Art and Life Bound Seamlessly Together: Adinkra Production from the Boakye Family Workshop/Mary Hark
Adinkra Cloth from the Boakye Family Workshop in Ghana
“Adinkra cloth is a living tradition that embraces new ideas and is always evolving.” -Mary Hark
No dedicated website for the workshop was searchable, but for more information, check out an exhibition of the work–via author Mary Hark’s website–entitled Contact*Connect*Collaborate that was up January 10 – February 14, 2010 at Evanston Art Center in Illinois.
At Home Under African Skies/Catherine Billingsley
Victor Amoussou "Reincarnation" Egungun Wax batik on cotton, 91” x 62”, 2009
“What makes the fabrics of Leea and Victor unique in Africa is that all their designs are executed free-hand with complex patterns formed by layer upon layer of wax and color.” -Catherine Billingsley
Toyin Omolowo: Reinterpreting Traditional Design/Patricia Malarcher
SDA member Toyin Omolowo of Nigeria is a multi-media artist with a growing international reputation.
Check out his artist’s profile at: www.africancolours.com/toyinomolowo
+ an interview with the artist at: 234next.com
+ the artist’s statement from a show in Lagos: refinedone.wordpress.com
Mariem Besbes: Improvisational Dance with Natural Dyes/Jessica Hemmings
Mariem Besbes Fabrics: hand woven wool, hand dyed, natural dyes. Shown at Le Bon Marché, Paris.
“Besbes’s sustainable studio practice is a far cry from the ‘greenwashing’ that has become a common tactic in green design.” -Jessica Hemmings
Elias Sime: A Man on the Verge/A. M. Weaver
Elias Sime "Filega 2" (Searching 2) Yarn on canvas (dimensions not available)
“Interspersed with his abstract stitched works are textiles that relate, in part, to contemporary Ethiopian painting traditions.” -A. M. Weaver
Santa Monica Museum of Art exhibition information (2009)
Profile on Daily Serving
Stephan Erasmus: Interview/Saaraliisa Ylitalo
“In my current exploration–my relationship and understanding as a white South African with the country that I love, my muse, and the dark mother earth–I am using text that relates to the current political landscape.”
Rosalie Dace: Interview/Patricia Malarcher
“We need to keep redefining what a quilt is.”
Mapula Embroidery: Empowering Women in the Winterveld/Brenda Schmahmann
For more information about Brenda Schmahmann’s book about Mapula Embroidery: www.davidkrutpublishing.com
Launch of the book Mapula: Embroidery and Empowerment in the Winterveld
William Wilson Reinterprets the”Triangle Trade”/Patricia Malarcher
“Wilson, an artist with a studio in Paris, recently produced a series of applique hangings in collaboration with artisans working in a traditional studio in Abomey, Benin.” -Patricia Malarcher
Cloth: In the Presence of Silence/Belinda von Mengersen
“Cloth, like silence, can be a receptacle.” -Belinda von Mengersen
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Thanks for these. I loved this issue!!