The Newnan Coweta Art Association
Peachtree City Library Exibit
The Newnan Coweta Art Association is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to:
- Encourage and aid artists to produce original works of art of every type and character, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, ceramics, wood craft, drawing and metal crafts;
- Furnish the auspices for the display of such works in Coweta County and elsewhere;
- Foster education and instruction in the creation and appreciation of works of art. The association supports the arts in Coweta schools through donations and scholarships to high school students pursuing art in college.
PTC Library Display
10.30.2024 through 12.30.2024
Beth Ann St. George displays Korhogo African Quilts
Beth Ann St. George
My artistic medium has always been textiles. In my teens I had already developed the skills to sew my own clothes. I completed my undergraduate degree in Home Economics at California State University. I then earned a Master of Science in Textile Sciences from UC Davis. While at Davis, I spent my summers studying pattern making with Helen Brockman in Manhattan, Kansas.
When life’s challenges began to overwhelm, I turned to quilting to center, calm, and process difficult circumstances and emotions. Because of this origin, my work has always been Art as Meditation, a free-flowing process that is without a pre-design. This is contrary to most forms of quilting and led me eventually to teach Art as Meditation to quilters.
I have created and hand quilted over 350 quilts, many of them sold or gifted, and I have had my work shown in numerous juried and non-juried exhibits, including the International Quilt Festival, where I had the additional honor of lecturing.
As an adjunct to my quilting, I have completed two other epic projects.
To showcase some of my more personally meaningful quilts, I created “Quilted Wisdom Meditation Cards”, a 52-card deck that features my quilts and my personal journey as the centerpiece. You will find a display of the cards on this kiosk. The Quilted Wisdom card deck is for sale on my website. (www.dancingspiritquilts.com) For every deck of cards purchased during the length of this exhibition, I will donate $5 to the PTC Library!
I have also amassed a rather large and comprehensive collection of African textiles called Korhogo that I love, love, love!
I have chosen to display some of the most interesting Korhogo in this exhibition rather than my own work. (The Quilted Wisdom Deck is an excellent representation of my work.)
Korhogo are hand spun, woven, and dyed textiles created by artists in the Ivory Coast of Africa. I was moved and inspired by the indigenous motifs and began collecting as many as I could find. Although I have never traveled to Africa, I have amassed a collection that includes over 35 unique textiles that I have purchased from all over the world (via the internet). I back each unique textile with muslin and sew on a border. I then quilt the Korhogo and muslin together to preserve the weave of the Korhogo.
I hope that by sharing this collection I can bring attention to the textile art of the Ivory Coast and, perhaps, help to keep this wonderful art alive.
Enjoy the show!
My artistic medium has always been textiles. In my teens I had already developed the skills to sew my own clothes. I completed my undergraduate degree in Home Economics at California State University. I then earned a Master of Science in Textile Sciences from UC Davis. While at Davis, I spent my summers studying pattern making with Helen Brockman in Manhattan, Kansas.
When life’s challenges began to overwhelm, I turned to quilting to center, calm, and process difficult circumstances and emotions. Because of this origin, my work has always been Art as Meditation, a free-flowing process that is without a pre-design. This is contrary to most forms of quilting and led me eventually to teach Art as Meditation to quilters.
I have created and hand quilted over 350 quilts, many of them sold or gifted, and I have had my work shown in numerous juried and non-juried exhibits, including the International Quilt Festival, where I had the additional honor of lecturing.
As an adjunct to my quilting, I have completed two other epic projects.
To showcase some of my more personally meaningful quilts, I created “Quilted Wisdom Meditation Cards”, a 52-card deck that features my quilts and my personal journey as the centerpiece. You will find a display of the cards on this kiosk. The Quilted Wisdom card deck is for sale on my website. (www.dancingspiritquilts.com) For every deck of cards purchased during the length of this exhibition, I will donate $5 to the PTC Library!
I have also amassed a rather large and comprehensive collection of African textiles called Korhogo that I love, love, love!
I have chosen to display some of the most interesting Korhogo in this exhibition rather than my own work. (The Quilted Wisdom Deck is an excellent representation of my work.)
Korhogo are hand spun, woven, and dyed textiles created by artists in the Ivory Coast of Africa. I was moved and inspired by the indigenous motifs and began collecting as many as I could find. Although I have never traveled to Africa, I have amassed a collection that includes over 35 unique textiles that I have purchased from all over the world (via the internet). I back each unique textile with muslin and sew on a border. I then quilt the Korhogo and muslin together to preserve the weave of the Korhogo.
I hope that by sharing this collection I can bring attention to the textile art of the Ivory Coast and, perhaps, help to keep this wonderful art alive.
Enjoy the show!
If you have any questions, feel free to email me! www.dancingspiritquilts.com
[email protected]
Art Pieces
Title: Price: Size:
1. Sweet Giraffe $925 24" x 51"
2. Korhogo Sampler $1250 54" x 39"
3. Man Korhogo $1250 60" x 43"
4. Bee People $5500 59" x 39"
5. Funeral Korhogo $9500 46" x 36"
6. Great Lizzard $950. 18X44
7. Elephants $750. 34X36
8. & 9. Quilted Wisdom Meditations for "Peacing" Your Life A 52- Card Deck - Available on Beth Ann's website www.dancingspiritquilts.com
[email protected]
Art Pieces
Title: Price: Size:
1. Sweet Giraffe $925 24" x 51"
2. Korhogo Sampler $1250 54" x 39"
3. Man Korhogo $1250 60" x 43"
4. Bee People $5500 59" x 39"
5. Funeral Korhogo $9500 46" x 36"
6. Great Lizzard $950. 18X44
7. Elephants $750. 34X36
8. & 9. Quilted Wisdom Meditations for "Peacing" Your Life A 52- Card Deck - Available on Beth Ann's website www.dancingspiritquilts.com
Nancy Twomey
Nancy's Jewelry Pieces:
Title: Price:
1. Amazing Peach Necklace $35.
2. Purple jade with Bling Necklace $25.
3. Green Cloisonne" Necklace $30.
4. Minty Green Flowerscape Necklace $35.
5. Green Millefiori Glass Necklace $ 35.
6. Pink Agate Necklace $ 35.
7. Go Dawgs!! Necklace $22.
8. Polymer Clay Leaf Necklace $19.
9. Multi-Pastel Polymer Clay Necklace $18.
Please, contact Nancy directly if you would like to purchase one of her beautiful, one of a kind, pieces.
770-630-1078
[email protected]
Title: Price:
1. Amazing Peach Necklace $35.
2. Purple jade with Bling Necklace $25.
3. Green Cloisonne" Necklace $30.
4. Minty Green Flowerscape Necklace $35.
5. Green Millefiori Glass Necklace $ 35.
6. Pink Agate Necklace $ 35.
7. Go Dawgs!! Necklace $22.
8. Polymer Clay Leaf Necklace $19.
9. Multi-Pastel Polymer Clay Necklace $18.
Please, contact Nancy directly if you would like to purchase one of her beautiful, one of a kind, pieces.
770-630-1078
[email protected]