Garde Arts Center
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Fiber at the Garde 07 Opens With Girls Night: The MusicalGarde Will Host Contemporary Art Quilt Exhibit Through November 20, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 13, 2007 (New London) The New England premiere of a touching and brilliantly funny ‘tell-it-like-it-is’ musical, GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL opens the Garde Arts Center’s 2007-08 season for six performances September 19-23, 2007. Also debuting with the new season, Fiber at the Garde '07, a gallery and exhibition of contemporary art quilts, will debut from September 19 through November 20, 2007 at the Garde Arts Center. Sep 13, 2007 1:08 PM -
Fiber at the Garde ’07 will feature fiber artists living in Connecticut and will showcase a variety of pieces exemplifying art quilting, or “non-traditional” quilting. In seeking out the Garde Arts Center, exhibition coordinator Linda Sexton-Patrick saw a chance to “give Connecticut artists an opportunity to show their work,” while also exposing the Garde’s 2007-08 season audiences to a new and exciting variation on studio art with contemporary art quilting. “Rather than concentrating on traditional quilt making, an art quilt is a contemporary artwork exploring and expressing aesthetic concerns common to the whole range of visual arts which retains, through materials or technique, a clear relationship to the folk art quilt from which it descends.” (Studio Art Quilt Associates, www.saqa.com) Contributing artists are members of Studio Art Quilt Associates (Storrs, CT), Sisters in Cloth (Guilford, CT), and local independent artists. Sale proceeds will benefit the Garde Children’s Guild, a fund created to provide young people and their families with affordable access to the Garde’s performances and programs. Fiber at the Garde ’07 can be viewed in the Garde Arts Center during Box Office hours (9am-4pm Monday-Friday and two hours before performances). An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 22 from 5:30-7:30 pm. For further information on the exhibition, please contact Linda Sexton-Patrick at (860) 440-3738 or apricotlion@ct.metrocast.net. Fiber at the Garde 07’ will feature the following artists: Barbara Coleman Adams – Guilford, CT Debra Bento – Westbrook, CT Normajean Brevik – East Lyme, CT Barbara Corrigan – South Glastonbury, CT Vivika Hansen DeNegre – Guilford, CT Carol Eaton – Shelton, CT Susan Ferraro – Colchester, CT Gail Kotowski – Guilford, CT Karen Loprete – Shelton, CT Carol Ludington – West Haven, CT Barbara Barrick McKie – Lyme, CT Ed Johnetta Fowler-Miller – Hartford, CT Robin Minevich – Niantic, CT Ruth Anne Olson – New Haven, CT Linda Sexton-Patrick – New London, CT Marie Shepherd – Madison, CT Linda Vegliante – East Lyme, CT Diane Wright – Guilford, CT * * * MEDIA INFO Photo Link For interviews, please contact Amy Moum at the Garde, (860) 444-4406 * * * The Garde Arts Center is Southeastern Connecticut’s non-profit center for the performing arts. The Garde owns and operates the historic Garde Theatre where it presents musicals, opera, orchestras, contemporary music, dance, and family events. The Garde produces the annual New London Film Festival, and provides after-school programs and matinee performances to more than 10,000 young people. Under the leadership of Steve Sigel, Executive Director, since 1988, the Garde has become a major catalyst for the cultural and economic revitalization of New London. ## |