Where Do We Go From Here? Paducah! by Mary Vaneecke

 I am thrilled to announce that Where Do We Go From Here? III is traveling to Paducah for the Yeiser Art Center's Fantastic Fibers exhibition, from March 18 - May 3.  The Yeiser is located at 200 Broadway St. in Paducah, Kentucky.  

The Where Do We Go From Here? series explores way-finding in a chaotic world.  The piece is inspired by a Wari textile in the collection of the Tucson Museum of Art.  Using the Japanese itajime method of dyeing fabric, I created this very contemporary version of a flying geese quilt.  

Where Do We Go From Here? III

Mary Vaneecke is Stitching Stories

 ACN member Mary Vaneecke's work Abuela Reads the Headlines is now on view at the Vision Gallery in Chandler, Arizona as part of the Art Quilts XXVI exhibition.  The theme this year is Stitching Stories.  The online juror Ellen Blalock's gallery talk will be on Thursday, December 2 at 5:30 MST.  You can register for the online event by clicking here. 

The collage includes found objects, hand-dyed vintage linens and commercial fabrics, hand-felted and beaded wool rope layered over shibori with machine stitched headlines about the Obama immigrant detention camps.  

Abuela Reads the Headlines, 55'' x 84''

Abuela Reads the Headlines, detail

More from her series on the brain, by Regina Marzlin

 The inner workings and structure of the human brain have been of interest to me since I was a teenager. Since then, I have had some experience with brain trauma in our immediate family and it has deepened my respect for this marvelous organ. 

This piece is part of a series I'm working on (which I started 5 years ago). I'm loosely depicting neuronal cells in the brain using my own screen prints on hand dyed fabrics, as well as using other surface design methods to introduce brain imagery. Machine stitches enhance the design. I'm now working on two more pieces based on these screen prints and will continue to add to this series.

The Wonder of Conciousness, by Regina Marzlin

The Wonder of Conciousness, detail