The main gallery of Morehead State University's Claypool-Young Art Building will present “STITCH: A Regional Contemporary Art Textile Exhibition" through Aug. 26. The exhibition will feature two and three dimensional textile artworks, involving a wide range of media and techniques such as sculpture, quilting, digital imagery, felting, embroidery and embellishments, painting and bookmaking.
The exhibition was juried by Susan Shie, a painter who works on unstretched and stitched cloth. Born in 1950, she has been an artist all her life, living mostly in Ohio. Her degrees in painting are a BA degree from The College of Wooster, and an MFA degree from The School of Art, Kent State University. Widely published, exhibited, and collected, she continues her recognizable style of pictorial imagery with a flowing, hand written text of everything from personal diary to world events’ commentary on her large, time-capsule-like narrative soft paintings. Her main interests remain women and family, along with peace, social justice, healing, and the environment. Her website is www.turtlemoon.com. She selected 50 out of a submitted 79 pieces for the exhibition.
Participating artists include: Philis Alvic, Lexington; Nicole Benner, Maryville, Illinois; Adrian Blackstock, Ironton, Ohio; Jean Covert, Lexington; Caroline Covington, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Virginia Derryberry, Asheville, North Carolina; Katherine C. Doyle, Chicago; Gweneth A. Dunleavy, Louisville; Laura Gaskin, Fairview, North Carolina;
Helen Geglio, South Bend, Indiana; Mary A. Hambly, Bloomington, Indiana; Briena Harmening, Nashville, Tennessee; Hae-jung Larsen, Columbia, Mouriir; Susan Webb Lee, Fairview, North Carolina; Deborah Levine, Louisville; Christine Levitt, Lexington; Kathleen Loomis, Louisville; Lorie McCown, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Gena Mark, Lexington; and Leslie Pearson, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Additional events are planned in association with the exhibition that will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 26 from 5-8 p.m. in the Claypool-Young Art Building. A closing reception is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery with refreshments and live music, immediately followed at 7 p.m. by an artist/juror lecture by Shie in the auditorium (room 111).
The gallery, within Claypool-Young, features contemporary art for the MSU community as well as the University’s service region.
The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment, and is free and open to the public. Parking is available on Main Street and across campus after 5 p.m.
Additional information is available by contacting Jennifer Reis, gallery director, at 606-783-5446.
