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Catherine Whall Smith . . . shares ARTS CENTER EAST – 2024 – Signature Artist Members Exhibit
JANUARY- The 79th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition, sponsored by the Katherine Forest Crafts Foundation. Opening reception in the Converse Art Gallery for the opening on Saturday, January 25th at 1 pm, with special awards announced at 2 pm. The … Continue reading
Catherine Whall Smith . . . wonders where what she sees GOES!
Everyday like you I see lots of stuff – most of which I take for granted that it will just be there. Our 1830 house has a back staircase that I use all the time to get to the second … Continue reading
Catherine Whall Smith . . . will be back BLOGGING later than sooner!
Happy New Year 2021 !!!!!! It’s done – 50 blog posts during 2020 – never had that as a goal, but as the pandemic worsened – reaching out weekly to share”something” was a life-saver to me. For me, the purpose … Continue reading
Posted in Art Quilting, Fiber Art, Hand Quilted, Quiet Corner Artist, Studio Art Quilt Associates
Tagged Catherine Whall Smith, Corona Virus Pamdemic, Fairfield University Book store, Happy New Year 2021, Highfield Hall Falmount, Mattatuck MixmasterMA, New England Quilt Museum, Quilt National 2021
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Catherine Whall Smith . . . wonders what was the SIZE of your Thanksgiving gathering.
Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving – ten years and counting – I usually post something about the SIZE of my Thanksgiving Turkey or Turkeys! This year the news tells us to DOWN-SIZE our Turkey Gathering – did you do that? My original … Continue reading
Posted in Art Quilting, Fiber Art, Hand Quilted, Quiet Corner Artist
Tagged "Hay Keep Your Distance #1", "Hay Keep Your Distance #10", "Hay Keep Your Distance #11", "Hay Keep Your Distance #12", "Hay Keep Your Distance #2", "Hay Keep Your Distance #3", "Hay Keep Your Distance #4", "Hay Keep Your Distance #5", "Hay Keep Your Distance #6", "Hay Keep Your Distance #7", "Hay Keep Your Distance #8", "Hay Keep Your Distance #9", Artists' Open Studio of Northeast Ct, Catherine Whall Smith, CT, No Power near Willimantic, Thanksgiving 2020, Thanksgiving Turkey
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Catherine Whall Smith . . . admits she has a lot of BIAS!
“Hay . . . Keep Your Distance #6” – needed a lot of BIAS binding and a REAL name – so because of the scissor images in one of the fabrics – (see detail below) it has been named “Cutting … Continue reading
Catherine Whall Smith . . . “Where’s Hillary and “Here’s Hillary”- where are they now!
Before the 2008 Election, I started working on a piece that I thought would celebrate the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democrats Presidential candidate. History changed my focus when Barack Obama became the nominee. Thus the completed piece shown … Continue reading
Catherine Whall Smith . . . wonders when will I be able to pick up my Art at MMOA and the Hartford Framing Gallery.
So, as many of you have experienced a lot of museums, galleries, and art shows have been either cancelled, gone virtual, or put on hold. I still have pieces from my “Transfusion” series in two temporarily closed locations in CT. … Continue reading
Catherine Whall Smith . . . is Staying Home Stitching in her Studio and sending the CWA show up-date.
Considering the Chaos (BEFORE)Two of the Results – (AFTER) These two tops are now being hand quilted. I usually photograph the back of the quilt tops (see below) This is the last time I will be able to view the … Continue reading
Posted in Art Quilting, Connecticut Women Artists, Hand Quilted, SAQA CT
Tagged Art Quilts, CWA Connecticut Women Artists, SAQACT, Studio Quilts
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Catherine Whall Smith . . . shares her trip to the Mystic Museum of Art today
So, if you remember, during July 2019 I shared my post “Catherine Whall Smith . . enjoys-driving-the-back-roads-of-connecticut. At that time the plastic covered hay bales were dressed up with bunny ears and sunglasses. Today I drove that same road and … Continue reading