Event: SUU’S BRAITHWAITE FINE ARTS GALLERY SHOWCASES ART QUILTS, FABRIC COLLAGE AND EMBROIDERY IN “EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN” SEPTEMBER 27-- NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Michael French
Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator
College of Performing & Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
 435-865-8667
michaelfrench@suu.edu

Image Credit: "The Ancient Beginning of a New World" by VALYA. Courtesy of VALYA

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: Everything In Between: Art Quilts, Fabric Collage & Embroidery

WHAT:              This exhibit showcases the work of 48 contemporary fabric and fiber artists from six countries and 21 states who know no limitations: They draw, paint, stamp, tear, print, photo-transfer, stain, rust, discharge, fold, stitch, weave, glue, batik, tie-dye, distress, and embellish with beads, buttons, lace, and trims in realistic, abstract, non-objective, conceptual, and surreal artworks.

WHO:               Southern Utah University, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery

WHEN:             September 27 – November 10, 2012

TIME:               Tuesday – Saturday, noon–7pm

WHERE:           Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Braithwaite Building, Lower Level, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS:         Free Admission

INFO:               For more information call (435) 586-5432 or visit the gallery website at www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery

SUU’S BRAITHWAITE FINE ARTS GALLERY

SHOWCASES ART QUILTS, FABRIC COLLAGE AND EMBROIDERY

IN “EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN”

SEPTEMBER 27-- NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah:  A vibrant world of fabric, color, fiber, creativity and more awaits art enthusiasts this autumn when SUU’s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery opens Everything In Between: Art Quilts, Fabric Collage, and Embroidery.  Featuring renowned international, national and regional artists, this spectacular collection will be on exhibit from September 27 through November 10. The Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon until 7:00pm; admission is free. This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery and a sponsorship provided by the Cedar Chest Quilters.

Reece Summers, Director of the Gallery, invited Deborah K. Snider, SUU Assistant Professor of Art Education and art quilter, to curate this exhibit. She selected a total of 48 artists from the Masters of the Art Quilt and 500 Art Quilts books (Lark Publications), including several outstanding artists from her personal quilting network.

Contemporary fabric and fiber artists know no limitations: They draw, paint, stamp, tear, print, photo-transfer, stain, rust, discharge, fold, stitch, weave, glue, batik, tie-dye, distress, and embellish with beads, buttons, lace, and trims in realistic, abstract, non-objective, conceptual, and surreal artworks.

This exhibition will feature numerous associated events, and will kick off a biennial juried art quilt festival in the new Southern Utah Museum of Art, beginning in 2014. The inaugural exhibition this year has evolved into an exciting, collaborative undertaking according to Deborah Snider. “Starting with our initial vision of the quilt exhibit, we have expanded into six weeks of amazing and connected special events,” says Snider. “The incredible network of talent that is building around this project includes the support and energy of students, faculty, staff, and members of our surrounding communities. The entire project is coming together in perfect harmony.”

In addition to the Everything in Between exhibition, the Gallery will sponsor a remarkable variety of Saturday programs during the exhibition’s run. For more information about these events, please visit the gallery website at www.edu/pva/artgallerybeginning in mid-September.

The Friends of the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery is a non-profit group established in 1977, just one year after the Gallery was opened on the Southern Utah University campus. For nearly 35 years the Friends have helped enrich lives through their sponsorship of world-class exhibitions and outstanding arts education programs. Each year Friends'-supported exhibitions attract legions of art lovers from throughout the intermountain west. In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraitsexhibition saw a record number of attendees from throughout the region.  Other Friends' supported exhibitions seen in recent years at the Braithwaite supported by the Friends include Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos, Chihuly Baskets, Soviet Era Art: 1917-1991 and Jim Jones: Recent Paintings. All of these exhibitions were free to the general public.

This autumn Southern Utah University’s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery invites you to experience Everything in Between. For more information about the Southern Utah University Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery or to sign up for the mailing list, please call the gallery at  (435) 586-5432, or visit the gallery website at www.edu/pva/artgallery.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at  (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.