Gallery hours are 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday-Friday and Saturday from 10:00 am - 3:00
Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place
Jill Lynn, Herman, 2011 Felted wall hanging.
November 16-December 31
Saturday, November 19 from 1-4pm there is a reception featuring a talk by one of the fiber artists 1:30 pm) and a family-friendly arts activity (2:30-4:00pm). These events are free, but we ask that you call ahead to reserve a space in the workshop (218-385-3339).
The exhibition, “Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place,” showcases innovative work by Minnesota artists using such fiber art processes as felting, tapestry, weaving, batik, basketry, art quilting, beading, sculptural fiber and more. Land is the exhibition’s unifying theme—land as interpreted through the lens of contemporary fiber art. All of the featured works demonstrate the artists' unique relationships to place, which may be expressed subtly or explicitly in the work's content, formal elements, materials or techniques used in its construction.
With a particular emphasis on contemporary approaches to fiber traditions “Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place” will become an inspiring arts experience for viewers. “The exhibition’s artists demonstrate deep reverence for the land as well as the historical traditions that inform their work, yet each is adapting materials or processes in a unique way,” says exhibition curator Kimber Olson. “The artists use non-traditional materials or techniques to create work rooted in traditional handcraft forms. Bonnie Wedge weaves recycled aluminum cans into garments for art dolls and Karen Searle combines birch bark with sculptural crochet to create figural pieces.”
Fifteen highly established Minnesota artists were invited to participate in “Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place” by the exhibition’s curator Kimber Olson. Art quilter Lettie Blackburn of Walker, Minn., is among the artists whose work is featured. Other works include vessels by Sharon Meyer Postance of Meadowlands; “bead paintings” by Jo Wood of Duluth; and batiks by Vernal Bogren Swift, a fiber artist who splits her time between Bovey and an island in the Pacific.
 
Mary Mortenson, Amber Waves, Vest, 2011(fulled wool, shibori-resist dyed, discharged and over-dyed, needle-felted) and Morgan Clifford, Green, Green, Red, Red, Weaving, 2008 (Leno weave and weft brocade, linen, silk, hemp, nettles, paper, rayon, cotton)
The touring exhibition, “Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place,” is organized and presented by Textile Center, a national center for fiber art whose mission is to honor textile traditions and promote excellence and innovation in fiber art. Textile Center represents and supports fiber artists working in all forms of textile media including weaving, quilting, knitting, sewing, needlework, lace making, basketry and beading. More information about Textile Center is available at www.TextileCenterMN.org. Textile Center is a fiscal years 2010 and 2011 recipient of an Arts Tour Minnesota grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment passed by a a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
Textile Center executive director Margaret Miller says, “Textile Center received an Arts Tour Minnesota Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, which has been instrumental to the implementation of our touring program. This exhibition supports Textile Center’s mission to educate and generate interest in fiber art by making accessible a broad spectrum of innovative approaches to audiences throughout the state. Textile Center is delighted to present the exhibition ‘Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place’ to New York Mills and its surrounding communities.”
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Gallery Calendar
2011
February 5-March 26
Patti's Florilegium
March 30-April 9 K-6th grade Art Show. Recption April 2, 10:00am to 3:00pm
April 13-April 23 Student Grades 7-12 Art Show. Reception April 16 from 10:00am-3:00pm
April 26-May 4 Minnesota State High School League Show and Festival
May 7-June 18
Annual non-juried Sense of Place show (Regional Show).
June 22-July 30
Karen Heller - Landscapes and portraits
August 3-September 10 Kasma Cousins
September 14 - October 5
Landscape Photographs by Steve Nelson and Wade Lehmkuhl. Reception for the artists Friday, September 23 at 7:00pm.
October 8-November 12 Landscape paintings of South Africa, France, and the north shore of Lake Superior by Ken Marunowski & Ceramics by Colleen Behm. Reception for the artists Friday, October 14 at 7:00pm.
November 16-Dec. 31
"Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place," an exhibit of the Textile Center, Minneapolis. Opening reception Saturday, November 16th from 2:30-4:00pm. Family activity "Things with Striings" from 2:30-4:00pm and artist talk at 1:30pm.
2012
February 4-March 17
McKnight Touring Ceramics Exhibition.
March 20-April 14 Regional K-12 Art Shows
April 18-May 23
Annual non-juried regional show
May 26-June 30
Caroline Lavoie, Landscapes of the high desert American West
July 3-August 11 Bird and Fish Decoys and wildlife prints.
August 15-September 26
Invitational sculpture show.
September 29-November 10 Bridget Riversmith, short films, murals, and mixed media art.
November 14-December 31 Open.
2010
February 6-March 20
Portraits of Home II: Veterans in Search of
Stable Housing
March 24-April 17 K-12 Art Shows
April 20-28 Minnesota State High School League Show and Festival
May 4-June 5
Annual non-juried regional show
June 9-Juy 17
Stephen Henning, acrylic paintings
July 21-August 28 Three, an exhibit of the work of Tiffany Besonen, Kayleen Horsma, and Dawn Rossbach.
September 1-October 9
Sense of Place Photography Show. Reception for the photographers and the public on Thursday evening, September 9 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
October 13-November 20 Brush and Palette Club Show
November 27-December 31
happenchance, work by Laura Andrews, Suzanne Murphy, Jennifer Totoritis Searl, and Heather Humbert (Price). Upstaris gallery Paper Plains, an exhibit of paper art by Brian Jorgenson.
2009
January 6-Feb 14, 2009
Fiber Arts Show
February 17 -March 28, 2009
Woodcut prints and paintings by Betsy Bowen. Reception and presentation on woodblock printing Saturday, February 21 at 7:00pm,
March 31-April 8
Minnesota State High School League Regional Art Show.
Wednesday, April 8
High School Visual Arts Festival-all-day-long workshops in the visual arts for high school students
April 11-April 22
Regional K-8 and 9-12 Art Exhibit
April 25-June 20
Regional Art Exhibition, a non-juried regional art exhibit representing all visual media. Every artist may submit a maximum of two works for this show.
July 1-July 25
125th Anniversary of New York Mills Historical Photographs
July 29-September 2
Watercolors a painter and a potter. Ellen Eilers and Roxanne Sorenson
September 5-October 14
Woodcuts by Kathleen Ristinen and colored etchings by Abner Jonas
October 17-November 25
Continuation of Ristinen/Jonas show
November 28, 2009-
January 6, 2010
Architectural and Landscape Photographs by Meghan Duda
2008
January 8-February 16
Maxwell MacKenzie, Photographs of Otter Tail County and the great plains
February 19-March 29
Charles Beck, Art of Otter Tail County
March 31-April 5
K-3rd grade Regional Show
April 7-April 19.
4th-6th grade Regional Show
April 21-April 30
Minnesota State High School League Art Show
May 1-May10
7th-12th grade Regional Show
May 12-June 21
Regional Art Show
June 23-August 3
Spirit of Place Juried show
August 5-September 13
Duane & Bambi Goodwin
Stone sculptures, ceramics, watercolors, traditional art
September 17-October 25
David Salmela, architect. Large panel photographs and models of the work of David Salmela
October 28-November 29
Fine art prints by Kent Kapplinger and Eric Johnson, Printmakers. Reception and presentation on printmaking by the artists on Friday, November 7 at 7:00pm.
Dec 2, 2008-January 3, 2009
Archi-Texture Quilt Show from Minnesota Contemporary Quilters
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