Solo Exhibit at Guilford Free Library

February has been a super busy month!  In addition to my juried show piece currently on display in New Haven, I've also had my plastic bag works in a show all on their own in Guilford, Connecticut this month!   

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Here is a short blurb about my exhibit - Art Created With Plastic Bags at GFL.

Art Created with Plastic Bags Coming to GFL

Press Release from the Guilford Free Library • 01/24/2023 11:35 AM EST • 01/24/2023 11:35 AM EST

  

The Guilford Free Library, 67 Park Street, will host an exhibit by Marsha Borden, from Friday, Feb. 3, through Tuesday, Feb. 28. The display includes more than 15 large-scale wall sculptures, ocean scenes, wearable art, and more, all created with plastic bags.

Borden is a socially engaged, self-taught textile and installation artist with professional degrees in school psychology and education.  A 2022 recipient of the Connecticut Sea Grant and a 2019 juried member of the Guilford Art League, Borden has participated in artist residencies and community-based projects and has shown her press-reviewed, prize-winning work in numerous art galleries and museums both locally and nationally but also in parks and on city streets. She maintains a studio in Erector Square, an artists’ enclave in downtown New Haven.

Gallery hours at Guilford Free Library are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m.

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February is a short month - hard to believe I've de-installed this show already.  Here are some pictures, as well as some feedback and short reviews of the show.  Grateful for those who came out to see the show!

AND thank you, Guilford Free Library, for hosting this exhibition!

Blank Page, 36" x 38" - 2018

Red Openings, 34" x 38" - 2018

Trashy Grannies, 31" x 36" - 2020

Gone, 36" x 60" - 2019

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Patchwork, 25" x 34" - 2019

Trashy Tea, 31" x 34" - 2018

Trashy Coral Reef Detail - 2018

Blue Cheerios, 12" x 26" - 2022

Plastic Planet Series - 2018

De-Installation

"..I saw your show...!  It's wonderful!  I especially like the three-dimensional ones.  Really creative and fun!  - S.

"Wow!!  Amazing work, Marsha!!"  - A.

"Loved your show!  Especially Blue Cheerios!"  - S.

"Your work is amazing!!  I find myself just staring at your pieces, wondering how you made them." - E.

"Great effort and imagination!" - P.

"Awesome show!  We loved the Trashy Tea Party and Blue Cheerios best! - L.

"It was beautiful.  We loved your artwork."  - W.

"Your artwork got so many compliments!"  - E. 

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Thank you for visiting my blog!  I hope you enjoyed reading about what's been going on for me artistically.  

 

I look forward to hearing from you on my website at 

https://marshaborden.com 

 

or right here on my blog 

(you're reading it!) at www.marshamakes.blogspot.com.

 

Opening Reception - Light at Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut

The opening reception for Kehler Liddell's newest juried show, Light, was held this past Sunday.  I stopped in briefly on my way back from a weekend in New York City.  What a delightful show!

As a point of reference, my piece, a golden hand-knit bikini, is on the right, tacked to a velvet-wrapped board.  Scroll through the photos below and you will see some close-ups:

As a textile artist, I sometimes struggle with how to best display a piece.  In this case, the floppiness of the work had to be dealt with (hand knitting a bikini with thin, shiny yarn and then expecting it to "stand up" for display is problematic). I thought about tossing it over a chair or placing it strategically on a pedestal, but I ultimately decided to pin it to a board with tiny golden pins.   

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Thank you for visiting my blog!  I hope you enjoyed reading about what's been going on for me artistically.  

 

I look forward to hearing from you on my website at 

https://marshaborden.com 

 

or right here on my blog 

(you're reading it!) at www.marshamakes.blogspot.com.

 

LIGHT at Kehler Liddell Gallery

I'm pleased to have a piece chosen for Kehler Liddell's 7th Annual National Juried Show.  My work was selected as one of 75 among several hundred submissions.  Kehler Liddell gallery is located in New Haven, Connecticut and I'm thrilled to be part of this show!

You can read all of the details about the show, including participating artists, at the gallery website HERE.

You can read about the exhibit here - LIGHT Juried Show and see the catalog here - LIGHT SHOW catalog.  My piece is on pages 16 - 17 of the catalog.

I'll be posting photos of the exhibit soon, please check back!

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Thank you for visiting my blog!  I hope you enjoyed reading about what's been going on for me artistically.  

 

I look forward to hearing from you on my website at 

https://marshaborden.com 

 

or right here on my blog 

(you're reading it!) at www.marshamakes.blogspot.com.