July 17 - October 14, 2023
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Lea McComas: A Stitch in Time | Moments Captured in Fabrics and Thread
From Lea: People fascinate me; everyone has a tale to tell. I love to watch those who cross my path and imagine the nature of their stories. In a world, too often polarized, I believe we connect with others when we stop, look at each other, find our commonality, and respect our uniqueness. My art is an extension of that fascination with the human experience. It’s about capturing stories with fabric and thread.
Sharon Schlotzhauer: Joy in the Journey
Sharon is an award winning quilt artist who doesn't feel limited by any particular style, colors, or methods. There is a noticeable diversity in the appearance of her quilts. She works according to personal inspiration and what interests her at the time. Sharon enjoys trying new methods and developing new ideas and has a wide range of design, use of color, construction methods and techniques. The common thread running through all her work is the use of some form of embellishment, fabric enhancement, and/or dimensional features, in various ways.
Jane Mathews is a multi-media artist who likes to combine and transform materials in her work. Jane says that she likes to mix it up! Jane uses junk mail, and other paper sources in her quilts made of paper. She spent her 1950s childhood “always making things,” inspired by her father who taught her how to draw and paint and her mother who taught her how to sew. She combines these two skills, drawing and sewing, to create her designs. To this day she continues to make some of her own clothes.