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Gallery Exhibition!
"Beadwork II:
The Embellished Shoe"
at Gallery Two - McHenry County
College
July 30 - September 16
McHenry County College
8900 U.S. Highway 14
Crystal Lake, IL 60012-2761
More info call: 815.455.8785
The show is locally co-sponsored by McHenry County College Art Gallery
and the Textile Arts Centre. The show was put together by Beadwork
Magazine/Interweave Press. Partially funded by Illinois Arts
Council
and Alex & Camille Cook, Friends of Fiber Art.
Show opens July 30 - September 16, 2001,
Gallery Two at McHenry County College.
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TAC'S PREVIOUS GALLERY EXHIBITIONS:
In
case you missed it...
here
are a few highlights:
Fiber2000: Indigo-Bridging Cultures
November 3 to December 23, 2000 at
Ukrainian Institute of Modern
Art
click here to print out (pdf
file) of the Indigo postcard
Juried and invitational exhibition of contemporary
indigo works that emphasize the range of creative applications and materials
in use.
Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Curator/Juror
Hirouki Shindo, Virginia Davis,
Laura Strand
Barbara Bansley, C.A. Brewer,
Chu-Hui Chiu
Julie Custer & Teresa Redden,
Jacy Diggins
Barbara Goldberg, Karen Hampton,
Juliarose Loffrredo
Karen Miller, Catharine Muerdter,
Barbara Shapiro
Jim Smoote, Yvonne Wakabayashi,
Carol Westfall
Partially funded by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois
Arts Council, and Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
Photographs of several Fiber2000 artworks:
(Note: These photos do not capture the full quality
of these works)
"Shindigo Balls" Hiroyuki Shindo
"Kasureru #6, #3 and #10" Virginia Davis
"Not Waving But Drowning" Julie Custer and Teresa Redden
(l-r): Karen Carlson, TAC Executive Director; C.A. Brewer, Artist; and
Dagmar Klos, Artist and TAC Gallery Committee Member stand in front
of "I Am the Child of Those Who Chose to Survive" C.A. Brewer
"Top of the World" Carol Westfall
(l-r): Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, Fiber2000 Artist; David Johnson, Artist
& TAC Gallery Committee Member; and Hiroyuki Shindo, Fiber2000 Artist.
(sorry photo did not turn out so well!)
"Jellyfish Mermaid" Yvonne Wakabayashi
"Manuscript" Hiroyuki Shindo
closeup above; full view below
Elyse Koren-Camarra, Artist & TAC Gallery Committee
Member is shown
enjoying the "Shindigo Balls" ( Hiroyuki Shindo)
photos by Vera Gavrilovic
Sorry if you missed...
Opening Reception was: Sunday, Nov. 12th - 12 - 4:00
pm
featuring Gallery Talks with Yoshiko Wada and Hiroyuki
Shindo.
YOSHIKO IWAMOTO WADA LECTURE
at DOUGLAS DAWSON Gallery 222 W. Huron Chicago
"Kimono Art Moderne: Meisen Textiles and Women Consumers
in Early 20th Century Japan" Thursday, November 9, 7:00 p.m.
HIROYUKI SHINDO LECTURE: "Indigo and
Me"
Friday, November 10, 12:15 p.m.,
Morton Auditorium, The Museum of the Art Institute of
Chicago. Open to public. FREE
organized by the Department of Museum Education
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Chain
Reaction
"Welcome to the New Millennium" by Norma Minkowitz
Invited Artists: Arline Fisch Kathleen
Holmes Tracey Krumm
Bonnie Meltzer, Norma Minkowitz, Rowen
Schussheim Anderson,
Karen Searle Yvette Kaiser Smith and
Carol Ventura
Juried Artists: Janet K. Bardwell
Lydia F. Borin Soon-Gil Cho
Tina Fung Holder Dallae Kang
Elaine Kuhlman-Trimble
Haley Licata Mia Maljojoki Miki
Mand Prudence Mapstone
Genna Clark Miles Ellen Moon
Liz Thomas and Elizabeth Tuttle
This exhibition will of contemporary crochet that challenges
traditional expectations be at TAC from June 16 to July 31, 2000.
Here are only a few of the incredible crochet art work
included in
Chain Reaction. Please stop by TAC to see the others!
by Kathleen Holmes
(back left: "Metamorphosis"; back right: "Day Labor" and
front center: Biological Mean Time"
"Staffs of Life" by
Rowen Schussheim-Anderson
"Passing on the Mantle" by Bonnie Meltzer
"Holographic Millefiori" by Haley Licata
"Goddess Throne" by Karen Searle
Sponsored by the Crochet Guild of America and
Acrilan Fibers only from Solutia
Partially funded by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs,
Illinois Arts Council, and Gaylord & Donnelley Foundation.
FYI:
Crochet Guild of America
2502
Lowell Rd., Gastonia NC 28054
email:
CGOA@crochet.org
website:
http://www.crochet.org
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Windy City Blues
An exhibit of studio
art quilts by members of F.A.C.E.T.,
a Chicago-based
textile arts group.
Richer by the Lake, 30" x 37" by Kathy Weaver
Maureen Bardusk, Caryl Bryer Fallert, Tricia Coulson
Ellen Ann Eddy, Ann Fahl, Kathleen Field
Marjorie Johnson, Marcia Karlin, Donna Katz
Geri Kinnear, Pat Kroth, Judy Levine
Judy Perry, Bonnie Peterson, Jane Sassaman
Mary Stori, Ann Wasserman, Kathy Weaver
TAC is pleased to be included in hosting “Windy City Blues”. Caryl
Bryer Fallert will be signing her book, Caryl Bryer Fallert: A Spectrum
of Quilts, 1983-1995 during the opening reception. Other books available
during the exhibit include The Stori Book of Embellishing & The Wholecloth
Garment Stori by Mari Stori and Thread Magic by Ellen Ann Eddy. This
traveling exhibition has previously been shown at Primedia Gallery, Golden
CO & in Jan. & February 2000 it is being presented at Kendall College,
Evanston.
Gallery
Exhibits - 1999
Head Over Heels
Fashions from the
"Avant-Garb"
September 17 - November
7, 1999
Opening Reception: Friday,
Sept. 17 - 5-7 pm
"Two Step" Alonzo Canada mixed media 16"x14"x8" 1996
Artwork from:
Alonzo Canada, Sonya Clark, Gloria Crouse, Anne Elizabeth,
Permi Gill, Raymund Hudd, Kyle Huffman, John Koch
Cathy Wells
Farmer's Market by Raymund Hudd:
  
Sonia Clark:
Kyle Huffman:
John Koch:
Head Over Heels is presented in conjunction with the Project Millennium
theme "New Directions" sponsored by Arthur Anderson and the Chicago Tribune.
TAC is partially funded by a CityArts Program 2 Grant from the Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council.
Sorry, if you missed...
North Shore Weavers Guild 45 Years:
A Retrospective
July 29-August 22 Opening Reception:
Thursday, July 29 -- 4-7 pm
anderson, atseff, austin, badenoch, baker, beck, beck, nancy berg,
berk,
binger, blomquist, blount, boemmel, barbara bonier, boatwright,
bottino, odette brabec, breen, brierre, bull, buschhorn, carver,
cassell, cepuritis, cohlmeyer, nakano cohn, coleman, coleman, colman, cone,
coughlin, cukurs, heather dodds, duckworth, eberhardt, eckley, ekman,
elmes, korah erbacher, ettleson, farwell, fautsch, feldy, fischer,
foley, forbes, fosdick, foster, foster, gable, gault, gent, gerber, goeke,
gonzales, gordan, graham, graves, gundersen, guynn, hamilton, hamilton,
haynes, hemke, hensley, nancy herzog, holman, houseward, howard,
julie hurd, inda, italia, jackson, johnson, jones, kanno, linda
kelso, kemper, keune, kinney, missy kjellenberg, dagmar klos,
kosiba, laurie kosky, kraft, kramer, kuka, juanita kuyat,
la pidus, laureys, leahy, paulette levy, lewis, ludwig, jan macklin,
madel, madigan, magos, malovany, mate, mayo, mcandrew, mccann, mccommon,
mcmahon, meehan, meier, menaker, menon, merkle, meyers, michalek, miller,
minnigh, vivian morrison, mucha, neiman, nuccio, ohle, susan
olofson, olsen, onofrey, liz papanastasopoulos, parks, parr,
parsons, patterson, pearson, perkins, perrin, prange, prochaska, rasmussen,
jeanne
reed, reid, reimer, reisner, relitz,
carol revzan, roerk, rosen, rosner, russell, ryan, sacksteder,
savel, schloch, schuler, seng, shapiro, shoji, skydell, smetko, snydacker,
spedale, spiegel, loraine stillman, stock, sullivan, irene suyeoka,
swartz, tabin, annette tacconelli, taylor, teeman, thwing, trippel,
trobaugh, trohman, diana urso, vlasak, virak, virro, volkmann, weldon,
wessel, wickert, williams, nyla williams, wiss, yamamoto, zerkin,
zien, zierdt, zimmerman
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Warp Speed: Teaching Technology
May 21 - July 18, 1999
This exhibit is presented in conjunction
with Project Millennium Discovery & Technology theme sponsored
by Abbott Laboratories & Chicago Tribune.
Pictured (above): Bhakti Ziek's "Florence
Cross-Section" (detail)
The gallery committee has
invited artists, who create fiber art with technology and are educators
at major institutions to present their work along with that of their students
who also pursue textile technologies. Designed not only to demonstrate
the high quality and diversity of fiber art created using technology but
also to show fiber art as an educational tool. In addition to classes
and workshops on technology to be held during this show, the event itself
will be designed to include hands on experiences for the audience.
Participating Educators ...
and their Students:
Louise Lemieux Berube ...
Jimmy Lecours, Martine Plouffe
Lia Cook ... Rachel Ku,
Deborah Valoma
Cynthia Schira ... Millie
White, Erika Nelson
Carol Westfall ... James
Loffredo, Michele Walker Wenzke
Bhakti Ziek ... Nancy Eiseman
Did You Miss the
Interweave Press, Beadwork Magazine Exhibit: Beadwork I: Up Close?
Here are a few of the amazing pieces
that were in the show:
"Sink" by Li Raven
"Sea Creature" by Jo Ann Baumann:
"In Memory of Noah" by Susan Etcoff Fraerman:
"Trilogy: Three Nesting Boxes with Cap" by Ingrid Bernhardt:
You're Invited to See
Beadwork I: Up
Close for Yourself!
Bring your friends!
Beadwork I: Up Close
- January 15-February 28 is the first exhibition planned for 1999.
Beadwork, a traveling exhibition initiated by Interweave Press’ national
magazine, Beadwork, will make its first stop, after it opens in Colorado,
at TAC. There are three jurors for this show. Mimi Holmes,
a nationally known artist who has worked with beads for over 15 years and
has shown in over 200 exhibitions in 38 states. Connie Lehman is
a studio artist specializing in beads, fibers and metal. A beadworker
for the last 25 years, she has participated on over 25 artist-in-residencies
including several underwritten by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Tom Lundberg is Professor of Art at Colorado State University, where he
coordinates the program in fibers. His small scale embroideries are
exhibited internationally and are in collections such as the American Craft
Museum and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Over 50 beaded pieces are expected
to be shown. During this exhibition, classes in a variety of textile
techniques that incorporate beads will be offered.
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