“Through the Needle’s Eye” celebrates the vision of eight individual artists and two collective groups, expressed through piecing, appliqué, fiber collage, quilting, and embroidery.
Opening Reception: Friday, July 25, 6 pm - 8 pm
Curator's Talk: Sunday, August 24, 2 pm
Jane Sassaman develops arresting pieced quilts on themes around nature and plant life. Melissa Leandro also draws on nature using weaving as well as stitching to create rich surfaces. Local artist Bobbie Burns combines fabric collage and felting in a mix of abstract and inventive images. Heidi Parkes’ abstract quilts explore ideas and personal experiences through appliqué and extensive hand stitching. Donna Katz’s painted, pieced quilts deconstruct land forms, as do Deb Dyer’s embroidered aviation maps. Krystle Lemonias and Deidre Scherer both focus closely detailed fabric collages on the representation of human experience. And the artists who gathered to assemble two large quilts for the Maryland Institute of Creative Arts under the direction of artist Susie Brandt, offer an array of responses to the theme of Endangered Planet.
This exhibit, curated by Miller Beach resident and textile artist Jane Whedbee, explores the extraordinary and tremendously varied practices at work in the contemporary fiber world. In a movement that historically struggled to be recognized as significant “Art,” these artists display how engaging and meaningful art is possible through these means.
In association with this exhibit, the gallery is holding a workshop on creative embroidery. Sign up for X the x: Embroidery Beyond Cross Stitch
