EXHIBIT ARTISTS FOR 2019 ANNOUNCED
The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., (HGA) announced its 2019 annual juried exhibit of small works: Small Expressions. The exhibit features 33 contemporary small-scale art works by artists from 20 states and 3 countries. Small Expressions will tour galleries in the United States from July 2019 through June 2020. The exhibit opens July 12, 2019, in Chamblee, Georgia, at the Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance. The show’s juror was Jon Eric Riis, a professional fiber artist for more than 40 years.
Exhibiting are: WGRI member Kate Barber, of Exeter, Rhode Island, and former WGRI member Karin Conopask, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island.
Noteworthy is that the exhibit will be shown from April 20, 2020 to May 29, 2020 at Thousand Islands Arts Center, Home of the Handweaving Museum in Clayton, New York. The work of Honorary WGRI members Norma Smayda and Tony Kormos is in the TIAC collection. Also in the collection is the work of former WGRI member Jan Doyle, of the Octagon House in Carolina, RI.
For more information, go to The Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.