News

August News:

I have been invited to have a Solo Exhibition at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California. The exhibition will be in October 2008, with the opening reception held on October 11th as part of the NELA Art Tour. Please check back for more details.

I will also have my annual Open Studio as part of the 16th Annual Discovery Tour, during the weekend of November 22nd, 2008. Please mark your calendars now, and check back for more details:

Connie Rohman's Open Studio on the Discovery Tour, November 22 & 23, 2008:

Connie Rohman and other artists throughout the Arroyo area open their studios and homes to visitors once a year, in the month of November, for the Discovery Tour. Sponsored by the Arroyo Arts Collective and the Historical Society of Southern California, this year's 16th Annual Discovery Tour showcases the artistic riches of the community. The neighborhoods of Highland Park, Mt. Washington and Eagle Rock are home to one of the largest concentrations of artists in Los Angeles. Artists will open their homes and studios for people to tour and purchase art. With over 80 participating artists, there will be plenty to see, including fiber art, fused glass art, oil painting, assemblage, and other art forms. Check back at www.connierohman.com for future updates about the Discovery Tour this fall.

Techniques, Ideas for using words in your own work:

As promised in my SAQA lecture at the International Quilt Festival Long Beach, here is a list of different ways to use words and language in your art quilts:

1. Photo Transfer – using products on market for printing from computer.
2. Citrasolve – print out the words on your computer's printer, xerox them, then use a cotton ball to dampen the back of the xerox copy, burnish with a spoon, as in Rayna Gilman's work.
3. Markers – use permanent markers to write with, pens. Prismacolor pencils work well.
4. Ink – Tsunineko ink with their markers. Or try a stick from your backyard with india ink.
5. Fabric Paint – use brushes and fabric paint.
6. Hand Embroidery – use water soluble pen and embroider over it.
7. Hand guided machine quilting – use water soluble pen and quilt over the line, or just quilt free hand.
8. Applique – Iron interfacing onto fabric, then cut out letters. Machine applique onto quilt.
9. Reverse machine applique - as in my AE's Journal piece.
9. Airpen - as in Susan Shie’s method.
10. Discharge techniques: Could paint words with discharge paste, or use thiox paste in syringe.
11. Screen printing - as in Angela Moll's method.

Hope this helps. Have fun trying out different methods until you find one or several that work for you.

July 2008 News:

Come hear my lecture, "Using Words in Art Quilts" at the International Quilt Festival, Long Beach.
It will be at 10:30am on Saturday, July 26th, as part of the SAQA Lecture Series. Also, if you are at the Long Beach Quilt Festival, come look me up at the SAQA booth: I will be there on and off throughout the festival. Hope to see you there! (Int'l Quilt Festival at Long Beach: weekend of July 25th--July 27th, Friday/Sat/Sunday at the Long Beach Convention Center. Friday & Saturday hours: 10:00am to 7:00pm. Sunday hours: 10:00am to 3:00pm. For more info: go to www.quilts.com/home/shows.)

SAQA booth at Long Beach Festival: Jamie Fingal and I are the Southern California Co-Reps for SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates). Come stop by the SAQA booth at the International Quilt Festival in Long Beach and say hello. It's always great to put names to faces, we'd love to meet you.

June News:

The "Casa de Adobe Art Exhibition" at Lummis Day was a smashing success. Over 420 visitors toured the art exhibition. We are looking forward to another strong show next year.

The "Anything Goes: A Small Works Show" is continuing at the Folk Tree Gallery in Pasadena. The opening reception was very well attended. The exhibition is wonderful, and contains fiber art, painting, sculpture, mixed media, and assemblages. For more information, go to www.folktree.com.

May News:

I will be exhibiting work in "Anything Goes: A Small Works Show" at the Folk Tree Gallery in Pasadena, CA during June. Please go to the Current Exhibitions tab to see more information on this exhibition.

I am curating the "Casa de Adobe Art Exhibition" for the Lummis Day Festival on June 1st, 2008 in Northeast Los Angeles. This will be a multi media exhibition of local artists in the historic Casa de Adobe building. For more information, go to www.lummisday.org.

I will be the juror for the "Fiber Art Exhibition" at the San Luis Obispo Art Center in December, 2008. For more information and entry forms, go to www.sloartcenter.org.

April News:

Note: The Cutting Edge: New Works In Fiber Art exhibition will be having a closing reception on Saturday, April 12th from 7pm to 10pm. This well attended exhibition was extended to April 13th. Come to the closing reception, and then head on out to see the rest of the art galleries open on NELAart's Second Saturday Art Tour.

I will be exhibiting work in the "Layers Of Meaning" fiber arts exhibition at the Loft Gallery in San Pedro during April and May. Please go to the Current Exhibitions tab to see more information on this exhibition.