Inspired! – FiberArts Guild of Pittsburgh

Where: Harlan Gallery located in the Seton Hill University Art Center, 205 W.Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA, 15601

When: Sunday, September 23 through October 18, 2018

Chairperson: Elizabeth Murray Finkelstein- contact her at exhibitionsFGP@gmail.com

Opening Reception: September 23, 2018 1:00 – 4:00
Artist Talks, Awards and Tour of the Art Center 2:00

How are you INSPIRED? What are the experiences / relationships / subjects / objects / artists / styles / or ?? that inspire your work as a fiber artist? This exhibit will be a unique opportunity to share our work, while honoring the influences that motivate our creative practice. In addition to their original work, participating artists will be invited to contribute material – stories, images, or online reference – to introduce their inspirations. Through sharing these sources of inspiration, we may recognize ourselves as connected to a creative legacy greater than any individual work of art.

Kirsti Adkins - From Here to There — Kirsti Adkins – From Here to There

Hope Alcorn - Introspection — Hope Alcorn – Introspection

Hope Alcorn - Sunset Flower — Hope Alcorn – Sunset Flower

Hope Alcorn - The Beginning — Hope Alcorn – The Beginning

Mary Lou Alexander - Big Bang #6 quilt — Mary Lou Alexander – Big Bang #6

Michelle Browne - Tangles — Michelle Browne – Tangles

Carolyn Carson - We are not Sheep — Carolyn Carson – We are not Sheep

Barbara Dahlberg - Blue Beetle — Barbara Dahlberg – Blue Beetle

Rae Gold - Where Dreams May Come — Rae Gold – Where Dreams May Come

Marlene Fenoglietto - Standing Up: The Women's March 2018 — Marlene Fenoglietto – Standing Up: The Women’s March 2018

Petra Fallaux - In Vogelvlucht (In Bird Flight) — Petra Fallaux – In Vogelvlucht (In Bird Flight)

Petra Fallaux - Horizon #2 Holland) — Petra Fallaux – Horizon #2 Holland)

Kirsten Ervin - Horse of a Different Color — Kirsten Ervin – Horse of a Different Color

Barbara Dahlberg - Cicada — Barbara Dahlberg – Cicada

Barbara Dahlberg - Torso — Barbara Dahlberg – Torso

Juliane Gorman - Fragile Earth hat — Juliane Gorman – Fragile Earth

Henry Hallett - Needlework #20: Homage to the Hippie — Henry Hallett – Needlework #20: Homage to the Hippie

Passle Helminski - Hugging — Passle Helminski – Hugging

Passle Helminski - Orbs — Passle Helminski – Orbs

Patricia Kennedy-Zafred - Women of Color: Jewels of Kenya — Patricia Kennedy-Zafred – Women of Color: Jewels of Kenya

Karen Krieger - Collusion Illusion — Karen Krieger – Collusion Illusion

Barbara Kubala - Surrounded by Serger Scraps — Barbara Kubala – Surrounded by Serger Scraps

Barbara Kubala - I've Always Loved Feathers — Barbara Kubala – I’ve Always Loved Feathers

Penny Mateer - Come Together #2 — Penny Mateer – Come Together #2

Sam Milford - A Table for Two — Sam Milford – A Table for Two

David Mooney - Two Davids and Two Lizards — David Mooney – Two Davids and Two Lizards

Elizabeth Murray Finkelstein - World without End — Elizabeth Murray Finkelstein – World without End

Jan Myers-Newbury - Inside Out quilt — Jan Myers-Newbury – Inside Out

Nora Navarro - felted hat — Nora Navarro – Profile 2

Rhonda Pegg - Sprout — Rhonda Pegg – Sprout

Mary Ellen Raneri - Under Gram's Grape Arbor — Mary Ellen Raneri – Under Gram’s Grape Arbor

Mary Ellen Raneri -Granpa's Bumblebee Garden — Mary Ellen Raneri -Granpa’s Bumblebee Garden

Dafna Rehavia - Scars — Dafna Rehavia – Scars

Sue Reno - Storm Watch — Sue Reno – Storm Watch

Kari Roslund - Into the Deep Woods — Kari Roslund – Into the Deep Woods

Coleen Rush - Afloat — Coleen Rush – Afloat

Cecilia Rusnak - Wall Maps: Terra — Cecilia Rusnak – Wall Maps: Terra

Delli Speers - Unraveling of Reason — Delli Speers – Unraveling of Reason

Delli Speers - Homage to Teofila — Delli Speers – Homage to Teofila

Kathryn Scimone Stanko - Setting the Family Table — Kathryn Scimone Stanko – Setting the Family Table

Laura Tabakman - Wanderer — Laura Tabakman – Wanderer

Mary Towner - Self-Portrait — Mary Towner – Self-Portrait

JUROR: Artist Jeanne Beck

Canandaigua, New York
www.jeannebeck.com

Jeanne Beck is a mixed media artist who lives in New York State’s Finger Lakes Region and recently opened Jeanne Beck Gallery & Studio in Canandaigua’s downtown business district. Beck began her art career working in fiber—primarily improvisational printing and stitching on dyed silks—but in the past two years has been creating abstract paintings and large installation pieces. During Jeanne’s fiber career she received a Niche First Place Award in Fiber in 2013 and was juried in to the Fiberarts International 2010.
Jeanne’s mixed media works have been purchased for many private and public collections, including the University of Rochester’s Gleason Library and State University of New York’s MacVittie Student Union. She served on the Board of Directors for the Surface Design Association from 2011- 16 after working as the New York State representative for three years and served as SDA’s President in 2014-15.

GALLERY: Harlan Gallery / Seton Hill Arts Center

The University’s new Arts Center, opened in 2015, features sculpture, graphic design, metalsmithing, clay, photography, printmaking, drawing and painting studios; dance studios and performance spaces; welding facilities and a foundry; and three exhibition spaces—including Harlan Galleries and the Art Yard. The Arts Center is located one block down from the University’s Performing Arts Center in Greensburg’s arts corridor.

Harlan Gallery is located in the Seton Hill Arts Center, a professional venue that offers a variety of exhibitions by renowned artists in addition to showcasing student work. Exhibits are free and open to the public, and hosts free public artist talks and lectures, symposia and related events in conjunction with many exhibits.
201 W Otterman St, Greensburg, PA 15601