The Fold: Opening Thursday 5/23, and How to Continue
about 1 month ago • 3 min readIn This Issue: New show opening this week! About the new work, Portal 3 Why hand-stitching feels so good How we can take care of our hands How we can keep going in the face of, well, everything A video about folding laundry Qu'aint: Uncovering Opens this Thursday! The newest iteration of the Qu'aint Collaboration is debuting this week at [Artspace] at Untitled in Oklahoma City. Read on for all the wheres and whens. What: Uncovering is a new art exhibition by the Qu'aint Collaboration, a group...
READ POSTThe Fold: Leap Day!
4 months ago • 1 min readIt's Leap Day! I think I'll leap into bed for a nap. Some foldy hotel art from my stay in Raleigh. I just got back from QuiltCon. I'm still processing. I'll show you quilt pictures soon, I promise! For non-quilt views that inspired me, check out my recent Instagram posts: Hey weirdypants, the quilts are over there. More urban geometry, plus some intriguing hotel art. Let's keep it rollin'. Mola Art at Baptist Hospital Oklahomies - did you know there is a collection of Mola art at Integris...
READ POSTThe Fold: Made From Hard Stuff
5 months ago • 1 min readIf I'm not back by morning, call the President. Hey friends! This issue of The Fold is coming atcha from deep in the recesses of my couch, where I’ve been working on some new quilts. What for? This: In Love With Love opens 2/10 at Factory Obscura in OKC Starting at 7 pm, Factory Obscura will be hosting a group art show in the Mix-Tape East Bay featuring handmade valentines exploring all the various forms of LOVE. Each piece will be for sale! Admission to the V-Day Art Show is free. Tickets...
READ POSTThe Fold: No Recaps, Top Tens, or Resolutions
6 months ago • 3 min readThe Fold: No Recaps, Top Tens, or Resolutions Welcome to The Fold. Grab a cuppa and join me for not-one-of-those January newsletters. Common Threads show open through January 23 The Common Threads fiber art exhibition is open through January 23 in the lobby of Myriad Gardens in OKC. (map link) The art show is free to attend. Common Threads features five fiber artists: Sarah Atlee, Vicki Conley, Irmgard Geul, Sarah Sherrod, and Lisa Wing. Myriad Gardens' Crystal Bridge Conservatory is open...
READ POSTThe Fold: The Art of Quilting is Normalizing Love.
7 months ago • 1 min readIn this issue: In Flux has gone to its forever home Fiber art show opening soon! Where else to find my work this season Remember this quilt? If you’re new to The Fold, you may not have seen In Flux, a quilt commissioned earlier this year by my friend and fellow artist, Jane Vincent Taylor. Jane has now given the quilt to its intended recipient, and she wrote about the experience. It makes me feel all the feels. Here’s a choice snippet: “I hadn’t anticipated how much this work of art could...
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