Member Highlights!
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Many members of the Triangle Weavers Guild receive recognition for their talent. Allow us to boast about some of those recent accomplishments.
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The Orange County Studio Tour
The guild is fortunate to have number of members of TW featured On the Orange County Studio Tour this year, including Anita Wolfenden, Carol Retsch-Bogart, Rose Warner, Dawn Hummer, and Elaine O'Neill. For more information about their locations and what they are displaying, click here.
The Orange County Open Studio Tour brings artists and the community together in celebration of the creativity and diversity of the arts in our area. Tour visitors can meet the artists in a casual atmosphere, view a wide range of the artist’s work, and ask questions about the artist’s or craftsperson’s process.
The guild is fortunate to have number of members of TW featured On the Orange County Studio Tour this year, including Anita Wolfenden, Carol Retsch-Bogart, Rose Warner, Dawn Hummer, and Elaine O'Neill. For more information about their locations and what they are displaying, click here.
The Orange County Open Studio Tour brings artists and the community together in celebration of the creativity and diversity of the arts in our area. Tour visitors can meet the artists in a casual atmosphere, view a wide range of the artist’s work, and ask questions about the artist’s or craftsperson’s process.
Anita Wolfenden
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Carol Retsch-Bogart
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Dawn Hummer
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Elaine O'Neill
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Rose Warner
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Congratulations to Deb Bartz! Her handwoven garment "Urban Tessellations" was accepted by Convergence 2018 and shown in the "City Lights Festive Nights" Fashion Show in Reno, NV in July. Kudos! Go tho the HGA.
To see all pictures of the garments in the fashion show on the HGA Facebook page, click here |
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Dawn Hummer: WATERMARK
Watermark – A Solo Exhibit by Dawn Hummer. Watermark is a mixed-media show comprised of works showcasing the colors, textures and spirit of water. This exhibit will be open in Chapel Hill between May8 and May 12, 2018. To see more of her work and a list of her other current exhibits, go to her website: https://www.wildflowerwovendesign.com/ |
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Photographer Vicki Russell has done put together a short photo/video essay of guild member Sally Kahler at work in her studio. Sally says " Last Friday a friend who has developed a passion for photography came to photograph me weaving. She thought the looms would be good subject matter. It was fun. I have been weaving off and on for 43 years. It is always hard to share this hobby of mine with anyone who doesn’t weave because others really don’t understand the how and why. So here it is. It has been fun to share with family. Thought my weaving friends would like to see it too. It’s short! "
Click on this link to see the whole slideshow: https://steller.co/s/7u8WGtGAZXP
Click on this link to see the whole slideshow: https://steller.co/s/7u8WGtGAZXP
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Guild member Marcy Congdon’s work is being featured in the “Artist of the Month” show at Carol Woods i Chapel Hill. The show will be open to the public until March 9, 2018, and is opposite the large lounge in the main building, in a hall way across from the library (visitors can ask at the desk). Marcy is starting to teach some CW residents to weave and led an active group in Maine.
The black and white shawl is woven from alpaca that Marcy spun herself, from animals a friend had on the island of Islesboro where Marcy lived in Maine.
The black and white shawl is woven from alpaca that Marcy spun herself, from animals a friend had on the island of Islesboro where Marcy lived in Maine.
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Debbie Suchoff has some of her work in the Refuse exhibit at Artspace from January 26 - March 3, 2018. In this exhibit embers of the Triangle Book Arts group explore transformation, dissent, and reuse through the lens of upcycling and book arts - elevating what might otherwise be discarded to new meaning
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Dawn Hummer received a grant to expand the weaving classes at the Seymour Center by purchasing smaller, more portable looms and fiber. They will be offering six months of introductory classes on free-form weaving, which will be free to the public, beginning in January, 2018. |
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Mary Kircher is showing new works in "FORMATIONS: Boulders, Canyons and Glacial Erratics" at at Room 100 Gallery at Golden Belt in Durham, November 1- 29, 2016. Click on the photos to zoom in.
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June 2016: Leslie Killeen’s yardage, “Night Reflections” has been juried into the Complex Weavers 2016 exhibition. Thirty-seven items were selected and Leslie’s is on page 5. To see the catalog for the exhibition, click here
June and July, 2016: Kelli Crispin has been juried into the Fresh Gallery Show at Artspace.
June and July, 2016: Mary Kircher has been juried into the Fresh Gallery Show at Artspace as well as the FRANK Invitational Gallery Show in Chapel Hill. Details are on the Of Interest page. In addition, some of her North Carolina inspired work is being shown in the lobby of the SkyHouse Raleigh apartments until June 26, just across the street from Artspace in Raleigh.
March & April, 2016: Rose Warner will be one of five artists participating in a show entitled "Music from Red Nucleus" at Frank Gallery in Chapel Hill. Opening Reception Friday, March 11, 6-9 pm
January 2016: The Sandhills Weavers were recently featured in their local newspaper, "The Pilot". Several members of the Sandhills Weavers are also members of TWG. And that is Jackie Heller sitting at her loom in the photo in the article. --> click here to read the article.
September 2015: Sharon Schulz was featured in "PeaceHaven News from the Farm" for her work in getting a weaving program started at PeaceHaven Community Farm. Check out the pictures and article, "We Grow Each Other: Volunteers Share Passions with Peacehaven" on pages 4 and 5 of the newsletter --> click here
May, 2015: Mary Kircher will having a show entitled "Flow: Reflections on Place" at Roundabout Art Collective in Raleigh.
April, 2015: Mary Kircher will be having a show with Ann Roth at Artspace in Raleigh, entitled "Ellipse/Eclipse: Tapestries"
March & April, 2015: Rose Warner will be having a solo show entitled "Hanging By a Thread" the Hillsborough Arts Council Gallery.
Check out the picture and writeup in the Arts & Culture section of the News and Observer: http://www.newsobserver.com/…/arts-cul…/article15474344.html
Check out the picture and writeup in the Arts & Culture section of the News and Observer: http://www.newsobserver.com/…/arts-cul…/article15474344.html
January 2015: Jean Fortune Kaplan was featured in "The Alamance News" on January 8th. Jean "has become well known in Alamance County for her unique weavings and functional fiber art". Read the article by clicking here. See some of her work on the Alamance Artisans Guild website: http://alamanceartisans.com/artists/jean-fortune-kaplan/
January 2015: Rose Warner will be showing in a juried show at Hillsborough Gallery of Arts. Accepted Piece: Shall We Dance
July 2015: Leslie Killeen has been invited to teach at the Intermountain Weavers Conference (IWC) in Durango, CO. She will be teaching "Creating a Vest: Make it Funky, Make it Stylish, Make it Uniquely Yours"
July 2015: Leslie Killeen has been invited to teach in NEWS 2015 (New England Weavers Seminar) in Massachusetts. She will be teaching "Exploring the Weavings of Micronesia" and "Surface Visions for Pillow Tops and Vest Pieces"
November/December 2014: Jean Johnson and Pat Stewart will be showing in the Duke Art & Health Gallery Show.
November 2014: Pattie Lamb will be showing in the Durham ArtWalk Holiday Market
October 2014: Leslie Killeen had an article published in the Complex Weavers journal, October 2014. The article is titled "Black-and-White Drawdown as a Color Placement Design Tool".
June 2014: Linda Hardison had an article called "Cape Breton Coverlets" published in the Complex Weavers journal June 2014, #105.
April 2013: Mary Kircher was juried into Artspace Artist Association. Mary's work can be seen in her Artspace Studio #214, 201 E. Davie St. Raleigh, NC
July 2012: Mary Kircher was juried into Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild. Carolina Designer Craftsmen have an annual show, Thanksgiving Weekend at the NC State Fairgrounds.