Art Cloth Network accepting membership applications

I've been a member of the Art Cloth Network for several years. It's been a great experience. I've met some extremely talented artists who've helped me grow as and artist and as a person. We're currently accepting membership applications. If you're interested, please read the notice below and consider applying. The application deadline is March 15, 2014.

Art Cloth Network is open for new members! If you'd like information about the group, see our website at http://artclothnetwork.com.

Members of the Art Cloth Network find that the opportunities for community, conversation, sharing of techniques, inspiration and resources benefit our art and creativity. We have recently increased our membership limits to 30 members in good standing, including those on formal leave. When the number falls below 30, we accept new member applications. We currently have openings for up to eight new members.

The current deadline for membership applications is March 15, 2014, and you may send in your application materials at any time prior to the deadline. You will be notified by April 15, 2014 whether your application has been approved.

Send a request to jeanne@jeannesisson.com in order to receive detailed information and application instructions.

See ACN Interpretations online

The Art Cloth Network "Interpretations" show just finished what I've heard was a very successful run in the FiberSpace at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Now you can see the pieces from the Exhibit online by visiting the ACN portfolio on Behance at http://www.behance.net/gallery/Interpretations/10621347.

Festival was a big success

Although we loaded in while it was raining, closed an hour early on Sunday, and loaded out with sleet bouncing off our heads, last week's Festival of Lights was a big success. Many thanks to all of you who came out to shop and support the event. If you missed the event and are still looking for that special gift for yourself our someone else, please stop by my online store at shop.russlittlefiberartist.net.

Art+Craft Fair this weekend (Dec 7-8)

You absolutely must put this event at the top of your "to do" list for this weekend. See great work, meet the artists, and purchase original, meaningful gifts for yourself and others. This will be my 3rd year having a booth at this show, and it get's better every year!

Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Click here for a map to the Greenbelt Community Center.

Can't make it to the show? Check out the online shopping opportunities at shop.russlittlefiberartist.net

Successful "Small Business Saturday"

Yesterday I hosted the first open studio event in my new studio to kick off the holiday sales season and mark "Small Business Saturday." I'm happy to report that it was a big success. It was great to welcome a few folks into the new space. It was also just the right kick in the pants that I needed to get me to clean up and put a few things on the walls!

New art cloth added to my portfolio

Illumination- Shockwave FULL

I've just added three recently completed art cloth pieces to my online portfolio. Click the images below to visit the individual pages in the portfolio, where you'll find more images and details about each piece.

Illumination- Stripped DETAIL 1

Illumination- Counting FULL

Buy my wearable art at the Festival of Lights

I'll be exhibiting at the Greenbelt Festival of Lights Art & Craft Fair, Dec 7-8 at the Greenbelt Community Center in Greenbelt, MD. This will be my 3rd year participating. It's a juried show with outstanding vendors, a great local event, and an excellent way to buy local and support small business. Hope to see you there. Click here for a map to the location.

"Counting" accepted into ACN "Illumination" show

I learned last week that my art cloth composition titled, "Counting" (shown below; additional images and info in my portfolio) was accepted into the new Art Cloth Network show, "Illumination." Bruce Hoffman juried the show. I'm thrilled to have had an opportunity for him to see my work, and delighted to have been selected. We're currently seeking a venue for the first exhibition of this new show, but I expect that an online gallery will be available soon as well.

"Interpretations" traveling to San Jose

The Art Cloth Network exhibit, "Interpretations," just finished a successful showing at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston, IL and is now on it's way to the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles in San Jose, CA. I saw it in Evanston and was just blown away. I count myself fortunate to be a member of this group, and I've got some super-talented friends.

The show includes my piece titled, "van Gogh Bubbles #1," which was inspired by the colors and brush stroke quality of some of van Gogh's paintings of cyprus trees (http://russlittlefiberartist.net/portfolio/van-gogh-bubbles-1). If you find yourself in the San Jose area between Nov 6 and Jan 19 check it out.

I made the Washington Post Going Out Guide!

How cool is this? I was checking actiity on my website last night and noticed that I was getting referral traffic from the Washington Post, which made no sense until I followed the link and discovered that there's an item about the "Moving in Circles" exhibit in the "Going Out Guide". Thanks to ardent Tweeting by Kelly Wargo, Arts Education Specialist in the Greenbelt Recreation & Parks Department, I've become something to do!

A photo of one of my pieces (left) was the lead image for the column on Tues, 10/8.

The actual notice about the show appears on page 2. The show closes this Friday, so if you're planning on "going out" do it soon.