Saturday my friends Frieda Anderson and Laura Wasilowski picked up my daughter Nina and I on their way to the Art Institute for a meet up with other midwest SAQA members. The plan was to see the current textile exhibit, but I was sidetracked by the amazing exhibit titled Kings, Queens and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France. It was a fabulous exhibit of paintings, sculptures, manuscripts and tapestries. I love this period of art, renaissance manuscripts and tapestries were the inspiration for this quilt
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| Oh Deer, Look What's Become of Me |
Seeing all of those beautiful paintings makes me want to paint!
At noon we met up in the cafeteria for a bit of lunch and a meeting.
What a great day!
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Get out the paints, Judy!!!
ReplyDeleteDid you ever read the book by Tracy Chevalier - The Girl and the Unicorn - it's takes you into the mid-evil world of the tapestry artist and their guilds - - - it so connects their work to their life; and gives a new meaning to the color blue - - - you'll understand when you read it.
ReplyDeleteI did read that book several years ago and loved reading about the lives of the weavers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the book title. I'll check it out.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for a grat day at the Art Institute, Judy. It's always fun to gather a bunch of textile artists together. Although it was hard to get a work in edgewise.
you look so lovely in your blue accessories!
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