Colorado Weaving Connection Web Page Info on Fiber Shows in Colorado

*COLORADO SPRINGS:***

IMPORTED ELEGANCE: KASHMIR & EUROPEAN SHAWLS OF PAISLEY DESIGN: April 17 2004-May 31 2005, Pioneer’s Museum, 215 S Tejon, Colorado Springs. Tues-Sat 10-5 pm, Sun 1-5 pm May-October hours. 719 385-5990

*DENVER:***

NO BOUNDARIES:  through May 15, 2005.

Work by Chuck Close---portrait made in China from hand-knotted silk pile,

James Koehler—Chief blanket weaving in a Amish pattern,

Lucas Samaras---machine-stitched fabrics for a non-traditional crazy quilt,

Magdalena Abakanowicz---burlap/sand/resin figure,

Norma Minkowitz---crochet sculpture,

Tadek Beutlich---sculpture woven wall hanging,

Albert Gleizes designed and woven in the French tapestry workshop of Jacqueline de la Baume-Durrbach,

Sadie Curtis---Navajo weaver translation of an ink sketch by Kenneth Noland,

Josep Grau-Garriga---monumental weaving of different textures & materials,

Okada Tadashi—bamboo basket woven in Japanese basket-weaving methods,

Myrtle Fortner---The Matterhorn (a quilt made of 9,000 one-inch fabric squares) .

Wonderful to see this work by these re-known textile persons.  Neusteter Textile Gallery (6th floor), Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Parkway, Denver, 720 865-5000.  Free on Saturdays.

 

AMISH QUILTS, March 19-June 19 2005 , Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Parkway, Denver, 720 865-5000

 

18 JAPANESE BASKETS: Wonderful outstanding baskets on 5th floor located quite near the 5 Chinese Robes. Baskets are a must see—they are outstanding! Denver Art Museum, 6th floor, Neusteter Textile Gallery.

Weave Me This; Stories in Fiber From Around The World" Exhibit

The Children's Hospital, 1056 East 19th Avenue  Denver, CO  80219

Includes tapestries by:  Karen Crislip (USA), Barbara Heller (Canada)and Birgitta Hallberg(Denmark)

January 7th through March 7th, 2005

 

*GOLDEN*

"Fabulous Foothills Instructors" Exhibition Foothills Art Center 809 15th Street Golden, CO  80401

Includes tapestries by:  Karen Crislip

January 20th through March 5th, 2005

 

*LONGMONT:***

FIBER CELEBRATION 2005: NORTHERN COLORADO WEAVERS GUILD 31st ANNUAL JURIED SHOW: Entry date was January 31 2005 by slide.  Juror is Mary Zicafoose, tapestry weaver.  Exhibit is May 7 to July 17 2005 at Longmont Museum in Longmont.  http://www.angelfire.com/co4fibercelebration02.prospectus0512.c.htm

 



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