Woven Fabric pop-up exhibit.

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Here's a mid-week reminder of THE cre.æ.tive ROOM | PopUp Exhibition - Woven Fabric P I E C E S with Mary Young.  Join Us and learn more about MarY Young | Indigo + Adinkra Symbolis Studio Practice + P I E C E S at Artist Talk | May 28th, 1PM. Exhibition May 20-21, 27-29 and Private Artists OpenStudio (by appointment) May 23-26.

I am known for my figurative works, so this will be a new experience for me exhibiting only my abstract work.  I look forward to see your response. 

Update on Public Art and it's affect.

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I have got some wonderful feedback about some of my public art and I have never gotten any before.  This morning I got this about these two pieces that are the Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago, IL.

"Your work has been a powerful source of healing and strength for families who are stressed and in these hallways during long nights and busy days. Your art is a genuine gift to all these worried souls!"

Daddy's Babies - Dream Keeper (above) inspired by Langston Hughes poem.

Whisper Grown (above) inspired by the Talmud.

Summer Solace (above) is at Prentice Women's Hospital also in Chicago and I got this feedback about this piece.  "This beautiful quilt is hanging prominently on our fifth floor Reception Area which is our Diagnostic Testing Floor.  It is the first piece that our visitors see once they come off the elevators.  We have continued to receive great feedback, in fact even received a request to sell the piece to a patient who just loved it".

Knowing this is the affect that my work has on others make my heart soar and for that I am humble and grateful. 

Pop-up exhibition at The Creative Room

Greetings All,

Here's a weekend reminder of THE cre.æ.tive ROOM | PopUp Exhibition - Woven Fabric P I E C E S with Mary Young.  Join Us and learn more about MarY Young | Indigo + Adinkra Symbolis Studio Practice + P I E C E S at Artist Talk | May 28th, 1PM. Exhibition May 20-21, 27-29 and Private Artists OpenStudio (by appointment) May 23-26.

Mix-medid updates

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I would like to introduce my latest mix-media pieces title "Lest We Forget".  This is a series of 4 piece that were created of paper, fiberglass window screen and canvas panels framed in shadowboxes.

Pop-Up Exhibition at The Creative Room.

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Coming to the Chicagoland are, A R T | Pop-Up Exhibition THE cre.æ.tive ROOM Presents Woven Fabric P I E C E S | MarY Young + TrisH Williams. You’re invited to explore a rich one-of-a-kind Archive Collection of Fiber + Textile Art P I E C E S | “Percepts Inspirited by Episodes of Creative Expressions of Self." Experience this unique Women Artists Collaboration and learn more about their Studio Practice + P I E C E S: MarY Young | Indigo + Adinkra Symbolism and TrisH Williams | Quilting + Integrated Mixed-Media.  Join Us for the Exhibition May 20-21, 27-29, Private Artists OpenStudio (by appointment) May 23-26, and Artist Talks May 28 | MarY Young & May 29 | TrisH Williams.

http://www.thecreaetiveroom.com/index1.html

Wabi-Sabi update

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Here's an article regarding Wabi-Sabi from FAC at New Vision Gallery.

"Fiber art exhibit: Wabi-Sabi next on New Visions’ calendar

For Hub City Times
MARSHFIELD — A fiber arts exhibit titled “Wabi-Sabi: Finding Beauty in the Imperfect” will be at New Visions Gallery from April 25 through May 31. An opening reception will be held April 24 from 1-3 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public, and complimentary refreshments will be provided.

The Fiber Artists Coalition, whose traveling group exhibits have been shown across the United States, has curated shows such as this since 2008. While the titles, subjects, and curators change, the media stays the same: contemporary fiber arts.

The curator for this exhibit, Pat Bishop, explained “Wabi-Sabi” in the following way:

In these days of a throwaway society, it’s good to make do with what we have, cherishing the memories they hold. ‘Wabi-sabi’ is the Japanese term for finding beauty in the imperfect.
There is beauty in the worn out bench by the garage where you sit on a hot summer day and listen to the grasshoppers chant. That old tree in the back yard isn’t pretty but conveys beauty in its strength and character, from making it through the thunderstorm and only losing a limb or starting to rot with moss and lichens growing on its trunk while the woodpeckers search for insects. Look to the natural aging of leaves from bright chartreuse to crumbled brown skeletal remains to understand the meaning of Wabi-Sabi.
The focus of the artists’ work for this exhibit, ‘Wabi-Sabi: Finding Beauty in the Imperfect,’ gives representation to what satisfies their soul in simple ways. We engage viewers and invite them to reflect and see in their own lives the imperfect yet simple pleasures of present and past and the ever-changing life cycle of the natural world around us.

School and community group tours are available for this exhibit, made possible in part through a grant from the Marshfield Area Community Foundation. Interested parties should contact New Visions Gallery to schedule a date and time.

“Wabi-Sabi: Finding Beauty in the Imperfect” can be viewed Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at New Visions Gallery, located in the main lobby of Marshfield Clinic, 1000 N. Oak Ave. in Marshfield. Admission is free thanks in part to donations from ART PARTNERS. Exhibit space and other support is donated by Marshfield Clinic."