Showing posts with label HAFA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HAFA. Show all posts

Sunday, October 13, 2013

It's a Balancing Act

If it's October, it must be "show month"!
I'm excited to be participating in FOUR shows in Houston this month.  The Texas Association of Original Doll Artists' Persons of Interest continues through November 2 at Hanson Galleries on Westheimer at Post Oak.  This is a beautiful gallery full of fine craft, something for everyone, including our art dolls!  My pieces in this show are "Forest Sprite" and "Angel of Glad Tidings".
"Angel of Glad Tidings"
18 Hands Gallery on 19th Street in the Heights is hosting Interwoven V, a juried fiber art show.  I'm pleased to have "Orelia" (meaning "Golden One") in this show which opens Saturday, October 19 (reception 6-9 p.m.) and runs through October 27.
"Orelia"
Also on 19th Street in the Heights is M Squared Gallery, which is hosting the Houston Area Fiber Artists' juried show Art for Art's Sake, October 23 - November 10, with the opening reception on Saturday, October 26, 6-9 p.m.  My piece "Balancing Act" is in this show, as well as an educational vignette of the steps I use in creating another art doll "Possibilities".
"Balancing Act"
Finally, the International Quilt Festival, open to the public October 31 - November 3, will once again host In Celebration of the Doll among the many exhibits.  I will have two dolls in the show this year: "Sim Shalom" (which means "Let There Be Peace") and "Quilting Queen".
"Sim Shalom"

Happy Autumn!

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Dolls for Charity

I just got the latest issue of Soft Dolls and Animals magazine


and was pleased to see an article I wrote about TAODA's project for charity earlier this year.



This was a joint charity project between the Houston Area Fiber Artists and the Texas Association of Original Doll Artists.  HAFA members created 86 dresses with little pockets & TAODA members created little dolls to fit inside the pockets.  We actually made over 100 of these little dolls, so there were extras to send.  The dresses and dolls were made for a program called "Dress a Girl Around the World" and sent to Hope 4 Women International for distribution to needy girls around the world.