Plum Artists » Uncategorized http://plumartists.com/wordpress A group of artists and artisans creating select original works Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 News from Miriam Jacobs, aka Mertel the Turtle Fabric Arts.com http://plumartists.com/wordpress/2010/06/news-from-miriam-jacobs-aka-mertel-the-turtle-fabric-arts-com/ http://plumartists.com/wordpress/2010/06/news-from-miriam-jacobs-aka-mertel-the-turtle-fabric-arts-com/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:10:47 +0000 admin http://plumartists.com/wordpress/?p=244 Cover of my book105 (2)Lots of things happening:  First, I will be joining Maria and Stefanie and Keira at the Forest Street Festival scheduled for June 5, 2010 on the grounds of the Montclair Cooperative School. It is getting good publicity and will be a day that harkens back to the kind of festival that the Coop put on many, many years ago – that is, lots of good art, good food, good music, and a general sense of community.  Please come and visit all of us at the Plum artists tent!!!
Next I will be joining a few Plum artists as well for the annual Studio Montclair art show at the library in town.  The opening reception is June 10, 2010 from 6-9 pm. If you want to mingle with the artists, come between 6 and 7 pm, though, as there is a Studio Montclair members’ meeting at 7 pm.   I have two pieces on exhibit, both textile pieces.

I am also planning to have a booth at the Montclair Music and Arts Festival in Anderson Park on July 24, 2010, from noon till 8 pm. This is being run by the same group of people who do the craft show at Lincoln Center in New York City, so it should bring some great crafts – and music – to Montclair!

I will be teaching at the great new store called Rock, Paper, Scissors!  This will be on June 19, 2010, from 2 – 4 pm, and I will be teaching people how to carve your own stamps – great for both casual and fine art work.

Some student disperse dye workSome student disperse dye work
I will be doing a one-day workshop at the Newark Art Museum on August 6, 2010. I will be teaching disperse dye sublimation transfer printing, which is essentially a kind of monoprinting/collage on fabric.  Contact the museum arts workshop to sign up!
I will also be teaching this disperse dye in my home this summer.  Classes are forming now, so if you know anyone who might be interested in learning how to do this, please contact me on my web site, Mertel the Turtle Fabric Arts.com, or via e-mail, veggiemert@verizon.net

Finally, my book is out!!! (Check out the cover of it at the top of this entry.)  I did a book-signing, talk and demonstration at Watchung Booksellers on May 20, 2010, and hope to do more of the same at more bookstores.  Watch out for future announcements!

That’s it for now.

Miriam

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