Here is an announcement pdf for the Textile Museum show I am in.
I created a pdf of the Spring 2011 Vogue Knitting Spotlight article for you all to read.
Some more fallout from Vogue Knitting Live! Lionbrand's Yarncraft podcast grabbed me for an interview at the event. The interview with me is from 33:20 - 37:20. (Lionbrand is my sponsor for my Tiger Pelt Project!)
Also Lela Nargi wrote on her blog about me, and will be publishing a full length interview for Twist Collective in the Fall.
Still getting ready for Berlin, and it looks like I am doing a residency in my hometown of Melbourne, Australia at the lovely artists colony of Montsalvat in August. Finally I get to go home and work on a project!!!
And I am beginning preparations for my one month German residency in Berlin coming up in May, more news on that to come!
Jan 21 - 23, 2011
Vogue Knitting was a blast! Look out! I think there will lots of new and exciting possibilities to come! Check out my blog for not one but two entries about Vogue Knitting Live! 2011. My Events link also has some photos of that weekend to share with you!
Jan 2011
Here's a list of dates and events for this month, next month, and even this weekend!
Vogue Knitting Live! I will be there all day on Friday Jan 21st, Saturday Jan 22nd, & Sunday 23rd with a talk about me and my artwork planned for Sunday afternoon sometime. Look for me in the "marketplace" area on the 3rd floor at the Hilton Hotel!
The Wave Hill residency is coming along nicely. I will be there every Friday, Saturday & Sunday after this weekend until February 13th. For those of you who are experienced knitters and would like to drop by for a FREE workshop on the kind of multiple yarn knitting that I do, 3 workshops are in place from 1-4pm on Jan 29th, Feb 5th & Feb 13th, please visit wavehill.org/arts to register.
I will have one of my ocelot pieces, the big male #5 on display at Lehman College Art Gallery for their New York Fiber in the 21st Century show from Feb 2nd to May 12th!
My Small Cat Gallery has just been overhauled and added to, click here to check it out!
Dec 2010
I just had a meeting with the fabulous people at Vogue Knitting, they are including me in their Spring magazine edition where I will be featured on their 'Spotlight' page! vogueknitting.com
Also they invited me to participate in Vogue Knitting Live! An international knitting extravaganza occurring at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, January 21 - 23, 2011. I am to be included in their artist gallery and will be there working on my tiger pelts and talking to visitors throughout the weekend! vogueknittinglive.com Be sure to check my blog as I bet I will have some stories and pictures to share!
Just to mention this briefly 'cos there will be more updates to come closer to the date, but my first solo museum exhibition will happen in 2012. The University of Maine Museum of Art has invited me to exhibit my knitted pelts, which means lots of tigers and ocelots - April 5th - June 9th, 2012, here we come Bangor!! umma.umaine.edu
Also during that time period the Hunterdon Museum show that I was in last year got a very nice review in this Fall's edition of Surface Design Journal.
"The New Design Times" which is based out of Berlin, Germany released an interview with me by Leah Stuhltrager. The article gives a different slant on my work and is an interesting read about my time at the Bronx Zoo and includes a description of the MAD Museum residency and also what it was like to visit Berlin during the late 1980's, the editors gave the go ahead to extend it to 900 words instead of the customary 500 'cos they really liked what Leah had done! new-design-times.com
THE FUTURE!!
Moving onto upcoming events........
-After the holidays I begin another residency at the Wave Hill Cultural Center here in the Bronx, it will last 5 weeks from January 10th - February 13th. I will also be conducting workshops there for advanced knitters on Jan 22nd, Jan 29th, & Feb13th. wavehill.org/home My Ocelots and Tiger pelts will be on exhibition for the first time!
-Lehman Art Gallery located at Lehman College, also in the Bronx, go Bronx!! just invited me for a fiber exhibition. It runs from February 8th - May 10th, I will have one of my Ocelots pelts on display! lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/gallery
-Sometime this summer I will be off to Berlin, Germany for a residency with good ol' Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery and RS Projects, I really can't wait!! damstuhltrager.com & rsprojects.org
-There could also be exciting news with a well known knitting mag, but lets hold off until I know for sure!! Check back for details, and an update will be on view for sure!
Well my residency at MAD Museum, (the Museum of Art & design, NYC), has sadly ended, but I had a great time there and am still processing all the wonderful people and leads to follow up, thank-you to the Education Department for a fruitful, pleasurable and amazing experience! Here is the profile that was written up for me on their website, and I have some pictures of an inside look into the studio to include on my events page.
Here are some pdfs of blogs and articles that were written about me during my open studios residency.
Hi everyone! If you are in New York City, come check this out!
Museum of Art and Design Open Studio Program
Every Friday from September 10th until December 3rd, I will be working in the Museum of Art and Design's Open Studio on my new Tiger Pelt Project. (See open studios link in the 'do' menu on MAD's homepage.)
MAD is located at 2 Columbus Circle, at 58th St. and 8th Avenue. I will be in the studio from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm.
The open studio program is a unique experience for museum visitors, giving behind the scenes access to working artists. Please come and visit me on the sixth floor! Email me in advance and I will organize a visitor pass for you. I will also be sending out email alerts when I am at the museum for free Thursday evenings from 6 - 9 pm.
Please visit my blog page for a full description of exactly what I will be doing during the residency.
Breaking News: I've just been invited to exhibit at the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. for their exhibition: "Green: the Color and the Cause," which will occur from April - September in 2011!!!
June 2010
*I've been writing on my blog regularly now, follow the knitting odyssey with the link on my home page.
*I'm on Twitter!! Come follow my random meanderings, (I post a lot of tweetphotos!) - ruthmmm
*Had a picture of my Golden jaguar added to this site.
*Reached out to Paloma Textiles, I love their environmental message to fiber artists. I am now part of their creativity center on their Gallery page.
*Yarncraft has a knitting and crocheting podcast by Lion Brand. I was interviewed February 16, 2010 in Episode 60. I love Lion Brand!! The interview begins at 00:13:05 into the podcast.
*Not really anything to do with me but he is my landlord, and they are big cats! Ralph takes care of the lions at the Bronx Zoo, and the new baby lion cubs have been getting a lot of attention.
*And also the Australian knitting magazine Yarn did a full article about me: "From Broady to the Bronx", by Sarah Durrant, no.12, Dec 2008. (I have to mention an error in the article, my mother was born in Scotland and my father was born in Britain!). Click here for pdf.
Jan 2010
*I was delighted this last weekend January 10th to see the Hunterdon Museum exhibition reviewed in the New York Times Metro section for the NY/region under the wonderful title, "Where Fiber Art Meets Hot Fudge Sundae"!! And two pictures of my work with a website link head up the article! http://www.nytimes.com
*Also Snow Leopard Vodka has mentioned my knitted pelt "IVY" the snow leopard on their website. If you like vodka try it, they give a 15% donation from their profits to the Snow Leopard Trust, who work to save this extremely endangered cat. http://www.snowleopardvodka.us
*On Sunday 24th January I look forward to holding a knitting workshop at Hunterdon Museum, here is the flyer!
Here is one more review to help publicize the workshop, "Tying Up Loose Ends" at Hunterdon Museum! http://www.recordernewspapers.com
Dec 2009
*See my work at Scope Miami with Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery.
My brand new Clouded Leopard textile will be exhibited for the first time in the States!
Scope Miami
Dec 2 - 6 http://www.scope-art.com
*Cat pelts in Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany!
I'm exhibiting with EAST/WEST in a show titled, "Reconstruction."
If you are in Berlin - stop by!
Oct 23 - Nov 22nd
The press release can be found here: http://www.damstuhltrager.com/east_west/octpr_east_west.pdf
*My work is being exhibited at SLICK PARIS
at the beautiful Centrequartre!!!
Oct 23 - Oct 26.
I'll be debuting my clouded leopard! Just finished it!
I'm off to Paris and then Berlin for two Back to Back exhibits with three new textiles. http://www.creativethriftshop.com/Exhibition/2009htm/PR_SlickParis.htm
*Ivy and a selection of my Coral Snake Series are included in a fantastic exhibit at The Hunterdon Museum.
Oct 11 - Jan 24th
at the Hunterdon Museum in Clinton, NJ
here is the press release: http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/#knitted
Sept 2009
Artsource has included my Big Cat Pelt in an exhibit at The Mills Building in San Francisco.
There are incredible artists in this exhibit as well as my exhibit next month at Hunterdon.
I'm excited to be among this great group.
Sept 21 - Dec 11
here's the info:http://www.damstuhltrager.com/amuseums/Stitchflyer.pdf
