Artist Statement and Gallery Submission
My work is hand-drawn on to the surface of the canvas using vintage, new and reclaimed threads. I juxtapose and overlap ideas of high and low brow art by placing needlework in the realm of fine art and the traditional painted surface -with a sense of humor, detail and intimacy- that is best conveyed by experiencing the work in person. My work seeks to be:
Original
Playful
Wry
Canadian
I am seeking an exhibition of my work -preferably a solo exhibition, but I would consider a a group exhibition, especially it it featured other textile artists.
My Hooped! Canadian Identity Series is featured in a multi-page spread in the forthcoming book: Hoopla. <see below> and the Home and Hearth Series. I envision the Hooped! series running along the long East wall, the Home and Hearth Series on the back South wall, a 1-2 large crazy quilts on the small back West corner wall <and possibly an artist in residence sewing corner where I can come in and work during the show that peeks into the textile art realm> smaller sampler pieces, framed drawings and embroidery patterns and photos nestled over the counter and the door of the broken up long West wall. The North wall table will have a portfolio on the table, a small handmade catalogue for sale with essays and thoughts about the show's pieces, and some prints of photos of the backs of the pieces and coloured prints of some of the Hooped! Canadian Identity Series.
I would like to hold an artists talk, host a Fiber Arts Social and offer some textile art embroidery basics and crazy quilt basics classes for youth and their grandparents (all ages with the adults helping the youth to learn. I would like to facilitate classes that encourage a true inter-generational mentor-ship model.
Thank you for taking the time to review this portfolio,
Sincerely,
Sarah Haxby
My work is hand-drawn on to the surface of the canvas using vintage, new and reclaimed threads. I juxtapose and overlap ideas of high and low brow art by placing needlework in the realm of fine art and the traditional painted surface -with a sense of humor, detail and intimacy- that is best conveyed by experiencing the work in person. My work seeks to be:
Original
Playful
Wry
Canadian
I am seeking an exhibition of my work -preferably a solo exhibition, but I would consider a a group exhibition, especially it it featured other textile artists.
My Hooped! Canadian Identity Series is featured in a multi-page spread in the forthcoming book: Hoopla. <see below> and the Home and Hearth Series. I envision the Hooped! series running along the long East wall, the Home and Hearth Series on the back South wall, a 1-2 large crazy quilts on the small back West corner wall <and possibly an artist in residence sewing corner where I can come in and work during the show that peeks into the textile art realm> smaller sampler pieces, framed drawings and embroidery patterns and photos nestled over the counter and the door of the broken up long West wall. The North wall table will have a portfolio on the table, a small handmade catalogue for sale with essays and thoughts about the show's pieces, and some prints of photos of the backs of the pieces and coloured prints of some of the Hooped! Canadian Identity Series.
I would like to hold an artists talk, host a Fiber Arts Social and offer some textile art embroidery basics and crazy quilt basics classes for youth and their grandparents (all ages with the adults helping the youth to learn. I would like to facilitate classes that encourage a true inter-generational mentor-ship model.
Thank you for taking the time to review this portfolio,
Sincerely,
Sarah Haxby
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NEWS:
Nov 2011 Quoted in the National Post!
Sept 2011 The book: Hoopla The Art of Unexpected Embroidery, will feature a multi- page spread of my Hooped! Canadian Identity series as well as an interview about the series. Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery showcases those who take the craft of embroidery where it’s never gone before, in an astonishing, full-color display of embroidered art. Hoopla rebels against the quaint and familiar embroidery motifs of flowers and swashes, and focuses instead on innovative stitch artists who specialize in unusual, guerrilla-style patterns such as needlepoint nipple doilies and a ransom note pillow; it demonstrates that modern embroidery artists are as sharp as the needles with which they work.
http://www.leanneprain.com/
Hoopla will be released Fall 2011, by Arsenal Pulp Press, by Leanne Prain, author of Yarn Bombing, (Yarn Bombing The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti by Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain.) yarnbombing.com www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=294
Stay tuned for upcoming events:
Meet the Artists and the Author: talks and events such as stitch-ins were held in the Fall of 2011
More information TBA. Email me if you would like to be notified of event details.
