Fiber Art Exhibitions

Hard to believe almost a year has passed since my new granddaughter was born. In the midst of making baby clothes--Wow. I am fortunate to have been busy dropping off and picking up art works from multiple exhibits-even had to enlist my husband as driver during my immediate foot surgery recovery. I had 2 pieces each accepted into the holiday shows at the Hanover Area Art Guild and the York Art Assn--honorable mention award at HAAG and award of merit at YAA. I juried 2 pieces into the Maryland Federation of Art  members exhibit with an horrible mention and another 2 pieces into the MFA Lowes House exhibit, second place award. I also have a piece accepted into the Blackrock Fiber Show and am please to announce that my Quilt featuring the lyrics from Jimmy Buffett's "The Rocket that Grandpa Rode" into the FMTTM Apolo moon mission quilt selections. I also have 2 works in the current HAAG Farm theme show as well as 2 fiber pieces and 2 dog portraits in York Gallery Group venues (Janney Financial and Talus Salon).

HAAG Fall and Farm Show Thread paintings:
I Love York City

 Bobb Log House

 Two Horses

York Art Assn Juried Members Show:
French Window II

 In the Shadow of History I

FMTTM Apolo Mission Quilts; The Rocket that Grandpa Rode

Traveling CCC Exhibit at Echo Park, DC
Winter Cabbage

Blackrock Fiber Exhibit, Germantown, MD
Room with a View

MFA, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Queen Anne's Lace

Lowes House, Annapolis, MD
Summer Stoop

Machine Embroidery Exhibit Opening

Just before the opening of my machine embroidery exhibit "Thread Pictures at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center in Frederick, MD last Saturday. Ben, Jerry and Apolo helped me open the exhibit which runs upstairs through the end of September. The National Quilt Exhibit has the big gallery space downstairs and is a real treat. I was surprised to find the Delaplaine a dog friendly environment. We were on our way(dogs too) to the Boston area to visit my husband's mother who broke her hip at a stopover between Philadelphia and my brother-in-law's summer cabin in Maine. So now she is stuck in a rehab unit near Boston and appreciated the company. My kids are fortunate to still have all 4 grandparents in their 90's. Joanne

Machine Embroidery Exhibit continued

I went down to Frederick, MD today to hang my machine embroidery exhibit at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center. I have the little upstairs room and managed to get 20 thread pictures finished and framed for the exhibit. The National Quilt Show taking up the bulk of the gallery space looks awesome. The opening is Saturday 3-5PM and both exhibits will run through the month of September. Here are the latest 2: Joanne

Machine Embroidery Exhibit

I am almost finished the set of machine embroideries for my one person exhibit at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick, MD. I just finished framing the 19th one. I hope to complete 2 more this weekend as my dog agility seminar has been cancelled due to Irene. Subjects range from flowers to architecture (windows and doors) to lighthouses to animals. Hanging will take place next week. The opening is Saturday, Sept 3, 3-5 PM. Here are a few of the latest. Joanne

French Window 1

Zinnias

Window Box Geraniums

Black Eyed Susans

Current Exhibits

I have had a very busy weekend delivering work to 3 exhibits that I have been accepted into. The first is one of my pet paintings ("Prince of Wales"-the Sealyham-see my previous post) to

The Towson Arts Collective 4th Anniversary Exhibition 
June 10-August 12
406 York Rd, Lower Level
Towson, MD 21204
Hours Thu, Fri, Sat noon-5PM +by appt
Opening June 10 6-8PM
410-916-6340

The second is the Machine Embroidery "One Red Window" to
8th Annual Adams County Arts Council Juried Art Exhibition
June 10-19
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College
500N Washington St
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Gallery hours 10AM-4PM daily
Opening June 10 5-7PM, awards 6PM
717-334-5006 or 717-334-0853

And the Third is 3 pieces of machine embroidery :Three Apples", "Summer Stoop", and "Lazy Sailing" to
Creative Crafts Council 2011 Show
May 28-July 9
Opening June 2, 7-9PM
The Mansion At Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20850
Hours Mon-Fri 10AM-4PM, Wed to 9PM, Sat 10AM-3PM
Opening reception and awards June 2, 7-9PM
301-704-4613

Fall Work by Joanne

Fall has been an exciting time. First, a 3 week tour of the Peruvian Amazon, the Sacred Valley and Machu Pichu, followed by Ecuador and the Galapagos. I am full of new ideas and photos. Second, a wonderful Sewing by the Sea retreat in Ocean City, MD. I am preparing for an exhibit of my machine embroideries to be shown at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD in September 2011 in conjunction with a national quilt show. I was able to do 4 of these embroideries in the retreat setting-a good way into the dozen I will need by next fall.

"Three Apples" Update plus Peacock Bracelet

"Three Apples" Update:

I am thrilled that my Machine Embroidery "Three Apples" won third place in the Adams County Arts Council Show and that it did so competing against "real" paintings. The exhibit continues till Sunday at Schmucker Gallery on Washington Street, part of the Gettysburg College campus.

Peacock Bracelet:

I was allowed to choose a summer pendant from Art beads and decided on the Russian Black Onyx Peacock. I thought that I  would feature the peacock in a bracelet and surrounded it with a band of peyote stitching in black seed and fringe beads with accents of orange, yellow, lime green and turquoise repeating the colors of the peacock feathers. I also stitched 2 feathers in brick stitch to dangle off of the focal bead. The closure is a vintage German glass button and bead loop. When I use loops as closures, I like to alternate medium and small beads. I feel this enhances the curvature of the loop. Enjoy! Joanne

Disclosure: The Peacock pendant was kindly provided free-of-charge by Artbeads.com, within the frames of Artbeads.com blogging program. The author of this blog has not received any payment from above-mentioned company. The post above represents only personal opinion of the blog author.

Machine Embroidery "Three Apples" in Exhibit

I am pleased that my machine embroidery "Three Apples" has been accepted into the Adams County Arts Council Seventh Annual Exhibit to be held at Schmucker Art Gallery of Gettysburg College, 300 N Washington Street, Gettysburg. PA 17325  717-337-6080

Gallery Hours 10AM-4PM June 18-27
Opening Reception Friday June 18, 5-7PM
Awards 6PM
Building is wheelchair accessible

Hope to meet any of you who are close by at the opening.

"Three Apples" was also shown in the Blackrock Tribute to Fiber Arts Exhibit earlier in the year in which I won an Honorable Mention Award. It is based on a photograph of a window in a beautifully quaint UNESCO Heritage site village in Portugal. Joanne