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2008 ATA Workshop “Channeling Your Muse”
Mary Zicafoose: “Wake up Different!”
By Brenda Osborn and Ann Arndt
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Through images and examples . . .[Mary] demonstrated that . . . the passionate person will use whatever gifts he has to the fullest. As our three days of class unfurled, Mary used many techniques to encourage us to find our passion, tell our own unique story, and get beyond the hurdles that prevent us from being the artists we want to be. . . .From this workshop, we gained a better understanding that passion is the key ingredient to getting down to work. Daily work, that daily practice of inviting perfection, is the main ingredient in the life of a professional artist.
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Below: Mary Lane, Pattern; Zicafoose design assignment ATA workshop 2008; Sewing pattern, red tape. Photo by Brenda Osborn
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Below: Ann Arndt design completed in the Zicafoose workshop.
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Review: ATB7 Exhibition: From the Heart of a Weaver
By Linda G. Weghorst
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. . . . upon entering . . . the ATB7 Biennial Exhibition. . . . I sensed the wealth of ideas, rendered painstakingly with exceptional skills by weavers at their looms. I found myself responding not with logic, but rather with instinct, heart and emotion, stimulated by the beauty in these tapestries. . . .
Julia Mitchell’s “Three Fold Screen.” . . . featur[ed] a quiet depiction of grasses and water and a subdued color palette. . . .
Gabriela Cristu[’s] “The Miragery” . . . is a surreal work, a triumph of color, form, image and imagination. I found myself lost in the intricacies of this tapestry.
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Below: Gabriella Cristu, The Miragery, 103" x 63" (161cm x 261cm), wool and cotton. Photo by Marius Caraman
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Below: Julia Mitchell, Three Fold Screen, 3 tapestries 58" x 28", wool and silk on linen warp. Photo by Ron Hall Photography
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Review: Wednesdays in Florida: Just Tapestry
By Carolyn Greber
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This exhibit by the Wednesday Group was on view for the month of June 2008 at the Women's Resource Center, Sarasota, Florida . . . as one of the Community Exhibits . . . in conjunction with the HGA Convergence. It presented an outstanding variety of subject matter, styles and techniques, an eye (and mind)-opening treat . . .There were 29 individual pieces (at least one from each of the Group’s 14 members) and a themed group project, “Not Gone for Baroque” (2007), which consisted of 16 individual pieces mounted together on a single panel.
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Below: Wednesdays in Florida: Just Tapestry
Installation #1 left to right: Barbara Burns, Rita Landau, Jayzee, Alta Turner
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Below: Installation #2: Barbara Burns, Woman With Red Turban, 25" x 28.5"
Archie Brennan, Gypsy Woman - A Reconstruction, 24" x 21", 2008
Wednesday Group Project #2, Not Gone for Baroque, 33" x 33", 2007
Don Burns, The Sitting - The Home Series, 37" x 30". photograph Carolyn Greber
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Below: Pamela Topham, Watermusic, 35"x34"; 2005; silk and wool. Photo by Reed's Studio
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Below: Helen Gold, Walled Garden, , 22"x19", 2005
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