Events

FIBER IN THE MIX

January 14 -February 28, 2022

An exhibit that included four collections of our work: the Black and White + One, Just for Fun, three new Extremes-Stitch, Scrap & Texture and As I See It. The gallery is lovely and show our work in its best light.

WHAT GOES AROUND ...
May 3, 2019 - May 25, 2019

Circles and Cycles!  Our lives are full of these two things from marbles to polka dots to peas to the seasons and even a life itself.  And so our group decided to take on these two concepts and see where our imaginations might carry us.

It was decided that either or both ideas could be used, and so there is a piece about the moon which can be round at one point in its phase, or many other shapes throughout its cycle.  And then there is a tongue-in-cheek bicycle because after all, you can’t cycle if you don’t have circles!  Some abstracted tulips show their life cycle with dramatic changes of color, and tiny bubbles become something else entirely as they are enlarged and playfully arranged in color swoops.  And that’s just the beginning.  We hope you enjoy this theme and the ways we have chosen to express it.

WEATHER
April 20, 2018 - May 4, 2018

In choosing this year’s theme, we made a list of possibilities.  When weather was suggested, it seemed at once innocuous and yet so broad and full of possibilities! 

Today it seems that the weather all over our globe is in the news more than ever.  The wild swings in climate, whatever their cause, give us continual headlines:  Flooding, Drought, Monster Storms, etc.  No part of our world has escaped these extremes and when these occurrences affect the food supply, results are of even more consequence, often in the “catastrophic” category.

In the end, instead of asking ourselves “What on earth will I do with this subject?”, it became, “How should I limit my portrayal to deliver the subject with the most punch?”  Living in the northwest brought many thoughts naturally to rain, some for drama and some for it’s soothing and sometimes playful aspect.  Others illustrated consequences of weather occurrences or pondered the often unknowable weather we all live with; even if we listen to the weathermen every evening, we are still sometimes caught without our umbrellas!

REFLECTION AND RENEWAL
Scenes of the Portland Japanese Gardens

at the first United Methodist Church - Portland

Exhibit at the CHESSMAN GALLERY
in Lincoln City, OR

Showing work of the last three years and new 3dimensional creations.



URBAN PDX
Exhibit
April 15, 2016 - April 30, 2016

at the First United Methodist Church in Portland, OR

A SENSE OF PLACE: The Allison INN
Exhibit
December 22, 2015 - February 27, 2016

at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg, OR

A SENSE OF PLACE: The Allison
Exhibit

April 17 - May 8, 2015

We decided to explore how our individual interpretations of one place, known to us all, might vary or coincide.  We chose the Allison Inn and Spa in Newberg, Oregon and had a couple of field trips to obtain photos which were intended as jumping off points for our pieces.  Some artists chose to lean closer to the representational aspect in their portrayal, while others moved toward abstraction.  Our goal was to create one “Hardscape” piece and one “Softscape” piece.  Hardscape inspiration was likely to come from either the architecture of the building itself, or some of the rigid lines surrounding it such as the stonework or sculpture.  The Softscapes might be related to the lush gardens, surrounding bounty of Willamette Valley agriculture or the more organic sculptures the Allison has scattered about its grounds.

EXTREME STUDIES
Exhibit

April 11 - 25, 2014

MIX artists developed a series of new works examining the concept "in the extreme". Whether it be through use of a single theme or similar technique, the work explores material, shape or distortion and color "in the extreme". To further unify the body of work, each piece is rendered at 18 inches square.

LOCALLY GROWN
Exhibit

April26 - May 26, 2013

People are becoming increasingly interested in the health of the food they eat. Farmer's markets are growing in popularity. Restaurants proudly announce that their food is purchased locally. Barbara Kingsolver wrote in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle the story of her family's desire and subsequent trial to eat only what they could grow themselves. The quilts for this exhibit were inspired by these and other personal experiences with "locally grown."