Memorial Quilts for Mass Shooting Victims Exhibit Open
The latest exhibit of the Victims Quilt Project is now open at Francesca Anderson Fine Art at 56 Adams Street in Lexington, MA. Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 11 – 5 PMSunday 12 – 5 PM Opening Reception:Saturday, February 29th, 3 – 6 PM Gallery Talk:Saturday, March 14th, 1 – …
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Thread Painted Photo Tutorial
I’ll be sharing this tutorial at my guild meeting next week (Rising Star Quilters), but here’s a sneak peek. (The original thread painting is currently available from the Francesca Anderson Fine Art Gallery.) Why Thread Painted Photos? A photo gives you a place to start. You don’t have to create …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Managing Change
The challenge I am working on this month is fitting a creative practice into an already busy schedule. I have had the luxury of time over the last few years and that time has been invaluable as I have explored my voice as an artist, worked in series, and hung …
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Massacre Map
I added a new quilt to the Victims Quilt Project. The entire series is about to hang at the Francesca Anderson Fine Art Gallery in Lexington, MA. It will be on display from February 19th to March 28th with an Opening Reception on February 29th and a Gallery Talk on …
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2019 Year in Review
How is it already the middle of January? I didn’t think that the end of the year had snuck up on me, but somehow a third of January was already gone before I realized I’d missed writing my Year in Review post. So, better late than never! My focus for …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Getting SMART about Creativity
Was one of your New Year’s Resolutions to make more time for creativity? Great! Let’s talk about how to make that happen. New Year’s Resolutions are notoriously difficult to achieve and a high proportion of people drop them before the calendar page is even turned to February. Why? Well, one …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Not that you needed another book recommendation . . .
December is a time for Top 10 lists and best-of-the-year lists, either because the year is ending and it’s a good time to look back over the previous 12 months, or more likely it’s a marketing tool designed to sell things. (I suppose everything is in our capitalist society though.) …
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The Tiny Pricks Project
I went out to West Stockbridge, MA this weekend with a friend to see the Tiny Pricks Project exhibit at The Foundry and to participate in a workshop and the reception. I had not heard of the project until my friend emailed to see if I was interested, but it …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Walk Through the Door
Last month I wrote about committing to your creativity, but the commitment is just the first step and the one that comes next can be scary. Because what comes next after making the commitment to your art and to yourself as an artist (even if that title doesn’t feel like …
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In Process – Arabesque #5
I’ve finally gotten back to work on my Arabesque Series and have spent the past few months doing something really unusual for me – hand applique. I found a photo of a tile from the 15th century, copied the motifs from it, and have been appliqueing bit by bit for …
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