Art on Cloth- A Color Creek Studio Artist Show

It’s been a long time since I last updated the website – but here is some news.  If you are out and about on Friday, June 11th, stop by Middle Way Cafe for a bit to eat and visit with Color Creek’s Studio Artists.   Our show is up and it will be there for two months – June and July.  Nothing like eating lunch under the artwork.

Color Creek Studio Artists present:

“Art on Cloth”

Works by:

Mary Hertert, Jan Ingram, Wendy Smith-Wood,

Akiko Sugimoto, Linda Weatherwax

Exhibition runs June 11th – August 10th

2nd Friday Opening Reception June

11th 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Light refreshments served

Mon-Fri: 7:00am-6:00pm

Sat-Sun: 8:00am-6:00pm

1300 W. Northern Lights Blvd, Suite G

Anchorage, Alaska

(907) 272-6433

Mark This – an exploration in fiber & fabric

Lots of Fiber Happenings around Anchorage

There is a lot going on in the next couple of months.

February 5th & 6th:  Project Runway for the International Gallery.  Look forward to some amazing garments coming out of the Alaskan community for this very exciting of events.  Don’t know where yet – but put it on your calendar and watch the papers and this space for details.  Mary, Lisa, Jan, Linda and Akiko will all have garments in this show.

February 19th-March 12th : The Alaskan Members of the Surface Design Association present “Match This” – a show of personal ways of working with fibers.  This group show features such artists as Mary Hertert, Denise Gallup, Ree Nancarrow, Annie Aubie, Keren Lowell and upwards of 10 others with their own special ways of working with textiles and fibers.   Third Friday opening at the MTS Gallery in Mountain View on Mountain View Drive.

March 5th-14th: Alaska Fiber Festival presents the 2010 theme Archi-Texture.  Start off the week with a First Friday Downtown Quilt Walk and special work by Roxane Stoner and Nancy Dobson at the Virtu Gallery on 4th & D.  Spend the week studying with international artists Rachel Clark, Carol Taylor and Kathyanne White.  Make sure you take off time for a dynamite Fashion Show on March 11th orchestrated by Art Services North.  Finish the week browsing the challenge displays and vendor hall at the Conoco Philips Atrium March 13th & 14th.  The SDA Member show and Studio Art Quilts displays will anchor the finale of the week-long festival.  Make sure you get on the website and look through the challenges.  http://www.alaskafiberfestival.org

Color Creek is warm & cozy in the new spot

Yay – we’re settled!  Photos next go round.  Camera is full of mud…

December 2nd had Color Creek packed and on the move to the new location on 36th & Arctic.  3 of us signed the lease the day before Thanksgiving,  asked the new landlord to rip some stuff up and not touch anything else.  Art studios don’t need upgrades!  We hosted the Hot Headed Honeys for a successful bead and fiber show, a final party and a final sale of items that we didn’t want to move.

The new space has windows (LOTS) and enough space for us to do our own artwork.  Of all the moves, this was the easiest (practice makes perfect) and the least disruptive.  I can’t have workshops in the space but I can schedule one-on-ones for those of you who are serious about dyework.  The best is to call me 244-7968 to schedule since I don’t keep regular hours anymore.

Stuff coming up:

Surface Design Association Alaska Member Show

Join this very select group of fiber artists at the MTS gallery this February for this special showing of all things fiber.  The installation, entitled Mark This lets the artists show off their own special techniques for manipulating fabric and fiber.  The show will later move to the Alaska Fiber Festival for the March 13th-14th finale at Conoco Philips atrium.

February 2010 is FASHION MONTH at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art

Special events to take place FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 and SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6

LOOKING FOR ARTISTS/CREATIVE PEOPLE/FASHION SAVVY (or NOT) TO MAKE CLOTHES FIT FOR THE RUNWAY.  THIS IS ABOUT INNOVATION & A DESIGN CHALLENGE.  MAKE CLOTHING FOR YOUR OWN MODEL OR A VOLUNTEER MODEL.  THE CHALLENGE IS TO MAKE WEARABLE WORK OF ART.  CLOTHING SHOULD FIT INTO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES/THEMES:

• IMPRINT (use magazines, newspapers, newspaper bags or other) – • GRAPHIC (graphic design-inspired, letters, drawing-inspired or other) – • SURVIVAL (& the Great Outdoors) -• EVENING -• MILITARY-INSPIRED – • BUTTONS – • FOOD – • REMADE OR RECYCLED – • BIG, WILD LIFE – • APPROPRIATION (open to interpretation) – • ENTWINED (rope, string, ribbon, or other) – • VALENTINE – • WEATHERED – • THEN & NOW / TRADITION & INNOVATION – • MUSIC – • ANYTHING GOES

Awards will be offered to winners. Open to 5 entries per artist  All works will be on exhibit at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art from February 7 – 28

Email igca@alaskalife.net by January 10 if you’ll participate (please consider this unique event!). Please also let us know if you can provide your own runway model.  Our special GUEST JUDGE will be:  CHRISTOPHER STRAUB from this season’s PROJECT RUNWAY.

March 6th-14th  2010 Alaska Fiber Festival : Theme is Archi-texture.

Several challenges to enter both juried and non-juried.  Small quilt challenge, Alaska Parka Redesigned, 3-D fiber sculpture,  Art quilt, wearable art.  1 week of workshops with Carol Taylor, Rachel Clark and Kathyanne White.

Fashion Show featuring special award-winning garments from Juneau, Kechikan as well as local artists.  Followed by a weekend at Conoco Philips in a gala display of all the festival entries, invitational doll show and a vendor hall of fiber artists and suppliers.  Special shows include Surface Design Association Alaska Member Show and Art Studio Quilt Association.

www.alaskafiberfestival.org

Saying Goodbye to Color Creek’s open studio

To all of Color Creek’s friends,

The building we are in is sold and closed and Color Creek has to move.   We’ve chosen a very small location that will house Color Creek’s artists: Jan, Lisa, Linda, Akiko and Mary but not Color Creek’s open lab and workshops.  To that I’ll say goodbye knowing I will miss that part a lot.

Since I’ve done this before (a.k.a. leaving Mountain View) we don’t have a lot to sell or give away now but there are more than I care to store and I have this week to get rid of them.  The workshops and parties are scheduled right up to the last minute so I will continue to use my excess frames and scarf blanks, pots and such.  If you are interested in any of the following, please email or phone me.

Dye pots mixed sizes,  Textile paints, Silk Screens, Fabric scraps ( all kinds), display lights, metal odds and ends, wool, silk painting frames,  dress making dummies,  metal baskets, plastic display torsos, gridwall display knobs, paint brushes.  And probably a lot more – still need to go through the stuff.

Don’t miss the last of the Color Creek events.

• Wednesday, Nov 25th, Intro to Batik. (full)

• Saturday, Nov 28th, Hot-Headed Honeys, Bead and fiber boutique. 10-5 pm

• Sunday, Nov 29th Color Creek sells off all it can and moves.

Color Creek to move or close…

Hello Friends of Color Creek-

Color Creek is losing its location on Barrow as of December 1st.  The building has sold and the new owners are looking to remodel the bottom floor to fit their own needs.

If you know of a shared warehouse location that is affordable then I’d like to know about it.  My motto has always been – “Be Flexible or Go Away”.

Next – if you are one of those people who “have always wanted to come” but never made it – now is the time.  Book your party, join in a workshop or otherwise come be part of the Color Creek scene before it has to either go somewhere else or close.  Workshops are listed right on this page.

Wednesday Nov4th. Intro to Silk Painting 6-9 pm $45 (no credit cards please)

Color Creek closed November 5th-16th

Thursday, Nov 19th,  Teaser - Wrapping gifts with your designer fabrics 6:30-7:30 $15

Saturday, Nov 21st, 2 workshops:  9-noon: Reclaim your old clothing. Bring in some things and dye or paint them. Silk or cotton only. $35.  Free-form Silk Painting.  Creative painting without using hard lines. $45

Wednesday, Nov 25th, Into to Batik $45

Saturday, Nov 28th, Hot Headed Honeys, Bead and fiber boutique. 10-5 pm

Sunday, Nov 29th COLOR CREEK EITHER HAS A REALLY BIG SALE or we move.

Second post with new Nov-Dec Schedule

Friends of Color Creek – I’m sorry for the ultra-small schedule.  Here is a bigger one instead.  Thanks to all of you who posted asking for a larger copy.

Nov-Dec Color Creek Schedule

More will be added to the calendar later.  This is a good start now though.  Here is your heads-up that the calendar is starting to fill up for special parties and events so book your friends’ party soon.   Get down and creative by painting those special gifts, dyeing up your old clothes or design your own fun.  $35 per person plus materials (unless you bring your own).

There is always something at the Creek

Thursday Teaser: Oct 15th’s Teaser is Needle Felting.  This is a great way to sculpt wool using a simple barbed needle.  Make little animals or flowers for a hat.  If you want to bring in a wool sweater, then I’ll show you how to add a design into the sweater.  This is a great anywhere style project when you have to sit in the doctor’s office and can’t wet felt.  One hour will get you pretty far into the technique.  $15 gets you some wool and needle loan.

Deep into Technique: Saturday Oct. 17th is an intensive silk painting workshop that begins at 10 pm and goes until 4.  Anything and everything you have wanted to know about silk painting techniques.  It’s helpful to have had the basic intro course but not necessary.  You’ll get plenty of practice and time to explore, ask que stions and paint to your heart’s content.  This is great for anyone who wants to jump up a level or two in their painting.

Intro to Batik: Wed Oct 28th, 6-9 pm.  Too fun to miss.  We work on silk because it is quick drying.  Same techniques can be used on cotton – with some modification. You’ll get a practice piece and then a scarf blank to design and add color however you want.  Iron it out and take it home. $45 includes all materials.

Intro to Fused Silk Fiber:  Saturday, Dec 5th, 1-4 pm (moved from Nov. 7th).  Create everything from silk fiber paper to molded bowls and votive candle holders.  The list is endless for what can be made from pre-spun silk fiber, fused (using a polymer) into a stiff paper.  Cut the “paper” and sew it into a bag or hat.  Create small sculpture pieces that are molded to shape or dream up whatever you want.  You’ll get enough silk to create several small projects while you are learning what this can do. $65 includes materials.

The fashion show at the Make It Alaskan Festival was a blast.  Nothing compares with the joy of seeing one’s creations up on the runway 3 days in a row.  I’ve moved the garments to 2nd Run on D Street and 7th in downtown Anchorage.  They are for sale there.

Color Creek in the Bridal Aisle at Make It Alaskan Festival

Schedule Update:  Teaser for October 1st Needlefelting has been moved to October 16th.  No Teaser this Thursday because Color Creek will be down at the Sullivan Arena setting up for the Make It Alaskan Show.  Color Creek along with fiber artists from around Alaska will be congregating in the Bridal Aisle with our created garments ready to walk the aisle.  Fashion shows are October 2nd, 4-6 pm; the 3rd & 4th, 2-4 pm. BOOTH #331 on the south east side of the arena. Cost is $6.00 for adults, children under 12 free.

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