"I can't believe how powerful it is to actually be here and experience the texture and fabric," a visitor told me at the Florida in Fabric II exhibit at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. She's right. Photos don't properly convey fiber art. But, until you get to the show itself, here are photos from the opening and also the gallery talk by juror Martha Sielman. When the artist was present, Martha turned the mike over to her to explain her own work. The show runs through August 23.
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Carla Funk, left, Director of University Museums at FIT, with Martha Sielman, juror of the exhibit
and Executive Director of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) |
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| La Via a la Florida: Las Flores Bellisimas by Marsha Walper of Tallahassee |
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| Regina Dunn of DeLand, with Beach Walk |
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| Susan Rienzo of Vero Beach, with Sunshine State of Mind |
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| Ellen Lindner of Melbourne discusses The Last Few Dates |
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| Martha Sielman with Sometimes This Place Bugs Me by Marlyn Foell of Satellite Beach |
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| Linda Geiger of Cocoa Beach with Homage to Cutoffs and Hawaiian Print Shirts |
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| Martha Sielman with Star Over Tallahassee by Vonda Frenes of Palm Bay |
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| Album of Florida Lights by Mary Jo Kuhn of Jacksonville |
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| Martha Sielman describing the postcard charm of Golden Apples of the Sun by Sandra Donabed of Jupiter |
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| Ellen Haines of Jacksonville with Fire |
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| Martha Sielman with Sweet Florida Blue by Lisa-Marie Sanders of Cocoa Beach |
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| Martha Sielman with Orange Topiary by Margo Huckabay Hicks of Palm Bay |
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Martha Sielman with a piece from Oil Stains,
an accompanying show that is quilter Eleanor McCain 's response
to the BP Gulf oil spill |
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