Textiles as Art

(above: Dance of Hope By Cythia Lockhart)

Textural Expressions: Fabric Art

January 16-April 3, 2009

YWCA

Appropriately, the YWCA is exploring the traditionally and stereotypically feminine media of quilt making, doll making and other stitched works in the 21st century. Examining art history from a feminist perspective, it is easy to see that historically such types of expression were not classified as "fine art." The boundary between art and craft is dissolving in contemporary pluralistic art culture, however, and this show proves that such media should be considered important and relevant. The two particular artists examined, Patricia Coleman-Cobb and Cynthia Lockhart are talented, innovative and certainly worth examining.