After a delightful lunch, spent mainly catching up, Lynne and I strolled to the Temecula Valley Museum for Stitching California: Fiber Artists Interpret the State's People, Life and Land (I had already been but loved sharing it with first timer Lynne).
Art quilts, according to exhibition co-organizer and artist Jennifer Landau, "celebrate the wonders of fabric and color, fiber and composition. Any type of fiber — fabric, paper, wool, plants, synthetics — is a source of inspiration."While the form is rooted historically in traditional bed coverings, she noted, "the word 'quilt' is no longer adequate or appropriate for what this medium allows." Fellow organizer Holly Brackmann said she came to art quilting after years of experience in weaving and dyeing. "It is the freedom of expression, paired with the tactile qualities, that calls to me as an art quilter," she said.The works included in the exhibition indeed represent a remarkable range of style and subject matter. Landau's own eye-catching Painted Ladies, made out of felted wool and other materials, is her interpretation of the classic San Francisco vista from Alamo Square, with its stately Victorian houses. "The viewer's imagination," her artist statement notes, "must provide the hills."What a fun tree and a darling representation of one of my favorite parts of the City by the Bay.Even the backside had elements to ogle. So cute.This visit was far too short but Lynne and I made promises for more togetherness next time!
"Our friendship is a tapestry
Woven through the years
With threads of joy and laughter
Happiness (mostly) and (very few) tears"
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