Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Opening Reception & Workshop!

The reception to "Devotion" was fantastic. All sorts of folks came out to see the show in its full glory. Woodland Pattern also commented on the large amount of visitors they have had in to check it out so far.

Photos from the reception HERE .

Photos from the Decal-O-Rama! workshop with Garth Johnson the next day HERE.

There has also been two local reviews of "Devotion" the first written by Judith Ann Moriarty on the Vital Source site HERE and the second by Betty Blexrud-Stringens ran today in the Journal Sentinel HERE.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The show is open!

The show is up! Please make your way to Woodland Patter to check it out or see installation images HERE.

North Wall: Chris Niver, Steve MacDonald, Xander Marro

Monday, May 12, 2008

Spool Catalogs: Edition of 300

Put together 150 out of 300 of the spool catalogs today, check out the photos HERE

Spool Catalog for "Devotion To Thread" show

Assembling Spools

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Bitchcraft Event

Bitchcraft Event Opening weekend at Devotion To Thread::::


Bitchcraft’ Celebrates Feminist Response to Pop Culture (Milwaukee, WI)—Bitchcraft, a weekend of music, arts, crafts, and words takes place Saturday, May 17–Sunday, May 18. All events are free—donations are encouraged and benefit B-Word, publishers of the magazine Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture.

Bitchcraft kicks off Saturday, May 17, 5–8 p.m., at Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., with performances by singer-songwriters Heidi Spencer and Stephanie Rearick; a sneak preview of “Devotion to Thread,” an exhibit curated by Faythe Levine; and comments and readings by Bitch publisher Debbie Rasmussen. Part two of Bitchcraft takes place Sunday, May 18, 4–5:30 pm, when Rasmussen leads a special session of the Femiknits discussion group—open to non-knitters!—at Broad Vocabulary Bookstore, 2241 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Event details are below.

FURTHER INFORMATION & PRESS RELEASE AVAILABLE HERE

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Show Card

2000 of these 8.5 x 5.5 cards were printed:

slight variation

Check out the photo set for "Devotion" HERE

Shannon Rankin video!

Check out this awesome video participating artist Shannon Rankin did of her working on her pieces for the upcoming show!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Devotion To Thread show information


Devotion To Thread

May 17- June 14, 2008
Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee WI
Curator, Faythe Levine

Press inquires please email: indiecraftdocumentary@gmail.com

Opening Reception Saturday, May 31 st
with gallery talk by visiting artist Garth Johnson of www.extremecraft.com

Related Events:

Sunday, June 1st workshop with Garth Johnson of www.extremecraft.com
* more information TBA

Participating Artists:

Chris Niver, Milwaukee, WI
Diem Chau, Seattle, WA
Emily Eibel, Brooklyn, NY
Jenny Hart, Austin, TX
Kate Bingman-Burt, Mississippi State, MS
Kristin Loffer Theiss, Mount Vernon, WA
Lisa Solomon, Oakland, CA
Melissa Woods, Columbus, OH
Merrliee Challis, Birmingham, AL
Orly Cogan, New York, NY
Pippi Zornoza, Providence, RI
Rebecca Schoenecker, Chicago, IL
Shannon Rankin, Maine
Steve Macdonald, San Francisco, CA
Xander Marro, Providence, RI