"Gilded" Closing Reception

This weekend was the closing reception for the Uncommon Threads "Gilded" show -- aka Art Quilts at the Creamery. The Creamery is a historic building downtown that has been donated to our Arts Council and is undergoing a million-dollar renovation, so we were lucky to be able to have a show there.

Several out-of-town artists who participated in this invitational came to Springfield for the weekend. We got the opportunity to host Jill Rumoshosky Werner who is standing by her quilt above. The theme of the Gilded show was to incorporate metallic fabrics, threads or paints into a quilt. Since I don't usually use metallics, I was sort of at a loss for something to do. I tried working on a spaceship, but it sort of morphed into a polka-dotish thing, so regretably, I'm not part of this show. Jill had a great piece though -- it had a thin foil quilt appliqued on top of another quilt background of blacks and whites --sort of had a vintage feel which I love.

And here's Jill hamming it up right in the middle of the show. We had a great time during her and the other artists' visits. The reception was timed with the First Friday Art Walk downtown, so there was LOTS of art openings (more than you can see in one night, and under a full moon!)

In a couple of weeks, after the participating artists receive their work back and a photo cd of the show, I'll be posting images of the show on the Uncommon Threads website.