Teeny, Tiny, BOLD Exhibit at Rountree Gallery

 

Teeny, Tiny Bold exhibit is a regional juried exhibit of small works highlighting the power of the compact. The exhibit was juried by Frank Juarez, publisher of Artdose Magazine. Juarez is a leader in promoting Wisconsin artists, networking, ands attracting regional, national, and international artists to collaborate and exhibit in Wisconsin.

Thirty-seven artists from within 300 miles of Rountree Gallery are exhibiting. I am honored to have my piece "Dream State" accepted into the show. Hope to see you at the opening reception on December 3rd!

Thursday, November 18th, 2021 thru Saturday, February 5th, 2022

Rountree Gallery

120 Main St, Platteville WI

Gallery hours:

Thursdays and Fridays from 4 to 7pm

and Saturdays from 10am to 2pm 

or by appointment.

Artist Sunday: November 28th, 10am to 2pm

Artist Reception: Friday, December 3rd, 4 to 7pm

Dream State
Mixed Media
4.5 X 6.5

Platteville WRAP 2021

Hoorah! WRAP exhibits are slowly returning to in-person shows after a looong hiatus due to the COVID pandemic.

The 2021 Platteville WRAP exhibit is currently at the Platteville Library (second floor lobby). It's a small show with only 7 artists and 21 works. But small shows can have advantages, like enough time for each artist to talk a bit about their work. A real plus.

The exhibit will be up through December 5th, but the workshop day was last Saturday (Nov 13). Madison artist Angela Johnson was both the show judge and the workshop presenter, and I did not envy her the task of selecting only two State Awards and two Honorable Mentions from a truly fine set of work.

I entered three fabric/mixed media collages featuring Boro stitching. In 2020 I took a workshop in using Boro inspired Sashiko stitching in contemporary fiber pieces. After the workshop, Boro became my pandemic isolation project...really got into it and made a 3 to 4 feet square wall hanging. 

But when I hung the "finished" piece on the wall, it just looked like a hodge-podge to me and I hated it. Sigh. So I cut it up into smaller pieces and framed them, adding some mixed media elements (paper, beads and metal). I was totally surprised (and delighted and honored) to receive one of the two State Awards for one of them (top piece in the photo above)!

After the awards presentation, Angela led an interesting (and useful!) "Mindfulness and Goal Setting" workshop at the Rountree Gallery (sponsor of the WRAP exhibit). 

Overall, another good WRAP exhibit day.