Equinox,
1996
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Gallery
Info
Artist's Statement
Directions
Gallery hours:
Mon-Fri
10-4:30pm
Phone
(617) 521-2268
for more info.
Barbara Crane
exhibits her meticulously crafted art quilts at the Simmons College Trustman
Art Gallery, fourth floor Simmons Main Campus Building, 300 The Fenway,
Feb. 1 to March 3.
In her work, Crane uses landscape imagery as the starting point for each
textile image. The transformations of the natural world — rippling
water, stormy skies and fields of flowers — emerge from the subtle
working of pattern, color and texture. The labor-intensive and meditative
act of hand-stitching infuses each unique landscape vision with a sense
of inner calm and transcendent wonder.
Crane advances the traditional medium of quilting into new realms of visual
illusion and sensuality. The winner of many awards, including the New
England Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in 1995 and an award from the
American Quilter’s Society in 1985, Crane’s quilts have been
featured in many publications. Crane has also exhibited in juried exhibitions
both nationally and internationally; in 1994 her work was shown at the
Art Quilt International in Japan.
Exhibit hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The
gallery will be closed on February 21. Gallery events are free and open
to the public. The building is wheelchair accessible. For more information,
contact Evelyn Kofler at 617-521-2268 .
Located in Boston, Simmons College is a nationally recognized small, private,
predominantly women’s university. Celebrating its 100th anniversary
in 1999, Simmons was the first women’s college in the nation to provide
both liberal arts and career preparation.