Mint
A quick visit to Charlotte, NC to pinch-hit as grands, gave us one morning to visit the Mint Museum, Randolph. The grounds are a stunning expanse of greenest lawn and mature trees surrounding a modern structure that houses an expansive permanent collection as well as special exhibits crossing millennia. Here are some of the highlights for this artist.
I am duely inspired.
Also, a link to Sleeping Beauties , a ‘wow’ exhibit at the Met.
From My Worktable
Staying in touch about summer projects and plans.
I wish you (and myself) a cooler August. Summer in South Carolina is unbearable outdoors, unless you love sweating. I hear that even the pool water is too warm to be refreshing. For me, it’s a matter of working exclusively in the small bedroom I call my studio, where I can draw, and paint, and stitch. Messy projects in the too-hot garage studio must wait, but making never takes a day off.
I’m starting stitched projects, delightfully slow, mesmerized by the thread colors I’ve chosen to convey the narrative.
I am finishing projects that have served as in-process artifacts for a time. Their back and inner workings exposed to view during my USCB show. (Photos on my website.)
I continue to ponder the projects that linger in the psyche, waiting for their story to unfold.
I am in the planning stages of a Journal Keeping Workshop for the Fiber Guild of the Savannahs.
So I practice what I teach in the times between, using the journals I make, to mark time, and narrative, and reveal the intuitive.
Hope you are creating.
Roxanne
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Eye Spy Magic
A sweltering weekend in Washington, DC was cooled by the delightful exhibits I was encouraged to see in person. The air conditioning at the Smithsonian didn’t hurt either.
So rarely am I able to come face-to-face with the breadth of art that resides in our National Museum. From South Carolina, it takes eight hours by car to arrive within viewing distance. Temperatures hit the 100’s last weekend, but we managed to visit three museum buildings which currently honor women’s fiber art.
Janet Echelman, artist : Renwick Washington, DC
Ideas in Cloth
This past month has been another busy one with a solo show @landaugallery and @pamconnollyphoto featuring a series of my Chromatograms and the collaboration with my friend. I wrote about it in @InspirationalArtMagazine.
A sweltering weekend in Washington, DC was cooled by the delightful exhibits I was encouraged to see in person. The air conditioning at the Smithsonian didn’t hurt either.
So rarely am I able to come face-to-face with the breadth of art that resides in our National Museums. From South Carolina, it takes eight hours by car to arrive within viewing distance. Temperatures hit the 100’s last weekend, but we managed to visit three museum buildings which currently honor women’s fiber art.
I won’t say much, except I am always deeply inspired by the textures, colors and atmosphere of these revered spaces and the gems they present. I humbly share the art and the artist’s words.
Another Solo
It has been a very productive year. So much so, that I have found little time to write about it.
JANUARY marked my solo show at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort. “Stitching Ghosts” opened after a year of planning. I installed thirty pieces of stitched and woven two and three-dimensional artwork. The exhibit represents the nine years I’ve lived in South Carolina, processing my life in cloth and thread.
The show photos (courtesy @pamconnollyphoto) are posted on www.roxannelasky.com. Please take a look at the revamped site as a lot has changed.
It has been a very productive year. So much so, that I have found little time to write about it.
JANUARY marked my solo show at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort. “Stitching Ghosts” opened after a year of planning. I installed thirty pieces of stitched and woven two and three-dimensional artwork. The exhibit represents the nine years I’ve lived in South Carolina, processing my life in cloth and thread.
The show photos (courtesy @pamconnollyphoto) are posted on www.roxannelasky.com. Please take a look at the revamped site as a lot has changed.
UPCOMING: Another opening. We are rolling out the process shots for my next show. This is a virtual exhibit that will appear on IG and other “socials,” a long term creative collaboration that promises to tease your sense of scale and nostalgia.
Conceived by Pam Connolly during the pandemic, the Laudau Gallery is an architect-built replica of a storefront gallery from her past. It is built in 1:12 scale miniature where artwork is shrunk to create the illusion of reality in dollhouse form. Photography is common thread.
“unEARTHed” is an exhibit of my foray into taking the soils and plants I collect and interpreting them through the process of chromotography. Simply put, it is a technique used by farmers and scientists to detect the quality of soil. Photographic chemicals are used to elicit delightful circular patterns on filter paper.
We are excited to be bringing this exhibit to Instagram in all its stages. Please like, comment, and share with followers and friends.
(Where’s the textile? I have taken inspiration from the results to create small tapestries with cloth and thread. )