Fiber/Fine Craft history, than Printmaking history. I am looking forward to reading what she wrote.

I did notice that there is another Fiber Artist in this show, who employs Printmaking in her work. I can't wait to see it, as well as the work of the other artists.

"New England Impressions III, The Unique Print" will be on exhibit from March 21 - May 3, 2009.

On Exhibit - New England Impressions III

I am very happy to announce that I am in a second printmaking show, which opens this month.

"New England Impressions III, The Unique Print," is at the Concord Art Association, in Concord, MA. The show is curated by Dorothy Thompson, and will be on exhibit from March 21 - May 3, 2009. The Opening is on Thursday March 26, 2009 from 6-8pm.

"The Unique Print is the third in a series of exhibits curated by Dorothy Thompson in which the richness of printmaking in New England is explored and celebrated. This exhibit brings together 27 artists who dare to break the rules and experiment with a myriad of techniques and materials – including machine stitching, quilting, stamping, sandpaper, pastel, as well as wood, metal, ink and paper."


Orange Construction Fence Series #51 and Orange Construction Fence Series #47 (both above) will be in this show.

Friends of mine also in this show are, Catherine Carter and Ilana Manolson.

Facebook/Art

Many years ago, when FaceBook was only open to those with a .edu email address I felt left out, because I wanted to check it out. When they opened it up to anyone who wanted to join, I jumped on it.

There's a young man in my family who didn't understand why I'd be interested. At the time, I explained I wanted to catch up with my high school and college friends who I had lost touch with. The article, "About face, Parents all over Facebook" by Bella English on February 2, 2009 in the Boston Globe, sums it up.

Now, FaceBook has another function in my life, that I appreciate as much, or probably, more than catching up with old friends. It's become a place for artists to network. I started to notice this many months ago, and was very glad to read this article which explains it perfectly:

"The Art World on Facebook: A Primer" by Sharon L. Butler on the Brooklyn Rail.

I really enjoy it when my artists "friends" post new work, show announcements, Opening invitations, and etc,. It's a great way to share with people from all over the world. The networking is GREAT!

Taking it a step further, artist Rachel Perry Welty did a performance piece, on FaceBook on Wednesday March 11th. She posted a status update every one - two minutes, from when she woke up until she went to bed. Friends of hers could respond to her status, which made it more interactive. I felt like a peeping tom, as I checked in on her during the day, but I thought it was brilliant! She said she printed out screen captures of her day, so I can't wait to see what she does with them.

New Work in Progress

I'm working on Orange Construction Fence Series #67. Above is the back side of the painted/printed fabric, which I will be using for the actual front side of the piece.


This is the front side of the fabric which will not be visible in the finished #67. But, I will be using what this side looks like as a basis of what Orange Construction Fence Series #68 will look like. I hope I'm not confusing you. I paint/print on both sides of the fabric, and choose one side as the actual side to use for my finished art. I am hoping to start working on #68 tomorrow night.

The inspiration for these pieces is a building in Singapore, which you can read about here. The two vertical rows of black printed squares on the fabric are influenced by the placement of the air conditioners in the building, and the bottom row of printed squares and rectangles is what I imagine the ground floor of the building looks like, since I don't actually know. I am planning on adding references to more windows in #68. It'll need more contrast at the top/middle, because it's going to be a much darker piece.

Next step for this fabric is stitching it, but that probably will not for a few weeks. I need to be able to access both sides so I can reference it for other pieces, so that's why I won't be stitching #67 yet. I will most likely stitch #67 and 68 at the same time.

Bas Relief

After gluing two 12 x 12 x 12 Series to stretched canvases, I noticed the back sides of the canvas after they were dry. The glue shrinks the cotton on the back side of the stitched piece, which shrinks the canvas as it dries. (If you can't see the detail I'm talking about, please click on the pictures to see them larger. That should help.)

This is 12 x 12 x 12 July 2007. The back is above and front below.


And here is another one.....


This is 12 x 12 x 12 August 2007. The back is above and front below.


The reason I stitch my painted/printed fabric is because I like the bas relief created by stitching (and how the stitched line enhances the design, but that's a discussion for another day). I also like my unexpected discovery of the bas relief on the back of the stretched canvases. I need to think of ways to take advantage of it, and possibly use it in my work.

Gallery Representation!

I am pleased to announce that I am now being represented by the Snyderman-Works Gallery in Philadelphia!

This work is at the gallery now:


12 x 12 x 12 February 2007


12 x 12 x 12 November 2007


Orange Construction Fence Series #57


Orange Construction Fence Series #58

I am sending these 12 x 12 x 12 Series pieces in a few days:


12 x 12 x 12 July 2007


12 x 12 x 12 August 2007

I have wanted to show my work there since after I graduated from Art School in Philadelphia in the late 1970's, when it was the Works Gallery on South Street. Since then, the gallery has grown and merged and moved, and my art work has grown and grown and I have moved and moved. I am very happy to be showing my work there now.

If you're in/visiting Philadelphia, go visit the Snyderman-Works Gallery.

Movie: The Cool School

I saw the movie, "The Cool School," thanks to Netflix's "Watch Instantly", which is finally available on my Mac. I like to watch art movies when I have some down time.

The movie was about how Walter Hopps and artist Ed Kienholz started the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles in the late 1950's, and how the LA art movement grew in to the early 1960's. There was footage +/or interviews with LA artists Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin, and others. There were also comparisons to the New York's art scene during the same time period.

I know it was the times, but it was bothersome that there was only one woman artist mentioned, and all of the other women in the documentary were collectors with their husbands.

Change of Mind

I decided that I don't want to use the sketch I made a few weeks ago, of a house under construction from a few blocks away. I need to work on the design some more, including the color, as I mentioned yesterday.


Instead, I have new inspiration for Orange Construction Fence Series #67-70. I was visiting the blog of Grace Ng-Sale, who lives in Singapore, who posted some very inspirational photos. I love the grids of the buildings, and the colors! Here are her explanations about these buildings ...

"About 80 percent of Singaporeans live in government subsidised housing called HDB or Housing Development Board flats.  Housing is very expensive in Singapore because land is so scarce."

"In Singapore, by law, every 5 years, all buildings have to undergo a new coat of paint."

This has nothing to do with my ideas for new work based on the two above photos, but Grace also sent me this picture...


... and she explained "Here is a of photo of laundry of different households taken on a sunny day.  As the weather here is so hot, we don’t normally have tumble driers – we hang our clothes outside on a bamboo stick and in half a day, the clothes are dry, provided there is no torrential rain! It is quite hazardous as the poles can sometimes drop so people generally avoid walking under these."

I don't have the resources or time to travel as much as I'd like, so I REALLY appreciate correspondence with Grace (and others I've met through my blog), to give me a glimpse of a world I may not ever get to see.

I would like to thank Grace for giving me permission to use her photographs on my blog, and also as inspiration for new work. I got started on Orange Construction Fence Series #67 last night, based on the very top picture. I'll post updates of it in progress, and of other pieces based on these photos, when there is something to share.

12 x 12 x 12 March 2009

I finished 12 x 12 x 12 March 2009.

There are times when I am working on a piece that I think it's not working out, or that I ruined it. I don't enjoy these times, but uncomfortable as it may be, it's a great learning experience. A good time for growth.

I read similar feelings of a young artist named Rebecca Landes, who posted about her frustration recently on her blog. I could relate to it so much, that I called an art friend, and read it to her. (This friend isn't an active computer user.) She could relate to it too. I have no idea how old Rebecca is, but I'm guessing low/mid twenties. I'm 51, and the friend I read it to is 71. I think these frustrating feelings happen to everyone, no matter our age or how much experience we have, and we just have to work through them.

Why am I talking about frustration? Because 12 x 12 x 12 March 2009 is one of those pieces. I'm not sure if I like my final result, and I'm not sure if it's the sketch I was working with, the way I handled it, the colors I used, or all three. I need to figure it out before I use the same sketch in 1-4 new big pieces.


On thing I do know, is that it will look good paired with 12 x 12 x 12 December 2008 (above).

If you want to know more, you can read past posts about my 12 x 12 x 12 series here on my blog, or see all of the completed work on my website.

12 x 12 x 12 March 2009 In Progress

I decided I also wanted to use the sketch I made for my next Orange Construction Fence Series pieces, for my 12 x 12 x 12 March 2009 piece also.

The photo at the top of this post is the front, or painted, side of the fabric, and the photo below is the back side of the fabric. The color you see on the back, is where the paint soaked through from the front side.


There is a part of me that really likes the front side (very top photo), and another part of me that really doesn't like it. I've chosen the back side of the fabric (second photo) to use face out, as I had planned on doing, for this piece. I'm not crazy about it, but I have a rule for my 12 x 12 x 12 Series that I have to use what I start, and do my best to make it work. I usually have good, or some, success with this rule, depending on the month.

I'll post the finished piece, and my feelings about it, shortly.

If you want to know more about this series, you can read past posts about my 12 x 12 x 12 series here on my blog, or see all of the completed work on my website.

New Work

Here is new work in my Orange Construction Fence Series.


This is Orange Construction Fence Series #63 ...


... and Orange Construction Fence Series #64 ...


... and Orange Construction Fence Series #65 ...


... and this is Orange Construction Fence Series #66.

All four of these pieces are a series within a series, and were inspired by the construction of the Cloverleaf apartments in Natick Massachusetts. You can read about it here.

On Exhibit - Women in Print

I am happy, happy! I am going to be in two printmaking exhibits, starting in this month!!!!! Yeah!

One of the shows is "Women in Print," at the Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, in Boston, MA, from March 9 - April 11, 2009. There will be an Artists’ Reception on Thursday, March 12, 6 - 8 p.m. If you're interested in seeing the show, here are directions and info.


I'll have three pieces in the show: 12 x 12 x 12 Series January 2007, October 2007, and July 2008, as shown above. I don't know how they will be hung in the show, but here they are in my studio.


My friends Catherine Carter, Virginia Fitzgerald,Christiane Corcelle-Lippeveld, and Linda Branch Dunn will also be in this show. I'm looking forward to seeing the full list of artists, because I'm sure there will have other friends in it too.

2nd Blog Birthday!!!!

It's my blog's second birthday!

I love blogging, and also how my blog has become my online sketchbook. I also really enjoy the blogging community. It's a nice way to network with people all over the world, and I LOVE networking.

You can read my post from a year ago, when I celebrated my blog's first birthday, and also read my first blog post from Sunday, March 4, 2007.

I do have comments turned off on my blog, but doesn't mean I don't want to discuss my posts. I just prefer discussing it via email, phone or in person. Over the past two years, I've received many emails that share info and discuss my posts. If you'd ever like to write to me, my email address is jeanne@jeannewilliamson.com. If you want to call or snail mail me, go to my website, and click on my "contact" page for that information.

Happy Second Birthday Blog! I look forward to writing more posts, and also meeting more people. - Jeanne

Monoprinted Fabric for New Work

I monoprinted four 45" wide pieces of fabric on Sunday, so I can start working on Orange Construction Fence Series #67-70. I chose a construction fence with a small square-ish grid to use for this series within a series. Working with the smaller squares should make for an interesting pixelated design, if it works out the way I hope it will.

I also printed another piece of fabric, with a very small gridded construction fence, so I can use it to do a variation of the same design, for my March 12 x 12 x 12 series piece. More on that shortly.

The picture above shows one of the pieces of fabric hanging on my wall, with my design sketch pinned to it. I put it on the wall so I can look and ponder it, before I begin.

Planning Ahead to Next Fall/Winter

For the past few years, I have decorated, re-designed, and given new life to, some of my wool sweaters. (If you click this link, scroll down to see the posts about my sweaters.) Some of my sweaters were too small and needed to be enlarged slightly. Some were pullovers that I made in to cardigans. Some were boring, and needed to be livened up.

Since I started doing this, many people have asked me when I was going to start selling sweaters to others, instead of only doing my own. Well, I have decided that I am going to work on tweaking used sweaters, and start selling them by next fall at the latest.

Now that I'm starting to work on this project, I need wool or wool blend sweaters. Many of them. A local used clothing store had an 80% off sale this weekend, so I visited three of their locations, as well as another used clothing store nearby one of them. I bought a total of 27 wool, wool blend, and cashmere sweaters, in various sizes, colors and patterns. I need to plan a few more trips to some more used clothing stores, to get more sweaters in a variety of sizes.

My next step is to look at each sweater, make a plan for what to do with it, and then find/buy rickrack, fringes, lace, buttons, and etc, and start cutting and sewing. This is going to be fun. I hope to take as many pictures about this project as I can, and share them here on my blog.

I don't know where or how I will sell them, nor for how much. If you have any suggestions about where (besides etsy.com) and how, please send me an email at jeanne@jeannewilliamson.com. I would love to hear suggestions and get feedback.

Mixed Media Fiber Art Exhibit

"Mixed Media Fiber Art," the show I curated at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, MA is closing today. I REALLY enjoyed curating, and I am quite pleased with the result.

The picture above is a merged blend of two photos of most of the show. The work is by (from left to right) Linda Colsh (Belguim), Merill Comeau (Concord, MA), Patricia Mink (Johnson CIty, TN), Angela Moll (Santa Barbara, CA), Jeanne Williamson (Natick, MA), Barbara Watler (Hollywood, FL), Lori Lupe Pelish (Niskayuna, NY), Dominie Nash (Bethesda, MD), Lisa Call (Denver, CO), and Elizabeth Barton (Athens, GA). Missing from the photo is the work by Barb Wills (Presoctt, AZ), Deidre Adams (Littleton, CO), and Linda Levin (Wayland MA).

You can read about the show, and my thoughts about curating it, on my January 5th post.

Besides curating this show, I also enjoyed giving a talk about it at the Museum a few weeks ago, and also joining the Education Coordinator yesterday, when she/we gave a tour of "Sedrick Huckaby: A Love Supreme," "Faith Ringgold: Story Quilts," and also "Mixed Media Fiber Art."

I look forward to having other curating opportunities in the near future. I am talking to someone about one unconventional venue that I may curate, and I hope to be able to curate other shows in gallery or museum settings.