From the Inside Out: You are invited!

A Surface Design Association Exhibit
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A workshop is planned in conjunction with this exhibition.
Rio Wrenn will join us for the opening reception and artist talk at the gallery on August 22. Her workshop Dyeing and Printing with Rust and Tannins will be held at the Textile Lab at SIUE on the weekend of August 23 and 24. There are still openings for Rio's workshop. To inquire about registering click here.

The reception and artist talks and gallery are free and open to the public. Please join us to meet the artists and see this wonderful work.

Call ahead to Art & Design office at SIUE before visiting during weekdays to view the show 618-650-3073. The gallery hours for fall semester won't be known until August. We'll keep you posted and will strive to keep the gallery open as much as possible for the run of the show.

A very special thank you goes to the art faculty at SIUE for generously giving up their annual faculty show in order that we might have these dates for our exhibit after we were ousted from our previous venue. It turns out that was a blessing in disguise. Can't wait to see this show installed at the beautiful new gallery at SIUE.

A very special thank you also goes to the Surface Design Association which awarded us with a Small Events Grant!

The Inside Scoop

From the Inside Out will have many interpretations as each artist brings her own ideas into this overarching theme; e.g. Rio, has a new body of rust print work, Core, that involves imagery evoking the core of the earth, or the core of the inner self. Elizabeth's handmade paper constructions attempt to capture the essence and remnants of the 19th century tin mines and china clay pits as seen still today from the air, through the earth and across the moors.

From the Inside Out also describes how eco printing and rusting processes work. Pat’s shibori rust fabrics are pipe wrapped, with string being the last item added. The rust prints outward from the surface of the pipe up through multiple layers of silk over a period of time. Similar things happen with eco dyeing as leaves and flowers, etc. are buried deep inside tightly folded bundles; or shibori stitched into felt, then steamed or simmered and finally cured for a few weeks before opening as Irit does. Irit's bark texture felt is an homage to the transplanted eucalyptus trees that have put their roots deep into the soil of Israel. The imagery is buried and waiting, like Fabienne’s memories and emotions, to bubble to the surface.

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