September Craft Series for Kids!

 I'm excited to be hosting a series of three yarny craft sessions for Guilford Free Library in Guilford, Connecticut!  I designed these sessions for Tweens (kids ages 11 - 15) and so far they've been a big hit.

Here are some photos from the first (virtual) session, where we created Guatemalan Worry Dolls from scratch:

 

Peg-style Clothes Pin to Start

Yarn Wrapping

Wrapping the Arms

Gluing the Arms to the Body

Time for the Finishing Touches!

Great Job, Everyone!

Yesterday's session - Macrame Color-Block Necklaces - was a blast!  Great participants, super energy and awesome necklaces!!!

There is one session left and you can find out about it here:  Magical Mobile - Guilford Free Library

As always, thanks for reading my blog!

Modern Quilts 2020: A Downtown New Haven Windowed Worlds Installation

For me, this was an epic installation.  I received the commission in March, right around a week and a half before everything shut down due to COVID-19.  During the lockdown/self-quarantine that followed, this project kept me focused on making art during a very stressful time.  Fortunately, I was able to do 95% of this project from home, saving the last little bits for the actual installation. 

 

You can read about my inspiration for this project, materials used and more interesting facts at the link below.  Also check out many other Windowed Worlds installations by amazing New Haven artists.

Windowed Worlds Installation 2020

 

Thanks for reading!

Kehler Liddell Show - Photos and Press

Just a few photos and press from Kehler Liddell Gallery's 4th Annual Juried Show (New Haven, CT)  that wrapped at the end of last month.  It was a great show, especially meaningful during this weird time of coronavirus.  To pull off a show during normal times is challenging, but to do it during a pandemic is heroic.  Thank you, KLG!

Press - So excited to have these reviews of my work.  Thank you Lucy Gellman, Editor of The Arts Paper, and thank you Brian Slattery, Art and Culture Editor for New Haven Independent.

You can read the articles here:

At Kehler Liddell, Artists Take a Look at Themselves

KLG Exhibit Lets Artists Make Themselves

Thanks for reading!