Art In Stitches: Dawn Goldsmith's article in HandEye

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Dawn Goldsmith's article in HandEye

(Above: Young, Strong, Beautiful, Grave Rubbing Art Quilt featured in HandEye magazine!)

I'm thrilled to have my Grave Rubbing Art Quilts featured in HandEye magazine. Dawn Goldsmith did a tremendous job finding the perfect words, flow, and balance for the article! Read it HERE!

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Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

National Fiber Directions Exhibition at the Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS. April 5 - May 19, 2013. Included piece: The Minstrel.

Page Turner at Some Things Looming Gallery, Reading, PA. April 5 - May 18, 2013. Opening Reception: April 5 from 5 - 8 and Closing Reception: May 18 from 1 - 3. Included pieces from the "Muses Series": A Ticking Clock, The Time of Your Life, and Any Minute Now.

Artista Vista Artist of the Year Exhibition, a solo show of new work by Susan Lenz at Ellen Taylor Interiors, 807 Gervais Street, Suite 100. April 25th through May 25th. Opening during Artista Vista, Thurs. April 25th from 5 - 9 PM. Included work: Eight "Window Series", five "Lancet Window Series", one "Lunette", one "Large Stained Glass", and three "In Box Series". These series will be available in the Columbia area exclusively through Ellen Taylor Interiors.

ARTFIELDS EXTENDED at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, 808 Lady Street in Columbia, SC. Over forty artists from South Carolina's Midlands area whose work was accepted into the recent Artfields Festival will be showing their piece plus one other from May 24th thru June 2. Opening reception: Friday, May 24th from 5 - 9 PM. Included pieces: The Canopy and Handed Down.

The Decision Portraits at Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ. May 17 - July 26, 2013. Reception: May 18th from 4 - 6 PM.

ARTQUILTSwater at Eastern Carolina University, June 3 - 28, 2013. Reception: June 7th to coincide with "First Friday" art crawl in Greenville, NC. Included pieces: Key West Sea III, IV, and V.

Quilt National 2013 at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. May 24 – September 2, 2013. Included piece: Circular Churchyard.

Shifting Threads, invitational fiber exhibition at Artlink's Auer Center for Arts and Culture, Fort Wayne, IN. June 7 - July 10, 2013. Included pieces: Ancestors, Epitaph Banners, and I Do / I Don't Installation.

Sacred Threads, a national juried art quilt exhibition at Floris United Methodist Church, Herndon, VA from July 10 - 28th. Included pieces: There But By the Grace of God and Endless Life.

ManneqArt, Sculpture on the Human Form, an art exhibition including a hair and make-up competition on June 23rd at the Historic Savage Mill in conjunction with the Columbia Festival of the Arts in Howard County, Maryland and including The Button Dress. Also, a free public display of 200 mannequins in wearable arts garments in various venues all over Howard County, Maryland from Sept. 14- 28th including both The Button Dress and The Pantyhose Dress. The event will include a juried selection for an Award Gala at the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center on Sept. 29th.

An Artful Journey, an invitational exhibit curated by Dale Rollerson of The Thread Studio at the Western Australia Craft Show, Perth, Australia. August 2 - 4, 2013. Included piece: An Artful Journey, A Grave Rubbing Art Quilt made specifically for this show.

Metaphors on Aging, a SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association) traveling exhibition premiering at the Festival of Quilts in Brimingham, England from August 8 - 11, 2013 and moving to the International Quilt Convention in the Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa from September 6 - 8, 2013. Additional venues to be added. Included piece: Lift and Tuck.

SAQA On-line Benefit Auction. (Studio Art Quilt Association). September 9th - 27th. Included piece: Handed Down. Image HERE and reverse of quilt HERE.

Text Messages, a SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association) traveling exhibition premiering at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX from Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2013. Moving to The International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati, OH from Apr. 4 - 6, 2014 and to the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, July 2014. Included piece: Texting From the Grave.

I Am Not Invisible, solo exhibition at Tapps Art Center, November 2013. Reception during "First Thursday" on Main Street, November 7th.

The 37th annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center November 7th through 10th, 2013; Preview Party, November 6th.

Radical Elements, a SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association) traveling exhibition premiering at the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Montgomery College in Takoma Park/Silver Springs Campus in Silver Springs, Maryland from April 3 - May 9, 2014. Included piece: Promethium

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