I will be exhibiting along with the Bay Area Basket Makers in an exhibit at SJ Museum of Quilts and Textiles in September 2017.
I have the honor of curating this exhibit featuring the work of Linda Gass, Gyongy Laky and Linda MacDonald.
My work Sea Change has been selected for this exhibit sponsored by the Surface Design Association. The work deals with on going water issues in California and beyond. I used controlled seepage in a clamp resist technique with indigo dye on handwoven cotton and linen. Seven pieces were dyed and arranged to create a water horizon line with unknown depths below.
One day Painting with Indigo workshop at Walnut Creek Civic Arts. This workshop is full, but will be repeated next spring.
Look for my work in Indigo and Beyond at the Textile Society of America Symposium in Savannah, GA , October 19-23, 2016. The exhibit in the Savannah Space Gallery runs through the end of October.
My baskets and a selection of Mended Turnings created collaboratively with wood turner Chuck Quibell at the Google building in San Francisco at 345 Spear Street in four large vitrines in the 4th floor lobby. The lobby is open to the public Monday – Friday during business hours.
In conjunction with serving as a juror for a Fiber Artists of Oklahoma exhibit at the new Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, OK.
A one day class in coiled basketry.
Artists Speak about Contemporary Craft, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA.
Other participants included Clifford Rainey (glass), John Toki (clay), Barbara Holmes (wood), and Jack Da Silva (metal).
Ethnic Textile Study Group
Tucson Weaving Guild, Tucson, AZ.
“A Greener Indigo” Workshop
March 5 – 6, 2016, ASU and the Arizona Surface Design Association at ASU
“The Magic of Indigo” Presentation
January 11, 2016. Inland Empire Weaving Guild, San Bernardino County, CA.
“Painting and Stamping with Thickened Indigo” Workshop
January 9 – 10, 2016. Southern California Weaving Guild, Los Angeles, CA.
A Northern California Surface Design Association Exhibit
My seven coiled indigo disk installation called Testing Testing II has a prominent position in this wonderful exhibit. I was award an Honorable Mention for my work. See detail on this page.
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. Three bowls from the Mended Turnings series created Chuck Quibell and me will be exhibited.
Natural Dye Showcase
August 3 to 28, 2015. Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.
National Basketry Association, Grand Hand Gallery, St Paul, MN.
September 19 to November 8, 2015. Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA.
My indigo dyed coiled disk installation called “Testing Testing II” will be featured in this exciting exhibition. Catalogue available.
I spoke about three extraordinary West Coast textile artists. The paper I presented is available on Digital Commons, TSA Symposium, Washington, DC. My recent review of the TSA Symposium 2014 tour to see the Kay Sekimachi/Bob Stocksdale exhibit at the Mingei Museum in San Diego will soon be available on Digital Commons as well.