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October Program invitation for October 14 and 15. Both are virtual.

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Plan on watching the Cleveland Museum of Art virtual program on Wednesday October 14 at 12:00 noon. You can find the program on the museum’s web site.  It is a Close Looking at a Distance (CLAD) program featuring the Korean Embroidery exhibit.  This ‘field trip” will be virtual.
Follow this with our Zoom meeting to discuss and expand on our virtual visit with the museum’s staff and share our personal experiences with embroidery and/or Korean textiles. The Zoom meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 15 at 11:30 am (our regular meeting day and time).  Once again, be on the look-out for an invitation from Lynne.
About CLAD–
Cleveland Museum of Art has  a program called Close Looking at a Distance-CLAD- and on Wed Oct 14 at 12 Noon, they are having a Virtual Event About the Korean Embroidery exhibit that will be closing at the end of this month. It is easy to access on a computer.
    Go to cma.org/events/virtual-events
    Look for the pop up for Close Looking at a Distance
    There is data about times and an introduction.
    Scroll down to Join the Conversation and follow the prompts.
From CMA’s website:

Close Looking at a Distance: Scrutinizing the Stitches

Wednesday, October 14, 12:00 p.m.

What can a wedding gown, liberally decorated and lovingly patched and repaired, tell us about the culture, values, and artisans from which it emerged? In this CLAD session, join host Key Jo Lee and curator of Korean art Sooa McCormick for a guided look at an intricately embroidered garment from the CMA’s permanent collection, currently on view in the exhibition Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea.

Upcoming exhibit of interest to the guild is:
A new exhibit in the Textile Gallery will be coming November 22 featuring the textiles of the Guna, an indigenous territory in Panama. Think Mola!

A note about visiting in person:

The museum is open with the normal distancing and masking restrictions if anyone does want to try to see the Korean exhibit before it closes. Check their web site for details.

Have you remembered to RSVP for April 18?

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Sheri will so appreciate a timely RSVP.

Lunch will be at 11:00; Meeting at the restaurant before our 1:00 tour.

Details here:

We have a field trip planned for April 18th to the Finnish Heritage Museum in Fairport Harbor. We will have a private tour of the textiles, led by Rebecca Steinbeck. I hope you will join us and connect with others to carpool.

Please e-mail me (beemerquilter@yahoo.com) if you plan to join us for lunch, which will be at 11:00 at Fairport Family Restaurant, 212 High St. (walking distance to the museum). Hopefully we can have a quick meeting, eat and socialize before heading over to the museum. I just need to get a head count so I can call the restaurant to reserve space for us, so don’t forget to let me know you are attending. See menu here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/FairportRestaurant/menu/?ref=page_internal

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you. Hoping for warm weather!   Sheri

December Study Group Field Trip

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Reminder:

STUDY GROUP is taking a field trip and all members are invited to join us. The Cleveland Museum of Art is providing a docent led visit especially for the Guild.

Thursday, December 6 at 10:00 am.

Meet us in the Atrium to view the Valois Tapestry exhibit. The ticket price is $25.00 (this price includes the Georgia O’Keefe exhibit). Sign up with Patty H. Cleveland Museum of Art members may contact Patty H to see if their membership advantage can be applied.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sunday, November 18 edition has an article outlining why this exhibit is so very special.

On view for the first time in North America, the recently restored Valois Tapestries, a unique set of 16th-century hangings, are unveiled in this exhibition. These fascinating and enigmatic tapestries were commissioned by Catherine de’ Medici, the indomitable queen mother of France, to celebrate the royal Valois dynasty against a backdrop of great political strife and social upheaval. Soon after their creation in Brussels, the eight room-sized hangings accompanied Catherine’s granddaughter, Christina of Lorraine, when the young princess traveled to the Medici court in Florence as the bride of Ferdinand I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Woven with wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the tapestries are rich in both their materials and intricate subject matter. Life-sized, full-length portraits of the French king, princes, and princesses, situated prominently in the foreground, lock eyes with the viewer and present detailed scenes of court pageants and festivities. Juxtaposing the tapestries with paintings, drawings, and exquisite art objects of the period, Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries introduces the colorful and sometimes infamous characters associated with the hangings, and it explores the tapestries’ role as an artistic and political statement involving two of the most powerful European dynasties of the Renaissance—the Valois and the Medici—and their respective power bases in Paris and Florence. Among the most admired, ambitious, and costly artistic endeavors of their time, the Valois Tapestries embody the pageantry, splendor, and political intrigue of Renaissance Europe.

November Meeting Information and Study Group Field Trip

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From Nancy Allman:

CWG Monthly Meeting
November 15, 2018
Warrensville Branch of Cuyahoga Public Library,
4115 Northfield Rd. Warrensville Hts 44128 216-363-4180 (North Room)

Gifts from Bertie’s Boys – Victoria Johnson-Parratt will show textile treasures from around the world and the personal collection of Alberta Parkinson. You won’t want to miss this!

STUDY GROUP is taking a field trip and all members are invited to join us.
Thursday, December 6 at 10:00 am.  Meet us in the Atrium to view the Valois Tapestry exhibit.  Described below.

On view for the first time in North America, the recently restored Valois Tapestries, a unique set of 16th-century hangings, are unveiled in this exhibition. These fascinating and enigmatic tapestries were commissioned by Catherine de’ Medici, the indomitable queen mother of France, to celebrate the royal Valois dynasty against a backdrop of great political strife and social upheaval. Soon after their creation in Brussels, the eight room-sized hangings accompanied Catherine’s granddaughter, Christina of Lorraine, when the young princess traveled to the Medici court in Florence as the bride of Ferdinand I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Woven with wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the tapestries are rich in both their materials and intricate subject matter. Life-sized, full-length portraits of the French king, princes, and princesses, situated prominently in the foreground, lock eyes with the viewer and present detailed scenes of court pageants and festivities. Juxtaposing the tapestries with paintings, drawings, and exquisite art objects of the period, Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries introduces the colorful and sometimes infamous characters associated with the hangings, and it explores the tapestries’ role as an artistic and political statement involving two of the most powerful European dynasties of the Renaissance—the Valois and the Medici—and their respective power bases in Paris and Florence. Among the most admired, ambitious, and costly artistic endeavors of their time, the Valois Tapestries embody the pageantry, splendor, and political intrigue of Renaissance Europe.

October meeting is Thursday, October 19. It is a field trip.

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Thursday, October 19th Guild Meeting/Field Trip 11:30 am

Join us on a field trip to the Sculpture Center at 1834 E. 123rd St. in Cleveland to view the exhibit “The Nowness of Then: Lillian Tyrell’s Disaster Blankets and Objections and Connections, Fiber Artists Talk Back”. We will meet in the Sculpture Center parking lot at 11:30 am.

When we finish there, we’ll pop over next door to the Artist Archives of the Western Reserve to view their “In the Details” exhibit.

Both shows are fiber focused and both shows included the work of our very own Debbie Silver!

We recommend arranging your own carpools. Lunch out after will be discussed soon or maybe on the fly.

Sign up now with Victoria or Bobbie. Admission is free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November tour of Wari exhibit at CMA

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On November 15th, Cuyahoga Weavers Guild takes a field trip to the Cleveland Museum of Art to have a docented tour of the new exhibit, Wari: Warriors of the Andes.

We’ll meet in the CMA lobby at 10:45 am. The tour starts promptly at 11:00 am and should last till about 1:00 pm.

We’ll have lunch at the museum following tour.

Carpools leaving from Church of the Savior will meet at 10:00 am in north parking lot.

Please call Victoria to let us know to expect you if you plan to attend.