At Home with Fiber Art exhibit
June 29 – July 26th, 2012.
Art quilters Floris Flam and Betty Ford join other Resident Artists of the Fiber Art Studio @ VisArts at the Common Ground Gallery. Includes felted, quilted, woven and knitted pieces. Opening reception Thursday, July 12 7-9PM.
VisArts, 2nd floor155 Gibbs Street
Rockville, MD 20850
The Great Western Virginia Cover-up: Historic Quilts and Bedcovers
through Spring of 2013
Mon-Sat, 10-4:30 PM year-round
Sun, 1 to 4:30 PM, summer
Over 50 of Southwest Virginia’s finest old quilts and coverlets take center stage in a new exhibition at Ferrum College’s . Drawing from the
collections of the Blue Ridge Institute & Museum as well as regional
museums, historical societies, and private collectors, the exhibit showcases regional bedcover-making traditions from the 1700s to 1950. Most of the pieces have never before been exhibited.
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum DuPont Gallery
540-365-4412
http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org
Admission free
(thanks to Gayla for forwarding this information)
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