Art at Special Olympics Metro Games
This Sunday, June 2, I will be showing my work inspired by Special Olympic athletes at the NY Metro Games at Queens College. My art will be set up in the Olympic Village from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm. In addition…
Danger, Danger!
With all the recent workshops and exhibitions, I haven't had much time in the studio. Yet somehow the next Special Olympics piece is almost complete! This piece is inspired by a young athlete on the NYC Special Olympics gymnastics team…
Beyond Words
You may remember that back in October, I created a piece to honor Florence Chittenden Verdurmen. You may also remember that I really struggled with that piece, not sure how to express just how incredible Florence is through one small…
Feeling the Beat
My latest piece in the Special Olympics series was inspired by Adrian, an athlete I coached for about 6 years as part of the Manhattan gymnastics team. Adrian has a way of making everyone smile - especially at competitions. It…
From Design to Fabric
If you've been following my progress on my latest piece, you know that it has been giving me some trouble. The piece honors Florence Verdurmen Chittenden - the woman who taught me everything I know about coaching Special Olympics gymnastics…
Slow Progress
The top secret quilt I'm working on is no longer top secret. Events unfolded in such a way that it made sense to tell the subject of the piece that it's happening ... however slowly. So here's the story. The…
Sewing Circles
Today, I tackled the quilting of the Special Olympics piece. I decided to create concentric circles of stitching to emphasize the athlete's repetitive thoughts and to contrast with the grid of the pieced quilt. A computer mock-up of the concept…
One Step Back, Two Steps Forward
It's remarkable that I'm getting any actual work done with so much gymnastics on TV, but I'm making real progress on this Special Olympics piece. Maybe the Olympic gymnastics is inspiring me to quilt about my Special Olympic gymnasts. When…
Sewing Squares
I've been walking by my studio the last few days rearranging the blocks and waiting for the right order to emerge. I realized that the images printed on light backgrounds were too distracting, so I re-printed them with darker backgrounds…
So Many Squares
I finally locked myself in the studio and started working on the first piece in the Special Olympics series. This piece is about a young man on my gymnastics team who is on the autistic spectrum. He often obsesses about…