Textile
artist Sue Helmken to open exhibit at Off Track Art in Westminster Fri March 7,
2014 - Kevin Dayhoff http://westminster.patch.com/groups/kevin-e-dayhoffs-blog/p/textile-artist-sue-helmken-to-open-exhibit-at-off-track-art-in-westminster-friday-evening-march-7-2014
When: Friday,
March 7, 2014 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Off Track Art gallery at 11 Liberty
Street Side Entrance in historic downtown Westminster:
Sue
Helmken is a textile artist with over 30 years’ experience in weaving, dyeing
and teaching.
According
to information provided by the gallery and the artists, Ms. Helmken earned a
B.A. in Design at East Carolina University and has continued learning new
techniques by experimenting and by studying with fiber artists such as Madelyn
Van der Hoogt, Alice Schlein, Barbara Cooper, Donna Sullivan, Jozef Bajus, and
Holly Brackmann. She also studied at the
Penland School of Crafts and the Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Experimenting
with new techniques and non-traditional materials is her favorite challenge. Mixing
wire and yarn, she weaves narrow bands and shapes them into 3-dimensional
forms.
Some
are patterned after natural forms while others mimic fashion accessories. She also weaves clothing and accessories.
Ms.
Helmken uses a variety of yarns and fibers to develop cloth with textures and
patterns not found in commercially woven fabric.
Ecclesiastical
pieces such as stoles, banners, and altar cloths are another facet of her work.
Ms.
Helmken has been a juried member of Gallery 209 in Savannah, GA, Fiberworks
Gallery and The Potomac Fibersrts Gallery in the Torpedo Factory of Alexandria,
VA, Studio Fiberarts at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA.
Her
work has been accepted in juried
She
taught weaving and dyework at Armstrong Atlantic State University; she conducts
workshops and classes for fiber guilds and offers private lessons as well.
Off
Track Art: 11 Liberty Street Side Entrance
Westminster,
MD 21157
View: Off
Track Art Cooperative and Gallery in a larger map
Friday
evening March 7, 2014: “Off Track Art” is an artists’ collective & gallery
located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty St. – next to the
railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of W. Main St
& MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Md.
The
inspiration for forming the co-op was spearheaded by local artists Susan
Williamson & Pam Zappardino. Off Track had its grand opening on Feb. 13th,
2009.
For
the past 4-yrs, the partners in the Off Track Art co-op have changed; however
the artist-partners in the co-op have been dedicated to advancing the arts in
Westminster as well as the careers, ideas, and artistic visions of its members.
Sue
Helmken www.barefootweaver.com
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2014/03/textile-artist-sue-helmken-to-open.html
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