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.
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