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1. Chronicle: Tuscan Light
Chronicle: Tuscan Light
Description
This tapestry piece is organized in a tight grid pattern rendered in light neutral tones that are interrupted by randomly placed gray and white rectangles. The neutral tones are subltely inflected with light aqua tones near the top right of the piece., Tapestry; linen& cotton; 17.5 x 20 inches; 1980, bpickett@uoregon.edu, http://www.wlotus.com/BookArts/WLG/Pickett.htm, 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/
2. Portland State University
Portland State University
Description
A large, textile wall hanging that seems to evoke a sense of city street schematics., portland state university; 1989; Judith Poxson Fawkes; linen tapestry; smith center; psu, 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: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
3. Portland Gothic: The St. John's Bridge
Portland Gothic: The St. John's Bridge
Description
This tapestry depicts a series of Gothic arches in shades of blue accented with purples and reds. The ground plane is a neutral tone., Sharon Marcus; Portland Gothic…; 37 (h) x 35 (w) inches; tapestry, 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/
4. Conflagration
Conflagration
Description
A bright weaving with a warm color palette, accented with bright blue and black. The pattern resembles sedimentary layers., Conflagration Tapestry; Mary Johansen; 10-88; 34 x 28 inches; $330, 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
5. Temple Waterslide and Marina
Temple Waterslide and Marina
Description
This tapestry piece, rendered in blues, greens, and earthtones, depicts what appear to be architectural elevations in relationship to water., J. Poxson Fawkes; Temple Waterslide and Marina; 50 x 72 inches; 1989; linen tapestry, 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/
6. That Sinking Feeling
That Sinking Feeling
Description
A weaving that depicts a large black heart shape in the center with a smaller pink heart eclipsing it. The two hearts are surrounded by pinks, blues, and purples on the right and left, which gives way to orange, greee, and black on the top and bottom., That Sinking Feeling; Sheila Held; fiber; 55 x 50 inches, http://www.silverhawk5.com/held/, 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
7. Never the Same River
Never the Same River
Description
Never the Same River utilizes a number of tapestry patterns to create an abstract flow of a river. Some patterns resemble rocks and sand, others provide the fluidity of the water., H. Wilson; ashland or; never the same river; 1981; sewn tapestry; 1981, Helen Wilson received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon. Thereafter she studied fine arts and crafts at numerous institutions in California before landing in Boulder, Colo., to teach craft and art seminars to college and high school students. In 1973, a fire destroyed Wilson’s home and studio, prompting her to return to the Northwest and Ashland. The oldest of four children, Wilson was born in Salina, Kan., grew up on a farm in Chehalis, Wash., and in her resumé expresses the importance of the woods of Washington state in her view of life. Many of her tapestries had a natural theme that may relate back to this era. “Lush complexity marked those landscapes, and this is how I visualize and express nature today,” Wilson wrote in a recent resume. (Iinformation from 2006 article, Ashland Daily Tidings at http://www.dailytidings.com/2006/April%202006/0419/041906n3.php), 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/
8. May Precipitation with West Wind
May Precipitation with West Wind
Description
J. Poxson Fawkes' May Precipatation with West Wind utilized bold colors, lots of red, yellow and blue, and geometrical weaves to provide the feel of spring and light wind. It is a joyful and vibrant piece., J. Poxson Fawkes; 40x54 in; linen double weave; with pattern; may 1983; sosc schneider museum; may precipitation with west wind, 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: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
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