Elements: Air, Earth, Fire and Water

An Exhibit of Fiber Art at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center

Strata, by Christina Brown

Exhibit Dates: March 8 – April 12, 2013

Reception: March 15^th 5:00 – 8:00 PM during Medford’s Third Fridays

Mary Goodson, Water versus Earth

(Medford, OR) – March 6, 2013– High Fiber Diet, a Northwest-based fiber artists’ group affiliated with the Columbia FiberArts Guild of Portland, presents textile works as part of the Rogue Gallery & Art Center’s 2013 Main Gallery exhibition series. The Elements: Air, Earth, Fire and Water exhibit features wall hangings, mostly artistic quilts, as well as felted and wearable art. The artwork demonstrates innovative techniques, superb craftsmanship, original design, and a unique artistic vision. Each fiber artist has created a window into the natural world influenced by the four elements: earth, air, water or fire.

Catherine Beard, La Jolla Shore

Drawing on the tradition of quilting, the High Fiber Diet artists use tradition as a contemporary springboard, depicting natural landscapes and mighty vistas to intensely abstract visions. Artistic quilts made with variety of colorful fabrics have been pieced, appliqued, sewn, layered, and collaged to match each artist’s vision, inspired by nature. Each artist customizes the fabric with unique and unusual practices to including Japanese stencil dyeing, hand-dyeing, printing, painting, rust-dyeing, wax resist, and silk screening.

Most works include painting, beading, stamping, stenciling, and fabric dyeing techniques as a form of surface embellishment and surface design. Artists included in the Elements exhibit are: Mary Arnold, Elizabeth Bamberger, Catherine Beard, Diane Born, Christina Brown, Bonnie Bucknam, Lynda Christiansen, Gerrie Congdon, Mary Goodson, Terry Grant, Carol Heist, Laura Jaszkowski, Karen Miller, Maarje Paris and Emily Stevens.

Bonnie Bucknam, Into Thin Air

The public is welcome to the opening reception on Friday, March 15^th from 5:00 – 8:00 P.M. during Medford’s Third Fridays and the exhibit is on display from March 8^th – April 12^th.

This exhibit is sponsored and curated by the Rogue Gallery & Art Center. All exhibitions are open to the public and offered free of charge. The Rogue Gallery & Art Center offers a variety of exhibition opportunities for local and regional artists. For more information, please visit www.roguegallery.org or stop by in person during open hours.

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The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center founded in 1960 to promote and nurture the visual arts in the Rogue Valley. The Art Center showcases emerging and established regional artists, presents fine crafts by area artisans, and offers a broad range of visual art classes and workshops for all ages. The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is located in Medford at 40 South Bartlett Street. The hours of operation are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are open every third Friday until 8:00pm.