ARTful Living
By Anne Murphy
Fall is here. Do you look forward to unpacking tweeds and
nubby sweaters? Yearn to touch Grandma’s crazy quilt
with all its colors and textures? Pour over books and magazines
with designs for needlepoint, knitting or crocheting, or
other handcrafts?
If these are a few of your favorite things, you already
have a love for fiber art and textiles, our most familiar
art form.
September finds our metro-area in a whirlwind of art exhibits
and events focused on contemporary fiber arts. Titled Innovations
in Textiles 6, this is a community-wide, multi-venue, bi-annual
collaboration of 16 area galleries, all exhibiting contemporary
fiber art during September and October. In addition to exhibits,
there are lectures, tours and workshops. This event has
been organized by Craft Alliance in University City.
Below is a brief list of exhibits and highlights of special
events. Check gallery websites for information regarding
receptions, lectures and workshops. For details visit www.craftalliance.org,
or call 314-725-1177 for an Innovations in Textiles 6 brochure.
Take a gallery stroll with a friend.
-- Explore a new neighborhood. Enjoy art! --
Participating Innovations in Textiles 6 Galleries:
Metro East: Jacoby Art Center
www.jacobyartscenter.org
Sept. 9 – Oct. 9
Textile Abstractions. Works by Bhakti Ziek, Janice Lessman-Moss,
Lisa Kriner, Teresa Paschke, Carol LeBaron, Christine Heinrich,
Rein Vigneau Dimick, Jennie Moore, and Rebecca Grass. Curator:
Laura Strand.
Main Street Art Gallery
618-655-9999
Sept. 2 – Oct. 1
Where Fiber Reigns. Showcases local fiber artists, sans
thematic restrictions. Pouch, Purse, Pocket explores contemporary,
functional fiber vessels using cloth, paper, yarn, etc.
Size between 6 – 12 inches.
The Quilted Garden
618-656-6538
Sept. 16 – Oct. 23
Fiber Fusion III. Small-format works utilizing a variety
of fiber materials, techniques and styles from over 30 local
fiber artists and fine craftspeople.
Downtown, Forest Park, Central West End: Art Saint
Louis
www.artstlouis.org
Sept. 16 – Oct. 28
Fiber Focus 2005. A 9-state regional juried exhibit by juror
Bhakti Ziek.
Saint Louis Art Museum
www.slam.org
Apr. 19 - Oct. 23
Sleep in Beauty: Bed Coverings From Around the World. Showcases
international textiles such as a rare 18th century silk
embroidered Chinese bed cover, a suzani from Uzbekistan,
and 18th century Spanish coverlet. Curator: Zoe Perkins.
Xen Gallery
www.xengallery.com
Sept. 16 – Oct. 16, Nightfall: Aimless to Angelic.
H. James Hay, an American artist living in Japan, creates
spontaneous machine-sewn collage quilts using layering with
fabric collected from around the world. Pigeon. Sarah Nashold
dresses common hand tools in form-fitted costumes to explore
gender roles, identity and occupation. Also showing: Amy
Hoover, Connie Miller and Sarah Smith-Shoot.
Clayton, University City and Nearby Craft Alliance
Gallery
www.craftalliance.org
Sept. 16 – Nov. 6
Realities and Illusions. An invitational exhibit that showcases
diverse techniques explored by textile artists who produce
original and visionary interpretations of reality. Curator:
Barbara Simon.
Center Of Creative Arts
www.cocastl.org
Sept. 16 – Dec. 30
In the Narrative: Textile Object/Word. Explores the use
of object and/or word in contemporary fiber featuring Susan
Taber Avila, Diane Banks, Marcia Docter, Kyomi Iwata, Gyongy
Lake, Ruth McCorson, Laurel Nathanson, Marilyn Pappas, Lindsey
Rais, Michael Rohde, Luanne Rimel, Tom & Kathy Wegman.
Artist/curator: Kate Anderson.
Fontbonne University Gallery
www.fontbonne.edu
Sept. 9 – Oct. 7
Ancestral Images: A Textile Tribute to the Mandan. The Mandan
were a tribe of American Indians who perished in the 1700s
due to smallpox. Experience this sacred place as it honors
those who have passed.
The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission
www.art-stl.com
Aug. 19 – Oct. 2
Textiles as Emotional Landscape. Selected works by St. Louis
area artists Marjorie Hoeltzel, Barbara Simon, Dawn Ottensmeier,
Sue Eisler, Libby Reuter, Hanna Gilk, Sandy Abrams, Sharon
Davie-Barrett, Joyce Briscoe, Pat Owoc, Jane Birdsall-Lander,
Kay Wood, and M.K. Goerke. Curator: Sun Smith-Foret.
The Gallery, University City Library
314-727-3150
Sept. 2 – Sept. 29
Marjorie Hoeltzel: Les Petite Images. Miniature masterpieces
using postcards transferred to silk, hand stitching, silk
necktie strips, beads. Carolyn Huth: Text Tiles. Narrative,
mixed-media messages assembled utilizing textiles and sewing
in place of traditional objects and glue.
R. Duane Reed Gallery
www.RduaneReedGallery.com
Sept. 16 – Oct. 15
John Garrett: New Work. John Garrett works simultaneously
with 2- and 3-D formats using found and industrial materials
to create textile forms.
St. Louis Artists’ Guild
www.stlouisartistsguild.org
Aug. 14 – Oct. 8
Parallel Dreams. An installation of fiber art and watercolor
featuring Missouri’s Sharon Kilfoyle and Japan’s
Reiko Muria Hamada, two artists who meet and explore each
other’s culture through art.
Webster Groves:
Three Sinks Gallery
www.threesinksgallery.com
Sept. 16 – Oct. 22
New Works: Tom Lang and Jeri Au.
Chesterfield:
Chesterfield Arts
www.chesterfieldarts.org
Sept. 16 – Nov. 6
ArtFiber St. Louis (formally Art Quilt Alliance). Recent
work by Marianne Axboe, Pat Owoc, Drew Donnelly Benage,
Chris Burton, Joyce Briscoe, Carole Braig.
St. Charles:
Foundry Art Centre
www.foundryartcentre.org.
www.womenssupport.org
Sept. 27 – Nov. 5
Quilt National 2005. An international quilt art competition
showcasing the innovative trends.
Special Events Highlights: Innovations in Textiles
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Sign up for a gallery bus tour that includes Foundry Art
Centre, Chesterfield Arts, Jacoby Art Center; Art Saint
Louis, and Main Street Gallery. Bus tour is Oct. 1, 10 a.m.
– 5 p.m. For reservations call Carol at Regional Arts
Commission at 314-863-5811 ASAP. $25 per person.
Sept. 11
St. Louis Art Museum
1 p.m. Panel Discussion “The Presence of the Past:
The Influence of History on Contemporary Textile Artists.”
Panel: Bhakti Ziek, Marcel Marois, Jon Eric Riis, Laura
Strand and curator Zoe Perkins. Free.
Sept. 16
Innovations 6 Opening Receptions. See individual venues
for times. Free.
Sept. 17, Free Artist/Curator Presentations:
9:30 – 10 a.m. Three Sinks Gallery: Tom Lang, artist;
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Art St. Louis: Bhaki Ziek, curator;
11 – 11:30 a.m. Xen Gallery: H. James Hay, artist;
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Regional Arts Commission Gallery:
Sun Smith-Foret, curator; 1:30 – 2 p.m. Craft Alliance:
Barbara Simon, curator; 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. The Gallery,
University City Library: Marjorie Hoeltzel, artist; 3 –
3:30 p.m. COCA: Kate Anderson, curator; 3:45 – 4:15
p.m. R. Duane Reed Gallery: Gallery Director; 4:30 –
5 p.m. Fontbonne University Gallery: Margaret Roach Wheeler,
artist; 5:15 – 5:45 p.m. St. Louis Artists’
Guild: Sharon Kilfoyle, artist.
ARTNEWS
Contemporary-Pulitzer Blog. Want to get a behind-the-scenes
peek of The Contemporary and Pulitzer? Visit www.contemporary-pulitzer.blogs.com
to find out how they function, how exhibitions are conceived,
their thoughts about art and artists, and more. The Contemporary
and Pulitzer write alternating posts, encouraging feedback
and exchanging ideas between visitors and members of the
staff.
Bruno David Opens Gallery in October. Bruno David, veteran
art dealer of 20 years and most recently the director of
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art will open the David Bruno
Gallery at 3721 Washington Boulevard in Grand Center, directly
across the street from The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts,
the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and just one block
west of Greenberg Van Doren Gallery. The new gallery will
focus on contemporary painting, sculpture, photography,
and new media, presenting the work of emerging and established
artists. For info contact the gallery at gallery@brunodavidgallery.com
or visit www.brunodavidgallery.com.
Who’s News? David Garcia is the new marketing director
for ArtDimensions. Wildwood artist Greg Barth is a featured
artist in the July Artistsregister.com.
Gateway Gallery (a co-op) would like to welcome the addition
of artist Michele Wells to their staff.
