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Gallery - Redecorate

 

 Take Five and Celebrate

our 5th exhibit year!

 

 

 

There's something so refreshing about a new year and a fresh start. It's full of goals and possibilities and plans to insure you get where you want to go.  This year we plan to celebrate our 5th exhibit year and to have lot's of fun doing it. 

Step one to celebrate our fifth exhibit year, meant a little redecorating in the gallery.  After many paint samples on the wall and under many lighting conditions, we settled on a new color.  We hope you'll pop in to see us for the opening reception of Food For Thought and you can let us know if you like the change.   

 In the coming weeks you will also see an updated web site with an integrated photo gallery and blog.  We are very, very excited to have a better more integrated tool to keep you in the know. 
 
We appreciate each and every one of you and thank you for your support over these past few years.
 
See you soon!
Rebekah

 
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*Introduction to Weaving (Floor Loom)
Artist Instructor:  Melanie Mitchell

October 1 through October 4, 2013
9:00 am to 4:00 pm (1 hour lunch break on your own)
Cost:  $275.00
This class will explore how to set up a four shaft loom to weave a sampler.  We'll be exploring four basic fabric structures while learning how to read a weave draft and operating a four shaft loom.   Time permitting; we will set the loom a second time to weave a scarf, or other small project.
 
Learn how to set up the loom, plain weave, 2/2 twill, 3/1 twill, basket weave and basic color theory.  Students will have use of our looms and equipment (warping board, shuttles, reeds, etc.)  A supply list will be provided upon registration.
 
*Class size is limited so register early to avoid disappointment.
 
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Direct Application Dying
Artist Instructor:  Mealnie Mitchell

Tuesday October 1 to Friday, October 4th, 2013 
9:00 am-4:00 pm, 1 hr lunch break on your own
$165.00

In this three day class, we'll explore all the various ways dye can be applied directly to cloth, instead of vat dying. Students will learn how to prep their cloth for dying, how to mix up print paste used to create the dye "paint."  We'll paint, stamp, use paste resists, explore wet-on-wet techniques, and if time allows, explore some basic silk-screen methods, discuss the various ways the dyes can be set.
Food For Thought Announcement
Food For Thought

  

Opens on Fri., Sept. 13 with a reception from  5 to 8 p.m. and runs through Sat., Oct. 26, 2013. 

 
Artists appearing include Edie Brown, CA; Vicki Kessler, ND; Dona Kjonas, FL; Saberah Malik, RI; Irene Peake, NY; Dianne Dockery, PA; Phyllis Kozter, PA; Claire Marcus, PA; Marisa Renee Smith, PA; and Kimberly Tanzos, Pa. 

The show's opening reception music will be provided by a group of Exeter residents promoting their benefit concert, "Fill Our Neighbor's Table."  Tickets for the Sat., Sept. 28, 2013 benefit will be on sale during the opening reception.  Tickets are $10 and benefit the Exeter Food Bank. 
Jar AFF

Visitors to the exhibit can help fill our coin jar for the benefit of the following groups dedicated to feeding the hungry:

 

* The Exeter Area Food Bank is housed within Reformation Lutheran Church, 3670 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, 19606. It is open the third Friday of each month beginning at 2 p.m. Preregistration is encouraged by calling 610-572-2344.

 

* "Feed My Sheep" food pantry housed at Reading Dove,  621 Centre Avenue, Reading, 19601. Phone: 610-371-8386  3rd Tuesday of each month, 4 to 6 p.m. Emergency food is also available during the month. Call the church at 610-371-8386.

 

* Compassion Ministry is a non-profit, inner-city mission feeding the hungry and homeless in Reading. For more information go to   http://www.compassionministry.webs.com/  or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Compassion-Ministry/109173179185215

 
Bus Stop Monster
Fiber Federation
Saturday, September 28, 2013*
**Note date change due to a scheduling conflict
Meeting:  12:30 to 2:00 PM
 
Bring your handwork and your creativity!
 
Project: Yarn Bomb Washington Street
 
 Happily we have recently received press from the following news avenues:
  • The Reading Eagle (article publish date tba)
  • BCTV - Berks Art Council September program

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