TAA e-News

Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art- February 2010


The Textile Art Alliance is committed to supporting its members--if you have an event or news that you would like to share with TAA members, please e-mail all pertinent information to Sandy Shelenberger  at sandyshel@roadrunner.com and we will include it in the next group announcement. Deadline for March  e-News is February 25, 2010.

E-News is now also available on the TAA Website: www.taacleveland.org

Lecture

Between the Warp and Weft: A Close-Up on Fair Trade Moroccan Textiles and the Artisans that Make Them
Alia Kate
Wednesday, February 3rd,1:30

CMA Green Room

Alia Kate has been a fair trade Moroccan textile importer since 2008, after working and traveling extensively in the region where she had the opportunity to meet and learn from women artisans. Her presentation on the lives of the Amazigh, the art of weaving in Morocco, and the challenges of artisans cooperatives in entering foreign markets is rich with personal anecdotes and set against the backdrop of Morocco's political and economic history.
Lecture free to TAA members and full-time students, $5 at the door for general public.  For information contact:  kerrin.art@gmail.com or 216-752-9654

Fashion Show Hat Centerpiece Workshops

Tuesdays:  Feb 9, Feb 23, March 9, March 23
Home of Joan Horvitz, 30 Laurel Court, Moreland Hills
10:00 - 3:00 drop-ins welcome

Decorate painted pillbox & cloche hat frames.
No previous experience necessary.

Bring sewing supplies, lunch, and misc ‘stuff’ to use on your creations.
Other supplies and refreshments provided.

Inspiration: Kent Costume Museum Hat Exhibition – now through October.
Reservations appreciated, but if plans change please join us for the day.
Contact Joan at jydesign1@mac.com
or Katherine at dunlevey@windstream.net   

Exhibit:  Tin Hearts Transformed

     Picture an old tea canister filled with your grandmother's collection of odd buttons, or a heart shaped red candy box stuffed with postcards and Polaroids. Imagine what a group of artists could make from thirty empty heart shaped cookie tins!
     Anne Weissman invited a group of artists to take tins to their studios and transform them using the materials and methods of their choice. TAA members participating in this exhibit are Katherine Dunlevey and Ellie Polster.  Also in the exhibit is Myrna Tatar, a former long-time TAA member now living in San Francisco.

 Opening on Thursday, February 4, 6-8p
Loganberry Books Annex Gallery
13015 Larchmere Blvd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44120   
Mon.-Sat. 10am-6pm    Thurs. 10am-8pm
(216) 795-9800 

www.loganberrybooks.com
Exhibit continues through Feb. 27

Congratulations!

 

TAA members Mary Ann Tipple and Sue Jones both have work in the prestigious upcoming exhibit:  The Artist as Quiltmaker XIV. 

       Dates of exhibit: May 16 - July 31, 2010
Venue: Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, 39 S. Main St., Oberlin, OH 44074
Hours: Tues. – Sat. 11-5pm; Sun. 1-5pm
Email: favagallery@oberlin.net
Telephone: 440/774-7158

 

TAA member Sandy Shelenberger has a piece in the newly released book 500 Art Quilts  by Lark Books, 2010.

Congratulations to these members!

Fibernation
an invitational fibers exhibit
featuring the work of select regional fiber artists
at
2nd April galerie through  March 5, 2010

Featuring work by.....

Joan Brasaemle

Rebecca Cross

Su Nimon and others........

For more information, please call 330-451-0924

2nd April galerie 324 Cleveland Ave. NW
Canton, OH 44702

www.secondapril.org 

Volunteers Needed

We are in need of volunteers to help teach weaving, sewing and knitting skills to immigrant women.  As you teach them these skills, you will also provide them with a safe environment to learn and practice English skills and learn about our culture.  We are meeting at the Cudell Center on Lorain and West Ave.  On the second floor are twelve floor looms that we will be using to teach English through weaving.

We are meeting on Tuesdays from 11:30 until around 4pm.  We welcome anyone who is interested.  You do not need to know how to weave, we will teach you.  You just need to be willing to welcome strangers to our country and have a warm heart!!

Please feel free to call me at any time with questions, and of course to sign up.  We are also looking for sewing machines and any "left over" fiber craft supplies you may have.  440-835-9394.

Warm regards,

Ellen Mullarkey
ellenmullarkey@aol.com

Artists Opportunity to Exhibit Works

 

I have recently been put in charge of the two art galleries in The Gathering Place facilities, East and West. I am interested in finding local artists who would like to have their art displayed with us. I am currently scheduling for March on the west side and for July on the east side. For details, contact:

Eileen Coan, MA, MLS   Medical Librarian
The Gathering Place - One Organization, Two Locations
Phone: 216-595-9546

coan@touchedbycancer.org

www.touchedbycancer.org

Workshop
Textile Mounting, Materials, and Methods
Robin Hanson

Saturday, March 20, 2010; 10:00 - 4:00
CMA Art Viewing Room

Robin Hanson, CMA’s Associate Conservator of Textiles, leads a workshop for artists and collectors that focuses on the materials that artisans use in their creations. This workshop is designed for the benefit of both artist and collector; providing detailed information on displaying created, collected, and favorite family heirloom textiles in an archival-appropriate manner. Various display options used at the museum and adapted for TAA will be discussed.

Robin's presentation includes samples of members' work which have been mounted. Take home material including a description of mounting techniques and sample materials provided. Participants are invited to bring to the workshop one textile object about which they may have a question regarding mounting/display

Fee $60, TAA members $50.  Limited enrollment. For information contact John Coyne, 216 707-2579,  jcoyne@clevelandart.org

Go to www.taacleveland.org; click on Program to print a reservation form.