Events
My work can be found at The Copper Shade Tree Gallery in Round Top, TX. Please visit http://coppershadetree.com/index.php for more information.
September 2, 2011 – October 14, 2011: “The Trail That Lay Before Them, a contemporary quilt exhibit featuring “Contemplation” at the Flagstaff Gallery located in the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) in Baker City, Oregon. Please visitoregontrail.blm.govfor more information.
Nov 3-6, 2011: 175th Birthday of Texas as a Republic, The International Quilt Festival’s Texas Juried Show in Houston, Texas with “Life’s A Beach” and “Little Boy Blue,” “Group Conversations, a group collaboration. In Full Bloom with “Austin tatious,” Celebrate Spring with “Generation Y: Song of Hope,” The Space Between with “Lost Cavern,” Tactile Architecture with “3 Dimensional Adobe Pueblo” in “Artists Village,” a Collaboration with 14 International Artists and World of Beauty with “Songbird” and “Artists Garden,” a group collaboration with Connie Hudson, Kathy York, Sherri Mc Cauley, Frances Holliday Alford, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Suzan Engler, Annie Smith, Cindy Henneke and Barb Forrister at the George Brown Convention Center. Please visit http://www.quilts.com/newHome/index.php for more information.
Nov 3, 2011: (Thursday) 12-1 p.m. : Come join me at Quilting Arts Make It University at the International Quilt Festival in the George Brown Convention Center located in Houston, Texas. Learn how to make fabulous mixed media beads! If you are in the area, please stop by and visit, take some classes, rest your feet and make some wonderfully unique beads to take home with you. So much fun! I will also be doing an Open Studio Demo on Friday, November 4, 2011 from 12:40-2:40 p.m. where I will be making 3D fiber art palm trees and foliage. Come join the fun. I look forward to seeing you all at festival!
February 24- January 2013:Generation Y: Song of Hope was chosen by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division to be included in the 2012 People’s Gallery Exhibition at Austin City Hall. The opening reception will be held on Friday, February 24th from 6-9 p.m. at City Hall located at 301 West 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Food and refreshments will be provided by Whole Foods and everyone is welcome to attend. Please join us. We would love to see you! This exhibit will be on display the entire year of 2012. Come see all the wonderful artwork by so many local artisans. It promises to be a fantastic exhibit. I look forward to seeing you all! Happy 2012! For more information, please visit http://www.barbforrister.com/2012-peoples-art-gallery-with-generation-y-song-of-hope
March 9-11, 2012:Quilt Celebration 2012 – Quilter’s Guild of Dallas “In Full Bloom” with Songbird in Art Pictorial and Treasured Waters in Master Art category at Dallas Market Hall located at 2200 N Stemmons Fwy in Dallas, TX. Show Hours: Friday and Saturday, March 9 & 10, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, March 11, 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM. For more information, please visit http://quiltersguildofdallas.org/index.php .
May 16, 2012:“Recharge Zone: Texturizing Fabric” for the Austin Fiber Artists 5-6:30 p.m. Come learn how fabric can be altered to provide both color and texture. Event is located at Holy Lutheran Cross Church, 4622 South Lamar in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit http://austinfiberartists.org/ .
July 9, 2012: Lecture – Barb Forrister Trunk Show :Applying Color and Design to Cloth for the Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild located at the Georgetown Public Library 402 W. 8th St. in Georgetown, Texas, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Lecture will include different ways to add color and design by painting, dyeing, stamping and stencilling. Digital and actual samples willl be shown. Please visit http://www.ctquiltguild.org/calendar.html for more information.
July 10, 2012: Workshop with Barb Forrister, “Dyeing to Create” for the Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This workshop will focus on dyeing fabric to create fabulous colors. We will experiment with both Full and Low Immersion Dyeing techniques, Graduated effects, parfait dyeing and marbelling of fabric. We will also continue with stamping and stencilling to create one of a kind prints on fabric. This class is geared for both beginning and advanced students. Enjoy creating your own deliciously unique cloth. For more information, please visit http://www.ctquiltguild.org/workshops.html .
January 19, 2013:“3 Dimensional Sculpting: Building Fiber Art Houses” for Austin Fiber Artists at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4622 South Lamar in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit http://austinfiberartists.org/ .