Showing posts with label Breaking Traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breaking Traditions. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Dream Time Graffiti

dream time graffiti #1
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This is the newest fiber art hanging in my home.  I love it!  Lynn Krawcyzk is the curator of the Breaking Traditions Art Quilt exhibits which I have participated in for a few years.  She is an amazing artist working in fiber and also has a photography series,  Where I Stand, now entering its third year.  If you haven't browsed her website or blog, check it out!  If you like this piece, I have good news - there are two more available for purchase (unless someone else has snapped them up before you!).  Click here for the direct link to her blog post showing the dream time graffiti series.

Monday, January 4, 2010

"Home" exhibit


I  have just learned that the 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit "Home" is currently hanging in the Plymouth Community Arts Council in Michigan for the month of January.  (Click here for more photos of the installation or click here for more information on 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt exhibit.)


A view of two of the walls of the exhibit ...


Another view of same two walls ...

Zoom in for a closer (although fuzzy) view.

Do you recognize my piece, Our Home?
Hint: It is the yellow brick house in the center group, specifically the middle  in the right column (click here for my earlier post).

"Home" is the theme for the 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit and proceeds from this year's exhibit benefit Bernie Berlin's pet rescue, A Place to Bark.  The exhibit will travel to other locations (most are in Michigan).   Click here to learn where else it may be travelling, or contact Lynn Krawczyk to request bringing this exhibit to a venue in your own home town. 

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Our Home

Our Home is my piece in the 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit which debuted at the American Sewing Expo. My 12" quilt features a yellow brick cottage with my favorite three people peeking out the windows.

Love is in the air, as I love being home with my family -- so for this year's theme of Home, I created a montage of my family in our little bungalow. Of course it isn't home if someone is missing (namely me), so if you open the door ....

You will discover that I am there too, with my camera in hand to record all our family fun.


Every thought of home includes memories of my childhood home and my sweet kitty cat, especially since this year's exhibit raised funds for A Place to Bark, a rescue organization which saves dogs, cats and other critters finding them new, loving homes.

I dedicate my quilt to my Tabitha.

Thus the 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit, Home, has begun its year of travel. Click here to learn where else it may be travelling, or contact Lynn Krawczyk to request bringing this exhibit to a venue in your own home town.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

American Sewing Expo

The American Sewing Expo in Novi, MI is the annual debut
for the Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit
curated every year by Lynn Krawczyk.


For the second year, Breaking Traditions has raised funds for a charity as one aspect of the exhibit. Nearly $800.00 was raised this year for Bernie Berlin's A Place to Bark, an animal rescue operation that finds new, permanent, happy homes for abused and abandoned animals. Hence the theme for this year's exhibit is Home and inspired 73 fiber artists to create the 84 art quilts seen above. My piece is there -- can you find it? It is the little brick home with smiling faces in the windows and a tree in the sideyard. While you look for mine, aren't you amazed at the other wonderful pieces in the exhibit? I am!
(hint: click on the photo to see an enlarged view)


By the way, how would you define home?

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

and the winner is ...

Breaking Traditions 2009 Exhibit Favorite is a wonderful quilt made by .... are you ready for this ....

the wife of Maj. IBOL Guy!!!

Congratulations to Kristin LaFlamme!

Rooted IX
the 2009 Breaking Traditions Exhibit Favorite
Click here to learn what prizes Kristin has won or click here for more information about Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit.


my, my, it is a small world after all ...

Note: See the previous 3 posts to learn what an IBOL is and more.
You'll be glad you did!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

2009 Breaking Traditions ....

With this year's theme of Home, proceeds benefiting A Place to Bark, my earliest idea for this exhibit was of my cat Tabitha. She was a wonderful calico kitten -- a birthday gift many moons ago when my family first moved to Texas in the middle of my sixth grade year. Growing up military, I was accustomed to moving and perpetually being the new student in school, but this was the first time we moved during the school year, and we moved just before my birthday. My frequent request for a kitten was finally granted that year. Tabitha brightened my childhood, living to a ripe old age of nearly 15.

However my quilt for this year's Breaking Tradition show is not of a cat. In fact here is an early photo ....


Instead of memorializing my beloved pet (and also honoring the beneficiaries of this year's show), I began creating a yellow brick house. The bricks are made of hand-torn handmade yellow paper. This was taken while auditioning backgrounds .... needless to say, this batik did not survive the cut.

To personalize my little home, I added photos of my dearest ones in the windows -- and yours truly is about to walk through the front door.


Inspired by two Beyond the Border's friends Connie Fahrion (with her thread trash technique and article in Quilting Arts) and Mary Ann Littlejohn (with her free-motion embroidery tree postcard), I created a tree for the sideyard of my quilt.

I was surprised at the fun I had playing and creating with loose threads and yarns. Thank you Connie & Mary Ann for the inspiration!

Also, thank you Lynn Krawczyk for changing the orginal 'must receive by' date to a 'must postmark by' date, as this enabled me time to finish and mail my entry in time for this year's show!

To see a full view of my finished quilt, stay tuned for the opening of the 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit later in September at the American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Saline, Michigan

Last year's "With One Voice" the 2008 Breaking Traditions Traveling Art Quilt exhibit is still traveling and will be debuting in a new venue, an art gallery in Saline, Michigan.
Check out the website for Two Twelve Arts Center (snippets below) or the Breaking Traditions blog ...

from Two Twelve's website: July - Breaking Traditions Traveling Art Quilt Exhibit
A traveling art quilt exhibit crafted by quilters nationwide and curated by Lynn Krawcyk, as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The theme is: "celebrating all that is good in the world." All quilts are 12"x12".
Exhibit runs July 1 - July 30.
Artist Reception: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:00pm-9:00pm



The 2008 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit is currently on exhibit at the 212 Arts Center in Saline, Michigan for the month of July.

The mission of Two Twelve Arts Center is to provide a creative hub offering visual and performing artists the opportunity and working space to come together to work, create, and teach.

The Center also contributes to the cultural life of the residents of Saline by supporting a full schedule of classes, programs, performances and exhibits. We look forward to providing a framework for a vibrant and supportive arts community with varied opportunities for artists, students and audiences.


from the Breaking Traditions blog:
Breaking Traditions is very honored to exhibit in this stellar center.
The exhibit hangs on both levels of the center and is accompanied by additional artwork from local Michigan artists that participated in the 2008 exhibit.

You can also see work from Jacqueline Lams, Sidney Savage Inch, Leann Meixner, Deb Kolar, Jean Canavan, Joan Potter Thomas, Kat Campau and Lynn Krawczyk.

There will be an opening reception on Friday July 17 from 7pm-9pm.
Enjoy the show!


from me: If you are able to go, be sure to send me photos! Oh, and look for my piece (honoring Henrietta Szold). In the postcard photo, it is on the bottom row, second from the right end, the dark red one with a photo of Ms. Szold.



Time to plug the upcoming 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt exhibit:

Breaking Traditions has become a community effort, helping to support the fundraising projects of fellow fiber/mixed media artists. The 2009 exhibit will benefit Bernie Berlin's dog rescue, A Place to Bark. In honor of Bernie's efforts to find orphaned and abused dogs permanent loving homes, the theme for the 2009 exhibit is Home.

The exhibit features 12"x12" art quilts. Participants for the 2009 show will express those things, memories or emotions that define home to them. Deadline for entries is coming up -- August.
This is an open call exhibit, everyone is encourage to participate.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A Place to Bark


"Home" is the theme for the 2009 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit, supporting Bernie Berlin's "A Place to Bark". This is an annual exhibit curated by Lynn Krawczyk. Below are Lynn's words describing the exhibit with links to further details and entry information. Read on:

Breaking Traditions has become a community effort, helping to support the fundraising projects of fellow fiber/mixed media artists.
The 2009 exhibit will benefit Bernie Berlin's dog rescure, A Place to Bark. In honor of Bernie's efforts to find orphaned and abused dogs permanent loving homes, the theme for the 2009 exhibit is "Home."
The exhibit features 12"x12" art quilts. Participants for the 2009 show will express those things, memories or emotions that define home to them. This is an open call exhibit, everyone is encourage to participate. Prizes are donated for those in the exhibit and an Exhibit Favorite is chosen.
Guidelines and entry form can be found here.
Prize information can be found here.
Would you like to help? Find out ways you can here.
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This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone -- as it is an Open Call exhibit, with prizes handed out as well! What have you got to lose? Along with 92 other artists, I participated in last year's exhibit "With One Voice" which raised over $1,000 for the American Cancer Society, last year's designated charity.
I will join this annual fun again this year as I plan to make a new quilt for the new show. Won't you join me?

Friday, September 26, 2008

Exhibit "With One Voice" opens!

The 2008 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt show, With One Voice, has opened in it's first venue, the American Sewing Expo. If you are near Novi, Michigan this week-end (Sept. 26-28), be sure to pop in (the Rock Financial Showplace) and see this fabulous exhibit.

Or, if that's not exactly possible, then check out the online catalog (click here).

This year's show, With One Voice, focuses on "all that is good in the world" and is organized by Lynn Krawczyk. In total, 93 artists participated. All entry fees this year were donated to the American Cancer Society through Virginia Spiegel's Fiberart For a Cause. Over $1,000 was raised! Congratulations to Lynn for putting together such a fabulous show!

To see my piece and artist statement, click here.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

"With One Voice"

My quilt and entry form for "With One Voice", the 2008 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit, were sent out in yesterday's mail. I am excited about this exhibit and look forward to seeing the entire show online, since I will not be in Michigan any time soon. Even though this is similar to my earlier post, I am posting again here -- since it successfully encapsulates all that Henrietta Szold and Hadassah (the organization she began) has done and continues to do. Plus the photography is brighter, perhaps. Tell me what you think.....


I chose to honor the memory of Henrietta Szold (1860-1945) for two reasons: (1) the success of Hadassah, an organization she founded and (2) the new trail she blazed for women in an age when they were not encouraged to venture beyond the traditions and expectations set by family and society. Henrietta was born December 21, 1860 in Baltimore, Maryland, when the country was entering the Civil War. She died in Jerusalem on February 13, 1945 as World War II was ending. She was 84 years old.


Dry facts do not capture the full essence of her remarkable spirit. As an educator, Henrietta taught in private schools, then began some of the first night classes for Jewish immigrants where she taught English (a necessary skill) and History. In 1888, Ms. Szold became the first and only female member of the newly founded Jewish Publication Society where she worked for 22 years as an editor, translator and administrator. She continued her own studies, receiving permission to study at the Jewish Theological Seminary after promising not to seek rabbinic ordination. This was a time when only men were Rabbis. Nearly one hundred years passed before the first female became an ordained Rabbi.

Aghast at the poor medical conditions she witnessed during a 1909 trip to Palestine, Henrietta Szold organized the first chapter of Hadassah in New York City. The primary goal of The Hadassah Chapter of the Daughters of Zion was to improve medical conditions for everyone living in Palestine, whether Muslim, Christian or Jewish. The year was 1912 and Henrietta was 51 years old, an age of independence, strength, and maturity.
Over the years, the Hadassah organization grew and adapted to the changing needs of Israel and the United States. In 1933, Ms. Szold began the Youth Aliyah movement that rescued over 22,000 children from certain death in the Nazi concentration camps during the years 1933 to 1945. Youth Aliyah continues to serve the needs of “at risk” children in Israel today. The Hadassah Medical Organization, continuing the early path set by Ms. Szold, is one of the world’s leading institutions in healthcare. In 2005, HMO was nominated for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, receiving international acclaim for promoting peace in the Middle East by providing equal treatment to Palestinians and Israelis. Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, has grown to be the largest women's, the largest Zionist, and the largest Jewish membership organization in the United States. For more information on Hadassah, please go to their website at www.hadassah.org


I am a Life Member of Hadassah and I am proud to share all that Hadassah has done and continues to do because of the bold determination of one voice, the voice that once belonged to Henrietta Szold, the founder of Hadassah. For more information on Henrietta Szold, please start with the Jewish Women’s Archive website at http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/szold/over.html

Monday, August 18, 2008

Henrietta Szold

I've finished my piece for "With One Voice" the 2008 Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibition. It is not too late for you to join the exhibit, too!

First, Breaking Traditions is an art quilt exhibit, curated by Lynn Krawczyk, that will be on display at the American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan from September 26 to 28, 2008. The theme this year is "With One Voice" as stated on the website:
This year the exhibit will give a voice to all the good that is present in the world. From the next door neighbor who helped to shovel your snowy walk, to organizations built solely on the purpose of serving those in need, to famous individuals using their influence to do good. We honor all those who stand up and say, in one loud clear voice, "I will make a difference."

Following its own theme, this year the Breaking Traditions show proudly teams up with Fiberart for a Cause, a project led by Virginia Spiegel which has raised over $160,000 for the American Cancer Society. What a fabulous way to continue to spread all that is good in the world!

Without further ado, my quilt for this exhibit honors the memory of Henrietta Szold .... and here she is!



The striking image of Henrietta above is used with courtesy from the Jewish Museum of Maryland. The original is dated 1913, one year after Henrietta Szold founded Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. She is 52 in this photograph, an age of independence, strength and maturity.

I chose to honor the memory of Henrietta Szold (1860 - 1945) not just because she is the founder of Hadassah, but also because she blazed a new trail for women in an age when women were not encouraged to venture outside the traditions and expectations set by family and society. How do I summarize her life and her character? To begin at the beginning ... Henrietta was born December 21, 1860 in Baltimore, Maryland when the country was entering the Civil War. Imagine the lifestyle of American citizens in those years....

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition describes Henrietta Szold as an American Zionist leader, editor, and translator. Further stating these facts: "After graduating from high school in 1877 she taught (1878–92) in private schools, organizing some of the first night school classes for immigrants. She was a founder (1888) of the Jewish Publication Society of America and served as its general editor until 1916. In 1912 she founded Hadassah, of which she was president from 1912 to 1926. In 1920 she moved to Palestine, directing the organization’s medical service and relief work. She is particularly esteemed for her leadership (1933–45) of the Youth Aliyah, an organization that rehabilitated thousands of children during World War II. She also translated many works from French, German, and Hebrew."

But this just doesn't capture the full essence of her remarkable spirit. As an educator, Henrietta not only taught English to new Jewish immigrants (a necessary skill), she also taught them History. She continued her own studies by receiving permission to study at the Jewish Theological Seminary, after promising not to seek rabbinic ordination. Remember, this was a time when only men were Rabbis. If she lived today, she could become a Rabbi, no questions asked! My how the world has changed! The children she "rehabilitated" during World War II in fact were over 22, 000 Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany!

But what about Hadassah?
After traveling to Palestine in 1909, Henrietta was aghast at the poor medical conditions which existed there. In 1912, at the age of 51, Henrietta Szold founded Hadassah with a goal to improve medical conditions in Israel (then Palestine) for all its citizens, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity. The Hadassah Medical Organization (one small aspect of Hadassah today) has achieved international acclaim for promoting peace in the Middle East by providing equal treatment to Palestinians and Israelis and was nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize! What an honor!

Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America has grown from its small beginnings in 1912 to become the largest women's, largest Zionist, and largest Jewish membership organization in the United States. In Israel, it supports medical care and research, education, and youth institutions, and reforestation and parks projects. In the US, Hadassah promotes health education, social action and advocacy, volunteerism, Jewish education and research, Young Judaea and connections with Israel. For more information, please check out the Hadassah Web site at www.hadassah.org

This organization continues to grow and change with the times and now reaches beyond the original goal of improving the medical needs of Palestine. According to the Hadassah Mission Statement, Hadassah is
"a volunteer women's organization, whose members are motivated and inspired to strengthen their partnership with Israel, ensure Jewish continuity, and realize their potential as a dynamic force in American society. ... Committed to the centrality of Israel based on the renaissance of the Jewish people in its historic homeland, Hadassah promotes the unity of the Jewish people. In Israel, Hadassah initiates and supports pace-setting health care, education and youth institutions, and land development to meet the country's changing needs. In the United States, Hadassah enhances the quality of American and Jewish life through its education and Zionist youth programs, promotes health awareness, and provides personal enrichment and growth for its members." I, myself, have been a Life Member of Hadassah for nearly twenty years.


I've rambled on too long --- but I am amazed by all that exists today because of the daring and determination of this one voice, the voice that once belonged to Henrietta Szold. Encouraged by her actions, I urge all women and men today to follow their hearts by acting on what they see as a need whenever/wherever they see it. Help us to make the world a better place.

Imagine the future positive repercussions there could be by speaking out with one voice, yours!


P.S. This is the first completed UFO for my UFO Olympics ... on to the next ....