Surface Design Association offers first Montana exhibit
Published: October 27, 2008
Whooping Crones Gallery in Missoula hosts the inaugural Surface Design Association Show in November and December. The opening and artists’ reception coincides with First Friday festivities, 5-8 p.m. Nov. 7.
The show includes fiber art, wall pieces, screens, wearable-art and 3-D work from the organization’s statewide membership. Also on display during the opening is the SDA Swatch Library, a national collection of fiber swatches demonstrating different textile techniques.
Montana members participating in this show include Cathryn Mallory, Dianne Wilder, Marty Hannon, Nancy Erickson, Michele Weaver-Knowles, Joan Renne, Michel Colville, Carol O'Bagy, Cynthia St. Charles, Gail Cluff, Katy Nygard, Kim Kapalka, Brooke Atherton, Georgine Forgatch, Carla Pyle, Louise Barker, Karen Burton, Judy Parkins and Laura Cater-Woods.
The Surface Design Association is a nonprofit educational organization with a goal of increasing awareness, understanding and appreciation of textiles in the art and design communities, as well as the general public. Surface design includes any creative exploration of processes such as dyeing, painting, printing, stitching, embellishing, quilting, weaving, knitting, crocheting, felting, papermaking or non-textile materials that utilize textile techniques.
SDA is both a national and international organization with over 4,000 members and hosts a conference every two years in Kansas City, Mo. The next conference is slated for May 2009.
For more information, call 406-721-3042 or visit www.whoopingcronesgallery.com.
