Eve Hesse Studio Work at ICA, Boston

It’s well worth a visit to this small show, which closes Oct. 10, 2011, featuring studio samples of Hesse’s mature work. Context is everything, for when one sees these experiments in photographs of her studio, one has to question their meaning and status within the white walled confines of the gallery versus the artist’s trial and error attitude while working…

Visit the Institute of Contemporary Art for more info.

For an expanded commentary and images from this show, visit Joanne Mattera’s blog.

2011 NAEA Stitched Drawing Lesson Plan and Presentation

Thank you to all who participated in my lecture and demonstration during the 2011 NAEA Convention in Seattle! Below is the lesson plan and edited presentation for you to download.

I will be posting a worksheet and presentation on my demo,
The Sewing Machine as Drawing Tool, next week.

Also, please visit the Surface Design Association’s Teach and Learn website for more ideas and references on textiles:
surfacedesign.org

Any more suggestions? Please email me at laurasapelly@gmail.com. Thanks again, and I do hope to see you next year in NYC! Laura

Stitched Drawing Lesson Plan

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Boston Ahts Festival Stitchers

Thanks to all of the people who visited my Stitched Drawing demo on Christopher Columbus Park in Boson on 9/11-12!

Stitchers of all ages took time out of their busy day, sat down and sewed parts of ‘community samplers.’ See all of the activities on my flickr web page.

The Stitched Drawing Table

Sewing Cafe in Paris…why not in your town?

I read this terrific article in the Providence Journal about two women, Martena Duss and Sissi Holleis, who opened up Sweat Shop, a sewing cafe where one can rent a sewing machine by the hour, nosh on sweets, and drink as much espresso as one’s needle will allow. Like the US, home economics classes “have long been absent from the French public school curriculum.” Therefore, their how-to-sew classes are the most popular.

Sounds like we could use a sewing cafe in every city and town! Think about starting one…

Here’s the article link.

South End Open Studios, 9/25- 26, 11AM-6PM…

Yet another arts event I’m thrilled to be a part of in the city of Boston….

Come and join me in my ’monk’s cell’ at the Artist Studio Building, Boston Center for the Arts, 551 Tremont St., studio #419, in the South End. Leave your car, take the train, pick up a map at the information kiosk outside of the Cyclorama, and be prepared for a day full of art- and walking

The sewing machine as drawing tool

Climb up the four flights of stairs, and stop by to watch my demo, The Sewing Machine as Drawing Tool.

Visit the South End Open Studios website for more information…

Visit me and other artists @ the Boston Ahts Festival….

Student working, Plouffe Academy, Brockton, MA

On September 11- 12, 2010, come check out visual artists and performers demonstrating their techniques during the Boston Ahts Festival. I’ll be there from 12PM- 5PM, showing how to make stitched drawings. Meander around the Christopher Columbus Park on Boston’s waterfront. And, best of all, it’s free! Hope to see you there…

For more information, visit the Ahts festival website.

Acadia inspiration…

Recently back from a far too brief stay in Bar Harbor, Maine, I am reminded of how necessary such respites are, no matter how much one loves one’s work! Hiking for three hours on easy to moderate trails in the sublime Acadia National Park, my legs ached from working forgotten muscles.

But my eyes retain its wild contrasts of sky, ocean, peace, and crowds. I can’t wait to see how these images will translate into new work.

Think about a weekend getaway before summer slips away…

View from Bar Harbor, Maine

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