Posts filed under 'exhibition news'
Yesterday I was at the Driskill Gallery taking down my show, when Lettie Blackburn started to bring in her new work for her solo show that opens tonight. Her newest piece is very dense, covered in stitching, and I was interested in what Lettie had to say about this:
“I decided to write on it with the sewing machine…my personal thoughts and experiences with trees, starting with my grandfather’s saw mill, and my other grandfather’s love of carving.
I am writing on it with the machine in a spontaneous way…just writing what I am thinking of at the time…It is very hard to see because I am using variegated thread, so I have to stop every once in a while and write the words down on paper. It is a very personal writing, and will not really be visible to anyone else…but I do want to remember what I said. A very deep approach when compared to other work I have done…but very satisfying.”
February 15th, 2008
On Friday evening a reception was held for the opening of Uncommon Threads exhibit at The Waverly House. Following are some snap shots of various members and their work.
Lettie Blackburn
Cathy Jeffrey
Christine Marcum
Dianna Callahan
Maureen Ashlock
Merrilee Tieche
Pam Rubert
Maureen and Diane Steffen
Emmie Seaman
Just thought you might like to see what some of the artists look like. We may not win any beauty contests, but we had a lot of fun and even sold a few pieces.
February 6th, 2008
January 24th, 2008
Carol Bormann’s piece “Ice Storm: Broken Limbs and Hidden Beauty” has been accepted for the Wearable Expressions 2008 international exhibition at the Palos Verdes Art Center Beckstrand Gallery from February 22 though April 20, 2008, followed by “Off the Wall and On the Runway” on April 26. Congratulation, Carol!
January 4th, 2008
This meeting was mostly about photographing art quilts, some old and some new, that might be used on the invitation for our upcoming exhibit at Waverly House, Feb. 1-29, 2008.
Carol Borman Route 66
Cathy Jeffery Southwestern Night
Christine Marcum Fractured Aspens
Christine Marcum work in progress
Dianna Challahan Night of Many Moons
Lucy Sillman A River Runs Through
Lucy Sillman Sentinal
Maureen Ashlock Art Speak
Susan Leslie Lumsden back of work in progress
I’m don’t have a photo of the front of Susan’s piece. There were a couple of corrupted files on my camera. You can see how I think I’ve resolved the problem on my blog. Go to Susan’s blog to see the front and all four panels as she works on them. Because of the camera, I also missed Arleta’s piece, so we’ll get it next month, along with more work to be photographed.
November 21st, 2007
Four members of Uncommon Threads had work juried into the 12th Annual Senior Art Exhibition, held at the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts and sponsored by Missouri State University. Carol Bormann’s “Il Duomo: Firenze Sunset” and “Discovering Nature”; Cathy Jeffery’s “Transferring the Legacy”; Arleta Johnson’s “Tranquility” and “Triptych Challenge”; and Merrilee Tieche’s “Valley of the Kings”, were selected as representative of the theme, “Celebrating Creativity in Later Life” in the mixed media show.
March 31st, 2007
OK, time to bite the bullet and learn how to post here - I finally have something to say!
After so long I’d nearly forgotten about it, “Tibia or Not Tibia….”, was accepted into the eMotion Pictures: an Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art. The mixed media show will open on March 7, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco and will travel for two years. A book of the artwork and the artist’s stories will be produced and will be available at the exhibit. The show will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
“Tibia or Not Tibia….” by Merrilee Tieche
March 18th, 2007
Dianna Callahan at Driskell Gallery at Southwest Baptist University
Review by Merrilee Tieche
Dianna Callahan’s use of found objects, discarded by some as unworthy, shows resourcefulness as well as a talent for seeing extraordinary beauty in ordinary things.
Four distinct types of art are featured in this exhibit, but the art quilts by far outnumber the other types of work in the gallery. While making art quilts is a relatively new endeavor for Callahan, we can see the progression of talent and skill through this exhibit. It is obvious from framed pieces such as House Plants, created solely from rescued scraps of upholstery fabrics highlighted by gleaming Angelina, that Callahan’s newer works are taking a less constructed view of an ancient art form.
Geometrics is filled with bright and springlike colors of aqua and lilac, with shiny lame’ catching the light throughout the piece. This leads us inside to experience other facets of Callahan’s mind.
Harmonious Augmentation is as mysterious as its title. Interestingly confined in a shadow box frame that celebrates the raw edges of its perimeter, the complementary shades of purple and gold glisten with the texture of frayed threads.
Two fiber pieces are different from the rest, being charcoal drawings on fabric stitches. The black and white simplicity of Isabel and Misty Lake make the viewer come close for a better look at the detail shown by the skillful permanent charcoal drawings.
Several well presented oil pastels grace the walls. They are lovingly executed drawings of the artist’s daughter and granddaughters that evidence Callahan’s fondness for the subjects. We feel we have met Danette, Anya and Kimmie after gazing at the portraits. Her pastel work glows with the joy she seems to take from her family.
Several vessels, both porcelain and fabric line one side of the gallery. The glazed porcelain bowls are decorated with natural fibers such as vines, and touched with gold paint. These are juxtaposed with more recently created soft fiber vessels. Dianna states that the fabric bowls were created in response to a 3-D challenge issued by her art group, but one can surmise that the shape itself has been long favored. One in particular, Spirit Bowl, is a porcelain bowl filled with varied soft fabric shapes creating a meditation on both media.
This small but charming gallery on the campus of SBU showcases one artist’s growth through the varying phases of her chosen profession. Dianna Callahan has invited us on a journey along her path as an artist, a mother and grandmother, and a caring citizen of the world, making the viewer look forward to seeing what’s next along Dianna’s path as an artist.
For a web gallery of Dianna’s show, please go here.
March 1st, 2007
Dianna Callahan has an opening reception this Friday for her solo show faculty art exhibit which features her quilted wall hangings, quilted baskets, and oil pastel portraits.
Dianna Callahan
Driskill Gallery of the Jester Learning and Performance Center
Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Missouri
Monday, February 19 - Thursday, March 15, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Opening reception - Friday, February 23, from 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m
February 22nd, 2007
