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Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art- January 2012

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 2012 e-News is Jan. 25, 2012.

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

***Submissions for Spring Newsletter due February 1, 2012

A Happy and Creative 2012 to all our TAA Members!!

Focus: Fiber 2011-12

December 2, 2011-February 26, 2012
Canton Museum of Art, Canton Ohio

The Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Canton Museum of Art present Focus: Fiber 2011-12, an eight-state juried show of contemporary fiber art.  Juror for the exhibit is internationally known fiber artist, Dorothy Caldwell.

Information:
Marty Young 216-932-2966  byoung4480@sbcglobal.net

Congratulations on Focus: Fiber Success

The Focus: Fiber 2011-12 Exhibit and Opening reception have been a huge success!!  Congratulations to the exhibit committee chaired by Marty Young.

Betty Jo Scurei organized the food for the fabulous Opening Reception.  She would like to thank the TAA members, Members of the Canton Chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America, along with members of the Canton Spinners and Weavers Guild for their contributions to the hospitality table. 

**The exhibit was reviewed by Tom Wachunas, an artist/critic/journalist who writes a blog calledARTWACH.  The review is in two parts.  Link:  www.artwach.blogspot.com

MESH Exhibits

In conjunction with Focus Fiber, TAA has curated and mounted several invitational fiber exhibitions - also of exciting and innovative work - at five local sites.  No need to hibernate this winter, come out to the openings and support your fellow TAA members! Information is also available at:  taacleveland.org, Click on Exhibits, then Focus: Fiber 2011-12.

Expressions in Mixed Media
Encaustic works, mixed media, textile art and
folding art books

Shirley McElhaney, Sandy Shelenberger, Anne Weissman

The Gathering Place — West

800 Sharon Drive, Westlake 44145

January 6 – March 26, 2012
Artist’s Reception: Friday, January 6 4:00-6:00

Gallery Hours:  Mon-Fri  9:00-5:00

Conversations in Fiber
Fiber works by Textile Art Alliance members

Ruta Butkus Marino, Barb Lind, Annette Boncek,
Janet Daniel, Katherine Dunlevey, Donna Cetnarowski,
Amelia Joynes, Carole Richburg Brown, Christy Gray,
Jacqueline Dukes, Marty Young

Howson Gallery

Judson Park, 2181 Ambleside Dr., Cleveland, OH 44106

January 13 – February 21, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, January 13, 4:30 – 6:00

Hours: daily 9 – 9

Second Life
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.

Mary Lou Alexander, June O’Neil, Ruta Butkus Marino,
Helen Murrell

HeightsArts Gallery

2175 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

January 13 – February 25, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, January 13, 6 – 9:00

Hours: Mon. – Wed. 1:30-5:00, Thurs. – Sat. 1:30-9:30,Closed Sunday

The Color of Textiles
Fiber works by Textile Art Alliance members:
Fran Belkin, Joan Brasaemle, Katherine Dunlevey, Jan Gibson, Joan Horvitz, Joyce Jentoft, Sue Jones, Kathy Levy, Leslie Organ, Ann Plevin Rosenbluth, and Judy Smith

Land of Color: Latin American Textiles

Galeria Quetzal

12400 Mayfield (Little Italy), Cleveland, OH

January 13 – March 16, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 13, 6:30 – 9:30

Hours: Mon. 12-6:00, Tues. – Thurs. 12-7:00,Fri. & Sat. 12-9:00, closed Sunday

Material Matters
Exhibition of fiber works by members of Visual Voices:

Liz Burgess, Kathleen Van Meter, Sue Copeland Jones, Ruta Butkus Marino, Linda Grashoff, Si-Yun Chang

Jean Bulicek Galleria:  Beck Center for the Arts

17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107

February 15 – March 19, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, February 17,6-8:00pm

TAA Lecture
Painting with Thread
Eugenia Vainberg

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1.30
CMA Lecture Hall

Eugenia Vainberg began to embroider at age 8 in her native Ukraine, and has continued her artistic journey everywhere she has lived.  Her delicate and expressive "portraits in thread" draw inspiration from theater, ballet, music, and literature.  Her motto is "no day without stitching" and for her, colors and their variations are melodies on cloth.  She will present examples of her work and share some ideas for promoting and teaching the art of embroidery.  Visit her website: http://evainberg.com  TAA members free; non-members $5.

TAA Event:  CMA Department Visit

Classes at CMA:  Contact Gail Trembly, 216-707-2487 or e-mail at gtrembly@clevelandart.org

All-Day Workshop: Painting on Silk Saturday, February 11, 10:00–4:00 (lunch on your own). Learn skills to paint on silk using gutta, a linear resist. After demonstration and discussion of design ideas, you’re ready for a brief practice period followed by painting your own silk scarf. Instructor: fiber artist Susan Skove. $75, CMA members $60. Plus $20 materials fee to instructor for materials and silk fabric. Supply list at the box office.

All-Day Workshop: Creating Collage Saturday, March 3, 10:00–4:00 (lunch on your own). Learn about the many techniques of collage. Explore ways to alter and transfer images and select pieces for your collage composition. Instructor: collage artist and author Gretchen Bierbaum. $75, CMA members $60. Materials fee to instructor $10. Supply list at the box office.

Ikebana Workshop Saturday, April 14 or Tuesday, April 17, 10:00–4:00 (lunch is on your own). Learn this traditional Japanese art of flower arranging that draws emphasis toward shape, line and form. Instructor: Isa Ranganathan. $85, CMA members $70. Supply list at box office. Students share the cost of flowers.

All-Day Shibori Workshop Saturday, April 21, 10:00–4:30 (lunch on your own). Shibori is a Japanese tie-dye method for creating complex patterns, textures and color on cloth. A variety of effects are possible by folding, binding, clamping, stitching and pole dyeing the fabric. Students will use fiber reactive dyes on cotton, explore color effects with overdyeing and complete a cotton scarf. Applications include quilts, wearables or home accessories. Instructor: fiber artist JoAnn Giordano.$95, CMA members $80. Fee includes dye, auxiliary chemicals and Fabric. Supply list at box office.

Calls For Entries

January 23, 2012....Artist as Quiltmaker XV, FAVA's 15th biennial exhibition of contemporary quilts.  Exhibit May 13-July 29, 2012 Coordinator: Ruta Marino, Artist and Curator.  Prospectus www.favagallery.org  E-Mail: artistasquiltmaker@gmail.com

February 1, 2012…..Small Expressions 2012, HGA’s Annual Exhibit of Small Scale Works.  Exhibit: May 10 - August 12, 2012, to be held at the Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, California Small Expressions is an annual, international, juried exhibit featuring high quality, contemporary small-scale works. Small Expressions is sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., to showcase small scale works created using fiber techniques in any media, not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction including mounting, framing or display devices. Juror: Carol Shaw-Sutton www.weavespindye.org

February 25, 2012…. The some things looming (www.somethingslooming.com) Fiber Arts Gallery and Studio, 526 Washington Street, Reading,PA has issued a “Call for Artists” to submit works for its upcoming salon-style exhibition, “Refuse/reseen,” that will run from April 14 through June 2, 2012. The show is part of the larger FiberPhiladelphia 2012 biennial celebration from March through May involving many artists, gallery exhibitions, major art institutions and numerous independent venues

**New TAA Event for Spring 2012:  Save the Date!

TAA Workshops, Maggi Jackson of “MaggiKnits” Saturday & Sunday, March 24 and 25 from 10-4 at River Colors in Lakewood, OH.

The Saturday workshop will be "Oh No! Not Another Scarf" and Sunday, "Wearable Art". Talk and Knitted Mini-Fashion Show, Friday, March 23. Details TBA. 

For information contact Joan Brasaemle, joanknits2@frontier.com