Up! Up and Away!~Lydia's 1st Purple Moon exhibition closes Monday July 6th...

I absolutely enjoyed working with the artists in both Phase One and Phase Two of Lydia's 1st Purple Moon.  It is always a challenge not unfamiliar to most artists to get their work out there to be viewed.  The purpose in Rhythm & Hues @ 1501 has been from a standpoint of caring. To give both new, emerging and yes even established, seasoned working artists an opportunity a window a moment to express themselves.

I was not expecting when I proposed to HRI Properties back in Nov 2014 to set up some art for a few weeks while waiting their new tenants Dunkin' Donuts to come in to open up that 8 months later we would still be here!  Many thanks you are issue routinely to both companies as we happily accomodate.  It has been a win-win for all parties.

We operate with zero operational money outside of my ability and skill to find a way out of no way!  No I do not get paid for this, I am purely volunteering.  There have been moments when I had planned to close down because as with anything there will always be detractors; ones who play armchair quarterbacks or resent the fact you put it all out there.

My intentions were for my fellow senior neighbors to have something lovely to look at as they came off the elevators and for the pedastrian traffic as well as the tourist riding our streetcars when they see this historic building and its seasoned tenants they have a sight to behold!

I plan to do as such with the upcoming "Changed Waters:Thrown Rocks, Building Castles" opening August 1-Sept 7th.















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Joseph Parker, artist










l to r: Joseph Parker (door) "Waters" Michele Lambert, "I'm Standing in the Shadows no More"~Laura Borders





(foreground) "The Nail Shop"~ Ransom McCormick, artist





Silk River Metals, artist

 

 



Sounds Away! 2007

"The Sounds of the Men" Kemper Gallery KSU 2007

Standing in Shadows (no more) Opening Reception Friday March 13th at Ashe Cultural Art Center

The Standing in the Shadows (no more) Quilt exhibition by the Lydia's Purple Cloth Quilting Community will be seen at Ashe Cultural Art Center located at 1724 Oretha Castle Haley, in New Orleans from March 13-Apri 24, 2015.


The Art Center is opened Mon-Sat 9_6pm for futher information please call 504-645-6168 or go to www.ashe-cac.org  

Art by Jenn Brigham, pen & ink


Then commencing May 9th, these quilts will join a bevy of oher quilters and fiber artists in the  "Lydia's 1st Purple Moon: And the Lioness Spoke" exhibition at the space...Rhythm & Hues @1501 located at 1501 Canal Street  in the historic Texaco building converted into senior living through the genrousity of HRI Properties & the franchise owners of Dunkin' Donuts.   That exhibition will run May 9th-June 20th.



The LPC Quiltting Community classes are regularly held every Tuesday evening from 6-8p and opened to the public.  No experience required. Come and join us as you can! 








"Standing in the Shadows of Me~ Laura Comisky Broders

 

 

 

 

Susan Charles, artist

 

 

 

It is Finish When its Done"~Monica Paul

 

 

 

"Afro Fleur~Felicia R. Brown

 

 

"Everything has a Purpose"~ Irma White

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Queens"

 

 

 

 



 



"Listen... Africa is Calling"~ Susan Charles





"Bella's Beau"~ Felix Renee

(l to r): " I am Woman"~ Ann Cooper , "Women of the World"~Lynda La Fleur



(l to r)"Pathways to Revelations"~Carolyn Robinson, "Created by God"~ Karen Demaris Douglas, "Flourish: Step Out of the Shadows Speak Love & Truth to Self"~ Felicia R. Brown,





The Exchange: He has made Me Glad~ Claudia D. Washington




My Angel~ Sylvia Barbara Simpson

Microcosm of My Life~Sasha Newstate

 

 

"The Ashe Quilt" ~ Karel Sloane-Boekbinder & Merry Treadwell

 

 

 

Cely Pedesceaux & Merry Treadwell

 

 

 



And the Lioness Spoke...

Lydia's Purple Cloth Quilting Community: And The Lioness Spoke

Jacquelyn Hughes Mooney

(Each Tuesday) | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

NO CLASS February 17, 2015 - Mardi Gras

Ashé Cultural Arts Center | 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., NOLA

Free and open to the public

Quilting continues! We're excited to have more time to work on creations that will hang, not only at Ashé, but also at the Galerie 1501, a pop up gallery located at 1501 Canal Street . How's that for motivation?   The focus in the name change with the classes becoming part of the Ashe's regular lineup is on Lydia, Biblical figure, who was a seller of purple clothShe was very hospitable Christian woman, entrepernurial, creative, quite prosperous, and a visionary. She sold her wares  to the rulers of her time, the clergy and the wealthy.

 

 

The color purple, in ancient times, was and still is a difficult process to produce.  Having that skill allowed Lydia to provide not only for herself sn d her household, but the community around her.  That is why the renaming of the classes as such is appropiate.

 

 

The talented quilting class participants are still creating incredible pieces. Bring your imagination and join in the fun for a series of quilting workshops led by visual poet artist Jacquelyn Hughes Mooney. These workshops will provide participants with opportunities to incorporate their own compelling personal stories as they produce vibrant, jazzy, contemporary, quilted textile collages. Finished quilts will be formally exhibited at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center opening March 3-April April 24,2015 entitled "Standing in the Shadows (no more)". 

 

 

 It will also have a second component at the  Galerie  1501 on Canal Street located in the historic Texaco building.  That exhibition entitled "Lydia's 1st Purple Moon: A Seasoned HeART is located at 1501 Canal Street from March 10-May 10,2015. supported in goodwill by the franchise owners Dunkin Donuts & HRI Properties..

 

 

 Karel SLoane Boekbinder,artist

The Ashe Quilt

 

 

 

www.ashecac.org

Seasoned en Vieux: Like a Kid in a Candy Store

What I am always amazed about is being even more amazed at the talent of the numerous artists, especially those over 60 and the volume, light & display of their talents they dare show. 

 

I'm like a kid in a candy store!

 

 

 

 

 

(l to r) Terrence Osbourne's "Uptown House" Aminah Da Da's "Silhouette" (paper quilling) & Silk Rivers Metal's "Cocoon"

 

 

Closeup of "Uptown House" Terrence Osbourne

 

 

"Silhouette" ~ Aminah Da Da (paper quilling)

 

 

 

Aminah Da Da (Top-Bottom) holding some of her Paper Quilling Ornaments

 

Assistant, Slyvia Robinson holding Aminah Da Da's "Silhouette"

 

Paper Quilling Ornaments~ Aminah Da Da

"Friendship Dance" ~ Marietta Johnson closeup

 

 

 





"Friendship Dance"~Marietta Johnson 42x52 Machine quilted

 

 

"Love en Deux"(r) "Friendship Dance"(l) "~Marietta Johnson 42x52 Machine quilted

 

 

 "Diaspora"~Marietta Johnson 42x66 Machine quilted

 

 

"Love en Deux" ~Marietta Johnson 45x52 Machine quilted

 

 

 

 

 

"Treble Clef" ~Marietta Johnson 43x50 (closeup) Machine quilted

 

 

"Treble Clef" ~Marietta Johnson 43x50 Machine quilted