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Focus: Fiber 2011 - 2012

December 2, 2011 - March 4, 2012


Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, Ohio 44702

The Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Canton Museum of Art are sponsoring Focus: Fiber 2011-2012, a regional juried exhibit featuring the best of contemporary textile/fiber work from an eight state region. A regional exhibition open to all TAA members and fiber artists who live in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

The exhibit was juried by internationally recognized fiber artist Dorothy Caldwell and will be mounted at the Canton Museum in Canton, Ohio. TAA is producing a color catalog to accompany the exhibition. To purchase a catalog contact exhibition chair, Martha Young, byoung4480@sbcglobal.net.

Reviews of the exhibition may be found at
Fiber Art Now, Winter 2012 (PDF)
Canton Repository, December 2, 2011
ARTWACH Parts 1 & 2

MESH Exhibitions

Second Life
Mary Lou Alexander, June O’Neil, Ruta Butkus Marino, Helen Murrell
Fiber is a second career for each of the selected artists, just as the use of fiber in their contemporary quilts is a redefinition of the traditional utilitarian nature of quilts.
HeightsArts Gallery
2175 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
January 13 – February 25, 2012
Hours: Mon. – Wed. 1:30-5:00, Thurs. – Sat. 1:30-9:30, closed Sunday

Expressions in Mixed Media
Shirley McElhaney, Sandy Shelenberger, Anne Weissman
Collage, encaustic works, and folding books
The Gathering Place, West
800 Sharon Drive, Westlake, OH 44145
January 6 - March 26, 2012
Hours: Mon. – Fri., 9:00-5:00

The Color of Textiles: Fiber works by Textile Art Alliance members
Fiber works by Fran Belkin, Joan Brasaemle, Katherine Dunlevey, Jan Gibson, Joan Horvitz, Joyce Jentoft, Sue Jones, Kathy Levy, Leslie Organ, Judy Smith, and Ann Rosenbluth.
Land of Color: Latin American Textiles
Galeria Quetzal
12400 Mayfield (Little Italy), Cleveland, OH 44106
January 13 – March 16, 2012
Reception: Friday, February 10, 6:30–9:30
Hours: Mon. 12:00-6:00, Tues. – Thurs. 12:00-7:00, Fri. & Sat. 12:00-9:00, closed Sunday

Conversations in Fiber: Fiber works by Textile Art Alliance members
Annette Boncek, Carole Richburg Brown, Donna Cetnarowski, Janet Daniel, Jacqueline Dukes, Katherine Dunlevey, Christy Gray, Amelia Joynes, Barb Lind, Ruta Butkus Marino, and Marty Young
Howson Gallery
Judson Park, 2181 Ambleside Dr., Cleveland, OH 44106
January 13 – February 21, 2012
Hours: daily 9:00–9:00

Material Matters
Exhibition of fiber works by members of Visual Voices:
Liz Burgess, Si-Yun Chang, Linda Grashoff, Sue Copeland Jones, Ruta Butkus Marino, Kathleen Van Meter
Beck Center for the Arts, Jean Bulicek Galleria
17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107
February 15 – March 18, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, February 17, 6:00-8:00
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:00-8:00; Sat. 8:30-5:00; Sun. 12:00-4:00

Resurrection

Focus: Fiber
2011-12
Awards
Presidents' Award ($1000) - Heather Ujiee, H Ujiee
Dorothy Ceruti, Katherine Dunlevey, Jane Hammond, Karen Hinkle, Ruta Marino, June O'Neil, Kathie Roig, Ann Rosenbluth, Martha Young		 Benchmark Award ($250) - M.E. Ware, Power Suit for Modern Mothers
Brent & Martha Young
R Ricketts
 A Kessler M E Ware
Mary Ann and Jack
Katzenmeyer Award ($250) -
Rowland Ricketts,
Untitled Noren Partition #24		 Mary Ann and Jack
Katzenmeyer Award (250) -
Adam Kessler,
Human Fan
E Eibel
Pat Catan Award ($100) - Emily Eibel
Night Watchman -- Pem -- Still Life 		Congratulations!


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