Update-Texas Museum of Fiber Art Exhibit

I'm happy to announce that my entry "Big ON Texas" was judged in the upcoming exhibit "Big As Texas" held by the Texas Museum of Fiber Art. This quilt received an honorable mention.

This same entry will be used on the e-vites and invites as well as the promotional posters. Posters will be auctioned off during the silent auction.

Here are the details of the exhibit for those who live in this area or if you happen to be visiting Austin.....

Also, I would like to congratulate Diana Ramirez, Barb Forrister, Barbara Sandberg, Kharon Clark, Deborah Robertson, Diane Barney and Malissa Long for being juried in the exhibit. Way to go Austin Fiber Artists !!

(I apologize if I missed someone from AFA group, pls e-mail with your name and I will edit the post)

Join us for a Preview Reception and Awards Party
Honoring the 2009 Winners of the
BIG as Texas
Fiber Arts Exhibit
at
The Bob Bullock
Texas State History Museum
1800 N. Congress 2nd Floor
Austin, Texas
Friday May 22, 2009
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Texas Martinis and Texas Wines
Fashion art and Silent Auction
Dress Texas Chic or Wearable Art
Visitors Parking

❑ Yes, in true Texas Style, I want to support a fiber arts exhibit
around the great State of Texas!
❑ Yes, I will attend the May 22, 2009 Preview and Awards Party
❑ Shucks! I can not attend.
❑ $75 Texas Platinum – Runway Seats
❑ $45 Texas Gold – Non-members and guests
❑ $25 Texas Silver – Guild and Group Members and Guests
❑ $15 Texas Bronze - Student
Number attending
Please accept my generous contribution of $
Name
Address

Buttons and more buttons!

This past Thursday I went downtown Austin to the d berman gallery for the opening of an exhibit by artist Lauren Levy.

Lauren uses buttons to create her pieces which are quite large, she had a couple on the floor that were probably 2 ft wide by 12ft long. I had seen her work previously and she was using wire to make her sculptures but her new work is on fabric. I was pleasantly surprised that the background or foundation used to attach the buttons look like quilts, some of them hand quilted with big running stitches with what it seemed like embroidery floss. And of course all those buttons sewn by hand. After seeing all the buttons (I tried to count them :) on her art it made my three or four jars of inherited buttons seem puny.

If you get a chance visit the gallery to see her work....the show runs from April 16 to May 30, 2009.

"BIG as Texas" Fiber Arts Exhibit

The Texas Museum of Fiber Arts is having a juried exhibit on Memorial Day Weekend here in Austin, TX.

The exhibit is called "Big as Texas" and the opening reception is on May 22, 2008 at the The Bob Bullock Museum

I'm posting a section of my entry and once the selection process is over I will post a whole picture. The name of my entry is called "Big ON Texas"