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Events and Exhibitions

Metaphoric Fibers: Untamed Knitting & Crochet
March 5 - April 17, 2010

ART: Healing Lives
April 28 - May 22, 2010

Shows in the Joan Mondale Gallery are free and open to the public.
 Rowan 30th Anniversary Exhibition
March 5 - April 17

 Rowan 30th Anniversary Exhibition
March 5 - April 17










Metaphoric Fibers

March 5 - April 17, 2010
Opening Reception Friday March 12 6 pm, Artists' Talk 7 pm

The artists featured in this exhibition take the traditional art of knitting and crochet beyond function into art abstraction. Some artists transform nontraditional materials such as stainless steel thread, copper wire, and sublimation ribbon into exaggerated realities like the 25-foot charm bracelet. Another artist employs video technology to complete her artistic vision. Juried by Adrienne Sloane and Karen Searle, the fiber art in this exhibition will certainly give viewers another perspective to the fine art of knitting and crochet.
Join us for an Artist's Talk on Friday March 12 at 7 pm. Jurors Adrienne Sloane and Karen Searle will speak about their work and the Metaphoric Fibers exhibition.

Participating Artists
Marie Bergstedt, San Francisco CA
Sara Christensen Blair, Aberdeen SD
Anita Bruce, Peterborough UK
Jodi Colella, Wellesley MA
Nathalie Cortada, Edinburgh Scotland
Michele Coslett Goodman, Dryden Ontario Canada
Carolyn Halliday, Minneapolis MN
Passle Helminski, Erie PA
Eve Jacobs-Carnahan, Montpelier VT
Cecilia A. Lira, Houston TX
Donna L. Lish, Clinton NJ
Chris Motley, San Francisco CA
Sara Nordling, Bloomington IN
Sonya Philip, San Francisco CA
Della Reams, Doha Qatar
Christine Sauer, New Orleans LA
Alissa Sorenson, Powell OH
Marcia Zimmerman, Stamford CT

Guest Artists
Arline Fisch, San Diego CA
Tracy Krumm, Kansas City MO
Karen Searle, St. Paul MN
Adrienne Sloane, Watertown MA



detail images: "Qatar Flora", Della Reams (above); "Color Play", Passel Helminski; "Living Alone", Chris Motley; "Meditations on Wholeness", Alissa Sorenson




Rowan 30th Anniversary Exhibition - A Retrospective
March 5 - April 17, 2010
Join us for an opening reception and lecture on Friday, March 5 at 6:00 pm.


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