field trip

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

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.