American Tapestry Alliance http://americantapestryalliance.org Just another WordPress site Mon, 21 May 2012 19:11:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Frances D. McClure receives the ATA Award for Excellence http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/05/05/frances-d-mcclure-receives-the-ata-award-for-excellence/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/05/05/frances-d-mcclure-receives-the-ata-award-for-excellence/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 22:01:36 +0000 mary http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6734 Frances D. McClure received the ATA Award for Excellence for her tapestry, Beyond the Desert. Read more on her webpage.

]]> Frances D. McClure received the ATA Award for Excellence for her tapestry, Beyond the Desert. Read more on her webpage.

]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/05/05/frances-d-mcclure-receives-the-ata-award-for-excellence/feed/ 0 ATA’s Logo Lapel Pin http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/atas-logo-lapel-pin/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/atas-logo-lapel-pin/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:15:03 +0000 Marzena Ziejka http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6714 ATA’s logo lapel pin is available! This pin proudly identifies you as a member of our international community of tapestry weavers and makes it easy for us to find one another at large gatherings. Let’s create a “sea of blue on

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]]> ATA’s logo lapel pin is available! This pin proudly identifies you as a member of our international community of tapestry weavers and makes it easy for us to find one another at large gatherings. Let’s create a “sea of blue on silver” at Convergence! The pin is $8.00 (includes shipping). Pay with PayPal (mention “pin”) or send a check to Marcia Ellis, Assistant Treasurer, 5565 Idlewood Road, Sant Rosa, CA 95404. ]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/atas-logo-lapel-pin/feed/ 0 Donna Foley’s New Artist Page http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/donna-foleys-new-artist-page/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/donna-foleys-new-artist-page/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:57:03 +0000 Marzena Ziejka http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6709 I weave my tapestries as maps of my spiritual journey. The topography is both an external terrain of wilderness and mountains as well as an internal landscape. Read More

]]> I weave my tapestries as maps of my spiritual journey. The topography is both an external terrain of wilderness and mountains as well as an internal landscape. Read More

]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/donna-foleys-new-artist-page/feed/ 0 Joan Griffin’s Updated Artist Page http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/joan-griffins-updated-artist-page/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/joan-griffins-updated-artist-page/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:36:24 +0000 Marzena Ziejka http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6707 The landscape is the primary influence on my tapestries. I enjoy  taking a detail element of a  landscape and translating it into my own imagery. It may be near  the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where I live or other…

]]> The landscape is the primary influence on my tapestries. I enjoy  taking a detail element of a  landscape and translating it into my own imagery. It may be near  the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where I live or other places I travel. Read More

]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/joan-griffins-updated-artist-page/feed/ 0 Margo Macdonald’s Updated Artist Page http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/margo-macdonalds-updated-artist-page/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/margo-macdonalds-updated-artist-page/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:33:29 +0000 Marzena Ziejka http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6705 I express my ideas through hand-woven tapestry and painting. Both media are appropriate in evoking the spirit of place that marks my work; the beaches, tides, water and forests that surround me serve as my muse. Read More

]]> I express my ideas through hand-woven tapestry and painting. Both media are appropriate in evoking the spirit of place that marks my work; the beaches, tides, water and forests that surround me serve as my muse. Read More

]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/30/margo-macdonalds-updated-artist-page/feed/ 0 Stay current! http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/29/stay-current/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/29/stay-current/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:52:53 +0000 mary http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=5740 Are you interested in hearing about workshops, exhibitions and other opportunities for contemporary tapestry weavers and supporters? Sign up for ATA’s eNews and eKudos.

]]> Are you interested in hearing about workshops, exhibitions and other opportunities for contemporary tapestry weavers and supporters? Sign up for ATA’s eNews and eKudos.

]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/04/29/stay-current/feed/ 0 Mary Cost’s Updated Artist Page http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/mary-cost/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/mary-cost/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:18:03 +0000 Marzena Ziejka http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6636 She tends to work in series, one idea leading to the next, each image building upon the ones that come before, resolving their questions as they arise. Read More

]]> She tends to work in series, one idea leading to the next, each image building upon the ones that come before, resolving their questions as they arise. Read More

]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/mary-cost/feed/ 0 Sarah Warren’s Updated Artist Page http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/sarah-warren-updated-artist-page/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/sarah-warren-updated-artist-page/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:14:16 +0000 Marzena Ziejka http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6632 Her goal as a tapestry artist is to communicate the peace and well-being she feels sitting on a mountain-top, gazing at the distant peaks and ridges, watching soaring birds at play on the thermals that rise from the valley below. ]]> Her goal as a tapestry artist is to communicate the peace and well-being she feels sitting on a mountain-top, gazing at the distant peaks and ridges, watching soaring birds at play on the thermals that rise from the valley below. Read More

]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/sarah-warren-updated-artist-page/feed/ 0 Elizabeth Radcliffe’s Artist Page http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/elizabeth-radcliffe-artist-page/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/elizabeth-radcliffe-artist-page/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:09:34 +0000 Marzena Ziejka http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6612 Inspired especially by the patterns of nature and the textures and fall of clothing about the human body, Elizabeth Radcliffe have developed the classical techniques of hand weaving in some new and original ways. Read More

]]> Inspired especially by the patterns of nature and the textures and fall of clothing about the human body, Elizabeth Radcliffe have developed the classical techniques of hand weaving in some new and original ways. Read More

]]> http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/03/31/elizabeth-radcliffe-artist-page/feed/ 0 TEx@ATA http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/02/29/texata-2/ http://americantapestryalliance.org/2012/02/29/texata-2/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:10:09 +0000 mary http://americantapestryalliance.org/?p=6385 Visit the new show in the TEx Gallery: “Dancing Colors: Audrey Moore’s Tapestries,” curated by Cheryl Silverblatt.

]]> Visit the new show in the TEx Gallery: “Dancing Colors: Audrey Moore’s Tapestries,” curated by Cheryl Silverblatt.

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