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Friday, July 15, 2016

Mid summer

Posted by Lorie McCown at 10:43 PM

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Lorie McCown: Fredericksburg, VA; A maker of things from the start, a little crafty and a lot arty. I hold an art degrees from Cal State Long Beach, and San Diego State and have made art all my life. I now call Virginia home. Please do not use my art or photos without my permission. Thank you. email: lhmccown@verizon.net

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Upcoming Shows and Exhibits

June 8-Aug 26, 2015, "Stitch~A Regional Contemporary Art Textile Exhibition" Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, KY. Pieces included "Encroachment", "The Heart vs. the Head", and "My Blue Dresses"
July 10-26, 2015, "Sacred Threads", Herndon, Va.Piece included "They Came from somewhere else", guest speaker at banquet.
April 1-31, 2015, "Dimensional Expressions" National juried show, Artful Dimensions Gallery, Fredericksburg Va. Pieces included "Genesis" and "My heart has wings"
May 1-31, 2015, Solo show, Etui Fiber Arts, Larchmont, NY
Quilt National 2015 ~ May-Sept, 2015, Athens, Ohio, The Dairy Barn, piece juried in "The Story Cloth Vol. 1-4"
April 1-30 2015 The Art of Poetry, invitational exhibit, Waterstreet Studio Writing and Arts, Fredericksburg, Va.
January 7-31, 2015 "A Reverence for Cloth" Two person show, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
Oct 5-Dec7 2015 Solo show, Bistro Bethem, Fredericksburg Va.
Feb. 24-27 2011 Two art quilts juried into "Show and Tell" at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Va. Pieces accepted are "Memorial Day Luminary (Day)" and "Memorial Day Luminary (Night)"
March 2011 - "Viewpoints" National juried show, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va. Piece shown "Do as I say" art quilt
May 2011 - "Abstractions" National juried show, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va.
May 14-15 2011 Fredericksburg Art Festival, Hurkamp Park, Fredericksburg Va.
June 2011 - Solo show at The Atrium Gallery, CRRL, downtown Fredericksburg Va.
August 6-Sept. 10 2011 - "Art Quilts Lowell", The Brush Gallery, Lowell MA. Piece showing "Chesapeake Color" art quilt
September 2011 - Solo show at Studio A, 1011 Princess Anne St. Fredericksburg Va. (540) 368-2120
Sept. 17-18 2011 Baltimore Inner Harbor Art Festival, Baltimore MD.
Oct.-Dec. 2011 - Special installation exhibit at England Run Branch, CRRL, Fredericksburg Va.
November 2011 - Two person show at Wide River Gallery, Colonial Beach, Va.
Nov. 4-Jan. 22, 2012 - "Interpretations", Visions Art Museum, San Diego Ca. Piece showing "Prairie Poetry" art quilt
Nov. 23-Dec.31 2011 "The Art of Fiber Exhibition" at The Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton Va. Piece exhibited is "Vespers"
Dec. 1 - Jan 31 2012 - "Fine Craft" National juried show, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va. Pieces shown "Sackcloth and ashes", "Lazarus VII"
Feb. 23-26, 2012 "Bending the Rules" SAQA Va/NC region show at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton Va. Pieces being shown are "Memory Verse" and "Major Industry"
Feb. 10-12 2012 Arts in Richmond Fine Art and Craft show, Ginter Place, Richmond, Va.
June 2012 - Solo show at Studio A, 1011a Princess Anne St. Fredericksburg Va. 540-368-2120
Aug.3-Sept.30 - 'Uniquely Fredericksburg' juried bienneial show at the CRRL library, Fredericksburg Va. Piece exhibited is "Rappahannock River"
September 2012 - Solo show at The Atrium Gallery, CRRL, England Run Branch Rappahannock Library, Stafford, Va.
Oct. 1-31, 2012 "Common Threads" Exhibit at LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg Va.
October 12-November 4 2012 "Bountiful" at Jarrett Thor Fine Arts, Colonial Beach, Va. Three art quilts juried into show.
Dec 2012 - Touch, Anoint, Heal exhibition, CIVA
December 2012-January 2013 - "It's Small" at the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Va. 2 pieces juried into show, "Show Me" and "Poppies"
January 25-April 2013 - "New Waves" at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Va. Piece juried in "Encroachment"
Feb 21-24 2013 - Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton Va., Wearable Art selections. "Firedress" and "Earthdress" juried into show.
March 2013- Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Salem Church Branch, Fredericksburg Va. Solo show
April-June 2013- Special installation exhibit, CRRL, England Run branch, Stafford Va.
April 2013 - Studio Art Quilt Associates' juried show "Deux"
April 2013 - Burnt Creative, Blacksburg, Va. Art opening, April 17th new work
May 3-June 16th 2013 Surface Design Association Show, 'fiber+fabric: art-craft-design', Craddock-Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Va. Pieces showing "Sackcloth and Ashes", "Lightning Dress" and "The Dead Sea"
May 2013 Quilt National 2013, Athens, Ohio
May 3-June 16th 2013 Surface Design Association Show, 'fiber+fabric: art-craft-design', Craddock-Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Va. Pieces showing "Sackcloth and Ashes", "Lightning Dress" and "The Dead Sea"
June 26 2013 - International Art Festival, 25cpw Gallery, 25 Central Park West, New York NY, Piece showing "Lazarus I"
July 1-30 2013 - Solo show at Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va. Sophia St. Member's Gallery
Aug 1- Sept. 29 2013 Three pieces juried into "Uniquely Spotsylvania" show at Salem Church Library, CRRL, Fredericksburg, Va. Pieces accepted are "Slaughter Pen Farm", "Lansdowne Road, County Line", "Crossroads of the Civil War"
August 2013- Solo show at The Atrium Gallery, CRRL, England Run Branch, Stafford, Va.
Nov. 1 2013- Jan 18 2014 ARTrageous: ARTQUILTS Year XVIII, Vision Gallery, Chandler Az. Piece accepted "Firedress".
Dec. 2013-Jan 2014 "It's Small" National juried show, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va. Piece accepted "Red Girl"
January 2014 Mid-Atlantic New Painting, University Mary Washington Galleries, Fredericksburg Va. Piece juried in 'Lazarus VI"
Feb 27- March 2 2014 Two art quilts juried into the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show, Hampton, Va. Pieces juried in "England Run", "Epiphanies"
March 2014 BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown MD., Tribute to Fiber Arts , two pieces juried in 'My Grandmother's Dresses II, Three Hearts with Wings II"
April 1-27, 2014, "Dimensional Expressions" National juried show, Artful Dimensions Gallery, 911 Charles Street, Fredericksburg Va. Pieces included "The Dead Sea" and "Lazarus II"

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