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FIBER REIMAGINED II

August 1st – September 20th

Chestnut Hill

In collaboration with Fiber Art Now Magazine

Opening reception on Friday, August 2nd, 5-8pm

First Friday reception September 6th, 5-8pm

Gravers Lane Gallery is pleased to host an international juried exhibition, Fiber Reimagined II, in collaboration with Fiber Art Now Magazine, for the second consecutive year. This is in an ongoing in-print, online and brick-and-mortar exhibition designed to showcase new and exciting works of art using innovative and alternative materials and processes.

Conceived of and juried by Fiber Art Now’s creative team: Lori Butanis, Barbara Delaney, Beth Smith, and Cami Smith, there are no geographic boundaries as artists are challenged to interpret what constitutes “Fiber Reimagined”. The staff at Fiber Art Now are the first (READ MORE….)

ARTISTS

Amy Genser
Anika Savage
Betty Wood
Briana Babani
Chenta Laury
Delaina Doshi
Delaney Conner
Dorothy McGuinness
Janet Brome

Jill Stoll
Jjenna Hupp-Andrews
Marisa Canino
Mengjie Mo
Nancy Koenigsberg
Robert Forman
Serena Brooks
Shiere Melin
Tara Thacker

top: Robert Forman, Memory Lane, 2023 | cotton, linen, silk, and rayon threads, clayboard | 8″ x 24″ x 2″ / framed 10.5″ x 26.5″, $12,000.00

left: Amy Genser, Wrinkles, 2024 | Mulberry paper and wire on pvc | 29” x 28” x 8”, $26,400.00

upper right: Brooks, Serena, Intertwined 8, 2021 | cotton fabrics, wool batting, cotton and polyester threads | 50″ x 34″ x .2″, $2,200.00

lower right: Mengjie Mo, October 28, 2024 | Glass beads, nylon thread | 6″ x 7″ x 27″, $800.00

More about the exhibition

AVAILABLE AT GLG

FAB SUMMER ISSUE

Visit GLG and pick up a COMPLIMENTARY Summer Issue of Fiber Art Now

*A suggested $5.00 donation per copy will help support The Stained Glass Project: Windows That Open Doors, an afterschool stained glass program. (SGP) is a volunteer-run after-school arts program that introduces under-served Philadelphia public high school students to the technically demanding artistic discipline of making stained glass. Each year students come every week and create magnificent stained glass windows for worthy institutions. After working so hard on them, they then donate their windows to deserving students all over the world. They receive social service credits from their schools for attending this program.

Sammie Gualtieri and Kate Crankshaw have recently stepped into the roles as co-directors. They are raising money to establish a scholarship fund which will allow students to continue their glass education at craft schools nationwide.

Donate to the Legacy Scholarship Fund

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Fuller Craft Museum Acquisition

Cynthia D. Friedman’s “Moroccan Blue Men”

Gifted from the collection of Marcia Docter

in loving memory of Cynthia Friedman

Cynthia Friedman, Moroccan Blue Men, 2016-2017, Quilt, silk and silk organza, fused applique with cotton batting and backing 2024.7, 39″ x 51”

In September of 2023 Gravers Lane Gallery lost a great friend, artist and humanitarian, Cynthia Friedman. We were privileged to have hosted a solo exhibition of Cindy’s work in 2017. The exhibit showcased the most outstanding works, among them, Moroccan Blue Men, a complex study of shapes and shadows composed of luminous fabrics masterfully pieced, appliquéd and stitched. The piece was instantly acquired by an admired artist, art patron & humanitarian, Marcia Docter. After receiving the sad news of Cindys’ passing, Mrs. Docter contacted Gravers Lane Gallery with a request to place the quilt into a museum’s permanent collection ensuring that Moroccan Blue Men is enjoyed by many. This past June we received word from Beth McLaughlin, Chief Curator at The Fuller Craft Museum, that the acquisitions committee had approved the generous gift from Marcia Docter in loving memory of Cynthia Friedman. Knowing Cindy, as Bruce Hoffman did, she would be grateful, humbled and proud to be in the permanent collection of this jewel of a museum.

The Fuller Craft Museum is in Brockton Massachusetts https://fullercraft.org/

JUST IN

NEW ARTIST PAZ SANDOVAL

A tree will tell you a story about life, growth and death…

Essential to the air we breath, magnificent, strong, patient, almost invisible to us, trees are silent witnesses to our life’s events. To turn a tree on a lathe is to reveal a story about growth, reproduction and death. I forage local trees after they have been taken down by arborists and storms. Each piece I make has the recorded coordinates of that tree’s geographical location.

I was born in Oviedo Spain and call Philadelphia home since the late eighties. I am a trained goldsmith and

diamond setter with a BFA from Tyler School of Art and completed my studies in traditional stone setting techniques at Universidad de Minas, Oviedo, Spain. In 2019 I started collecting fallen logs during my nature expeditions around the city and teaching myself how to turn on a lathe. All my work is made with species that are native to Philadelphia’s rich and diverse urban canopy which is mostly comprised of cemeteries, parks, empty lots, and tree lined streets.

Verbum, Black Oak Turned Green and ebonized, 2021, H 1.25″ x W 11″ x D 11.5″ Coordinates: 39.94850° N, 75.20465° W, $935.00

Seed pods/set of two with tray, American sycamore turned green, hand carved and charred, 2021, H 4.5″ x W 22″ D 6.5″ Coordinates 39.94850°N 75.21007°W, $1,475.00

Two Vessels / Siluetas #6 and #7, American sycamore turned green and charred, 2023, H 16″ x W 6.5″ D 6.5″, Coordinates: 39.95184° N, 75.20819°W, $6,600.00

Fisura Vessel with a Handle, Unknown species, turned green and charred, 2021, H 3.5″x W 5.5″x D 8.5″ Coordinates: 39.9446944° N, 75.200715°W, $800.00

Caldero Vessel, Spalted black oak., turned green, oxide pigment, 2021, H 10″ x W 10″ x D 9.75″ Coordinates: 39.94850° N, 75.20465° W, $1,540.00

Spalted Sugar Maple #3, 2024, Turned spalted sugar maple wood from Bartram’s garden, approx H 8.50″ x W 18″ x D 18″, Coordinates: 39.93158°N, 75,21235°W, $4,290.00

FIRST FRIDAYS ON THE HILL

Visit participating Chestnut Hill art galleries and restaurants

August 2nd, from 5-8pm

For live art exhibitions, drink specials, music, and so much more! Visit goldenberggroup.com/arts-eats for a list of events and participating businesses.