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Fitton center hosts national exhibition
WovenWorks 2008 features weaving and work inspired by weaving
Friday, October 03, 2008
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Rachel Chambers' woven artwork entitled 'Worm' is on display at the Woven Works exhibition at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton.
Peggy Wyman's woven artwork entitled 'Tangled in Blue' is on display at the WovenWorks exhibition at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton. 
Ann Baddeley Keister's woven artwork entitled 'Big Wind' is on display in the lobby exhibition 'GardenWorks,' accompanying the WovenWorks 2008 exhibition at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton.
Patricia Nelson's woven artwork is on display display in the lobby exhibition 'GardenWorks,' accompanying the WovenWorks 2008 exhibition at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton.
Ann Baddeley Keister's' woven artwork entitled 'Feeding Frenzy' is on display in the lobby exhibition 'GardenWorks,' accompanying the WovenWorks 2008 exhibition at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton.HAMILTON — The second WovenWorks, a biannual Fitton Center competition open to artists across the country, features 43 pieces of art by 32 artists from 13 states and runs through Nov. 6.
The exhibition celebrates the patterns, techniques and styles associated with weaving, and this year's event includes a "Celebration of Weaving" category of works that are inspired by the process.
So among the baskets and sculptures are works like Pamela DeCoker's untitled acrylic paint sculpture that uses a unique technique of pressing pieces of fabric into plasticene, leaving an imprint of each, then mounting the work on stretched canvas, using only white paint to focus attention on "the unifying and differentiating characteristics of the texture and detail of the woven fabric."
Entries were selected by judges Joyce Ponder and Mary Beth Whitley, and awards will be announced at the reception, Saturday, Oct. 4.
There will be ongoing weaving activities in the galleries for families to enjoy including the second floor lobby gallery Weaving Wall interactive area where visitors can weave into a piece that will remain on display throughout the show. Visitors are invited to bring old ties, scarves, belts or other materials that can be weaved, and a box of stuff will be available for those who forget. There also will be a paper weaving activity in the gallery for children to make bookmarks to take away.
In the Lobby Gallery, an exhibition by Sally Myers, Patricia Nelson and Ann Baddeley Keister, three Michigan artists, complements WovenWorks with GardenWorks, art that is inspired by nature.
"Myers work is based on birds," said director of exhibitions Cathy Mayhugh, "and birds are the original weavers. I think people learned how to weave by watching birds."
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how to go
WHAT: Woven Works
WHERE: Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton
WHEN: Reception 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4; exhibition continues through Nov. 6
COST: Free
MORE INFO: (513) 863-8873; www.fittoncenter.org
