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31. What the Watchman Sees
What the Watchman Sees
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A busy, detailed quilt showing a mountainous landscape background surrounded by a road with numerous vehicles. The border of the quilt is in red, with vehicles riding on the top, all against the black background., #5 what the Watchman Sees; Quilt; 43x52x1 inches; Ann Johnston; © 1992, aj@annjohnston.net, http://www.annjohnston.net/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
32. Oregon Foliage of the Forest Ecosystem
Oregon Foliage of the Forest Ecosystem
Description
This colorful textile piece presents different swatches of foliage arranged over an oval intersecting a circle. The background consists of vibrant, linear patterning., Oregon Foliage of the Forest Ecosystem; 7 x 8.5 feet; 1999; J Poxson Fawkes, Judith Poxson Fawkes, a resident of Portland, Oregon, is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art. She taught weaving at four institutions of higher education, most recently at Lewis and Clark College, Portland. Her fifty-six commissions hang in such diverse locations as a Federal courthouse, hospitals, university and school buildings, corporations and businesses, a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, residences in Saudi Arabia and Paris, and in a jail lobby. Sixty-three tapestries are in public collections. She is a recipient of a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, an Individual Artists' Fellowship from the Oregon Art Commission and a Crafts Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. She has written a book entitled "Weaving a Chronicle," described as a visual and written catalog by a working tapestry weaver. Forty-six tapestries, pictured in color, are accompanied by adjacent text describing the reasons for each work's creation. Stories of the tapestries revisit commissions and exhibitions. Each tapestry represents seminal ideas in one of six series. The tapestries contribute to the chronicle of how ideas are conceived and executed-- adding to the history of American art and craft, and to the definition of contemporary tapestry. (details provided by artist, 2008), jpfawkes@earthlink.net, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/fawkes_jp.html <br>For additional information about the artist, see http://www.lindahodgesgallery.com/artists/poxson_fawkes.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
33. Seminole Daylight
Seminole Daylight
Description
This tapestry piece combines interlocking, triangular patterning and bright colors., Judith Poxson Fawkes, a resident of Portland, Oregon, is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art. She taught weaving at four institutions of higher education, most recently at Lewis and Clark College, Portland. Her fifty-six commissions hang in such diverse locations as a Federal courthouse, hospitals, university and school buildings, corporations and businesses, a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, residences in Saudi Arabia and Paris, and in a jail lobby. Sixty-three tapestries are in public collections. She is a recipient of a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, an Individual Artists' Fellowship from the Oregon Art Commission and a Crafts Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. She has written a book entitled "Weaving a Chronicle," described as a visual and written catalog by a working tapestry weaver. Forty-six tapestries, pictured in color, are accompanied by adjacent text describing the reasons for each work's creation. Stories of the tapestries revisit commissions and exhibitions. Each tapestry represents seminal ideas in one of six series. The tapestries contribute to the chronicle of how ideas are conceived and executed-- adding to the history of American art and craft, and to the definition of contemporary tapestry. (details provided by artist, 2008), jpfawkes@earthlink.net, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/fawkes_jp.html <br>For additional information about the artist, see http://www.lindahodgesgallery.com/artists/poxson_fawkes.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
34. And Out It Came
And Out It Came
Description
A floor-to-ceiling tapestry composed in blue, pink, black, white, red, gray, and purple free-form shapes., Christina Sells; and out it came; state capital v II, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
35. Ascension
Ascension
Description
A detailed photograph of a textile art piece. In this detailed version, there are mutliple yellow rectangles, repeating in different shades. To the left of the yellow section are four blue rectangles, and to the right are black rectangles., Ann Williamson Hyman; Ascension detail; justice building, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
36. Broken Iris Grid
Broken Iris Grid
Description
Three circles, arranged tightly together from left to right, contain the image of an iris variously intersected by a series of lines. The irises' colors shift from left to right: the left one is a reddish-orange, the middle is a shade of mauve, and the right one is a purplish color. The intersecting lines are slightly different in each circle as well., November, 1980; Painted & dyed canvas trapunto quilt, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
37. Buffalo Sing
Buffalo Sing
Description
This view presents a detail of a quilted wall piece that depicts three sections of Native American symbolism within geometric patterning., Marilyn A. Fashbaugh; 2116 NW Pine Crest Way Waldport OR 97394, http://www.americanartco.com/page.aspx?cid=207&id=306, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
38. Buffalo Sing
Buffalo Sing
Description
This quilted wall piece presents three sections of Native American symbolism within geometric patterning., Marilyn A. Fashbaugh; 2116 NW Pine Crest Way Waldport OR 97394; Buffalo Sing, http://www.americanartco.com/page.aspx?cid=207&id=306, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
39. Many Moons Ago
Many Moons Ago
Description
This quilted wall piece presents three sections of Native American symbolism within geometric patterning., Marilyn A. Fashbaugh; 2116 NW Pine Crest Way Waldport OR 97394; Many Moons Ago, http://www.americanartco.com/page.aspx?cid=207&id=306, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
40. Untitled
Untitled
Description
A hanging textile composed of what appears to be two layers. The background layer consists of horizontal stripes of light blue, burnt orange, neutral grays, and tans. The top layer is cream colored, and it has several cutout rectangular and diamond-shaped patterns that reveal sections of the background layer. The bottom portion of the top layer repeats the horizontal striped color scheme from the background layer with the addition of a tan fringe section., Louise Lindsey; Handwoven wall hanging; la grand work study camp, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts (now known as Arts East). You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
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