Showtime! The Centre for Book Arts, New York

It's ShowTime!

If you’re in the New York area, go and visit the Centre for Book Arts, who are running an exhibition from 3rd July to 12th September entitled “Threads”: Interweaving Textu[r]al Meaning.

Iviva Olenick - Play

Organized by: Lois Morrison, Artist and Independent Curator; and Alexander Campos, Executive Director of The Center for Book Arts.

This year’s Artist Members Exhibition brings together current members of the Center’s artistic community and invited artists who use actual thread as a design element to convey both content and form. Artworks featured in this exhibition represent a broad range of book and related arts, including prints, books, sculptures, and multi-media installation.Two Artist Talks (Featuring Artists from the Exhibition):
Wednesday, July 29, 6:30 pm
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm,
Iviva Olenick,
Meda Rives & Veda Rives,
Donna Ruff,
Tamar Stone,
Elise Wiener,

Wednesday, August 12, 6:30 pm
Patricia Dahlman,
Tanya Hartman,
Yoko Inoue,
Vandana Jain,
Heather Johnson,
China Marks

Gallery Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday, 10am-6pm
Saturday, 10am-4pm
Admission to the galleries is free.

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There are a lot of really terrific embroidery artists exhibited at this show, so it’s got to be worth a look. The list is long, but includes Mr X Stitch favourites Andrea Deszo and Tamar Stone.

Free entry + quality stitchery = gotta be worth a go!

And if anyone does go and wants to post comments on how the show was, go for it!