TAA e-News

Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art- January 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 February 2010 e-News is January 25, 2009.

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

Lecture:  Inspired!  A Career in Textiles and Weaving

Jodi Kanter
Wednesday, January 13, 1:30
CMA Green Room

Weaver Jodi Kanter will talk about what has inspired her career of commissioned art works.  Kanter’s works run the gamut from corporate to public commissions. Jodi also is known for her beautiful liturgical artwork. Jodi is European trained and works closely with architects and interior designers to create outstanding artwork to harmonize with any space.  Her specialty is site-specific commissions of her hand-woven fiber art.

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

Of Shaker, By Shaker
Thursday November 19, 2009 - Thursday January 14, 2010
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Art Exhibit: Main Library, Shaker Heights

Enjoy an exhibit of two-dimensional works by artists who live in Shaker Heights, including Herbert Ascherman, David Bergholz, Lee Heinen, Caydie Heller, Susan Herwald, Sally Levine, Rita Montlack, Elise Newman, Gloria Plevin, and Erica Weiss.

Art Exhibit


TAA members, Judith Kessler Smith, Leslie Organ and Katherine Dunlevey are included in the discARTed Recycled Art Exhibition at the West Woods Nature Center, Geauga Park District. The nature centure is on Kinsman Rd. in Russell Township and is on exhibit through January 31, 2010.

Fashion Show Hat Centerpiece Workshops

Tuesdays: Jan 26, 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 after January 16
or Katherine at dunlevey@windstream.net   

Congratulations to Mary Louise Van Dyke

 

TAA Member Mary Louise Van Dyke was interviewed for a Podcast on weavezine.com  Nancy Smith Kilkenny interviewed Mary Louise about the paraments she wove for the Christ Episcopal Church in Oberlin, OH.  Be sure to click on Flickr Pictures under resources to see her beautiful liturgical pieces.  Here is the link to the podcast:   http://www.weavezine.com/audio/47-mary-louise-van-dyke

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

CoCA's Images from a Blue-Green Planet Exhibit

January 2 - January 31

Beachwood Library

Corner of Richmond Rd. & Shaker Blvd.

Open library hours

 

Members of Contemporary Cloth Artists collaborated to create the Blue-Green Planet quilt.  The exhibit is enhanced by several dozen supportive pieces including works by  TAA members, Christine Allchin, Saundra Bohl, Julie Clemens, Katherine Dunlevey, Natalie Isvarin-Love, Kathy Levy, Karen O'Hara, Judy Smith, and Anne Weissman.