Art Opening at Textile Center

Last night after a bit of r&r beer tasting at Fulton Brewery in Minneapolis <www.fultonbeer.com> we went on the the opening reception for "Twelve Strands" a Mentor/Protégé Program Exhibition at the Textile Center <www.textilecentermn.org>  It is a lovely exhibition and was a great turnout! I particularly liked the work of mentor/artist Karen Searle <www.karensearle.com> and her knit copper wire breast-plate. It evoked something between a cultivated flower garden of a necklace going wild and a typically male adornment worn by a Plains Indian warrior for battle, a sublime pairing of ideas, in my view. I also liked the work of Kimber Olson <www.peridotfiberart.com> a transparent leafy fabric collage or assemblage. The show runs through May 25.