HANCOCK -- "We Are All Family," a fiber art installation by Christine Saari, is on exhibit at the Kerredge Gallery of the Copper Country Community Arts Center through Aug. 25. The Marquette artist, well-known for her fiber art constructions about her family, will give a talk about her work at the Opening Reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, August 10. This exhibition will feature three bodies of work: Family Album, Travel Bags and Shaman's Coat. The Travel Bags came about when Saari's husband was ill and she was confined at home. She began hand-stitching bags made from the bits of fabric and other treasures collected from more than 20 years of world travel.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
"We Are all Family," fiber art by Christine Saari, on exhibit at Kerredge Gallery through Aug. 25
HANCOCK -- "We Are All Family," a fiber art installation by Christine Saari, is on exhibit at the Kerredge Gallery of the Copper Country Community Arts Center through Aug. 25. The Marquette artist, well-known for her fiber art constructions about her family, will give a talk about her work at the Opening Reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, August 10. This exhibition will feature three bodies of work: Family Album, Travel Bags and Shaman's Coat. The Travel Bags came about when Saari's husband was ill and she was confined at home. She began hand-stitching bags made from the bits of fabric and other treasures collected from more than 20 years of world travel.
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