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Eno River Tapestries
New Work by Silvia Heyden
February 8, 2012- March 31, 2012
CLOSING RECEPTION
AND DVD RELEASE OF A WEAVERLY PATH: March 16, 2012, 6-9pm
At eighty-four years young, Swiss-born tapestry weaver Silvia Heyden continues to produce stunning, modernist tapestries inspired by nature, music and her Bauhaus influenced education. Heyden’s genius with color and form explodes in these tapestries inspired by the artist’s daily hikes along the Eno River.
Born in Basel, Switzerland in 1927 and trained at the School of the Arts in Zurich, Heyden has been a fixture of the Durham and North Carolina art communitiesfor many years and is well known and respected in the network of tapestry weavers and textile artists around the world.
Heyden’s weaving life and Eno River pieces are featured in the new documentary film, A Weaverly Path, by BCAC member Kenny Dalsheimer. There will be a DVD release of the film at the closing March reception.
Walking along the Eno River, I am fascinated watching basic tapestry patterns become fluid in the water. Weaving is an art form in which movement back and forth is a constant, and tapestry weaving adds one element onto another in an intricate process. The Eno River offers an amazing variety of dynamic forms and rhythms that are just waiting to be transformed into compositions. As I walk along the river, I visualize particular combinations of color and texture to bring my tapestries to life so they will continue to flow when hung on the wall. - Silvia Heyden
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Upcoming Exhibitions
Maji Moto: Dispatches from a Drought
Photographs by Courtney Fitzpatrick / Horse & Buggy Press limited edition book. More info on this project here.
April 1 – June 30, 2012
RECEPTION: Friday, May 18, 2012, 6 – 9pm
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PAST SHOWS
BURLAP.
Portraits of Piedmont Farmers
By Raymond Goodman
DECEMBER 2011 – JANUARY 2012
Sarah Warner Barrati
All of Them Wishes: Jewelry and Drawings of Feather and Bones
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER
Photography by Jeremy M. Lange
JULY – AUGUST 2011
BCAC 5 Year Anniversary Show
APRIL – MAY 2011
Tree of Knowlege by Michael Greer
JANUARY – MARCH 2011
Big Heads: New Work by Bill Frick
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2010
Lou Joseph: Tent Cities
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2010
Off the Wall: One of Kind Artists' Books
John Davis and Susan Leeb
JULY – AUGUST 2010
Photographic Prints and Daguerrotypes by Robin Dreyer
MAY – JUNE 2010
Ricky Davis: Birding Photography
MARCH – APRIL 2010
In Search of the Burning Bush
Glaze Paintings by Jim Tignor
JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2010
Empty & Full
Encaustic Paintings by Celia Gray
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2009
Original Mascot Print Series
Artistic Interpretations of America's College Mascots by Revere La Noue
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2009
Hands and Faces
Collages by Trey Moore
JULY – AUGUST 2009
Jeff Mahorney: Daily Paintings
MAY – JUNE 2009
Scenes of Long Acquaintance
Recent Photography by MJ Sharp
MARCH – APRIL 2009
MJ shared recent large format, long exposure works. From her show statement, "...noticing
the discarded, taking time to sit with and really see the beauty in what is moving along at its
own pace, in its own time, for its own ends."
ART-TENDER TWO!
JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2009
Mark Cunningham and Jake Wood, bartenders from next door at Piedmont, returned with a grouping of exquisite themed workings. All sales were donated to the Women's Center of Durham.
Home Work: Photography Installation by Noah Rosenblatt-Farrell
DECEMBER 2008 - JANUARY 2009
Al Frega: Recent Sculptures
FALL 2008
Text Messages
Clay and Print New Work by Bonnie Campbell
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2008
A series of vessels that began as worries and ended as prayers. Bonnie
borrowed a bunch of Dave's metal type and impressed the forms into her
ceramic sculptures before firing in order to create her own "text
messages."
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Handed Down: Wall Quilts and New Fiber Work by Jeana Eve Klein
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2008
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On the Side of the Road: Paintings by Sarah Powers
JUNE - JULY 2008
A close look at the small details that make up our landscape.
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Boundary Lines: Ceramics by Meredith Brickell
APRIL - MAY 2008
An examination and representation of place—both the physical realm and our intangible impressions of it.
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Bull City Bicycles: Curated by Phillip Barron
MARCH 2008
This exhibit gathers historic and contemporary photography of bicycles in Durham. A celebration of the aesthetic simplicity, utility, and joy of bicycles, this exhibit documents Durham’s sense of place from two wheels.
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Art-Tender
JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2008
Art-tenders Mark Cunningham and Jake Wood (bartenders next door at Piedmont) created 500 drawings on Bev Naps. Drawings were sold for a dollar each at the close of the reception.
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Co-Signed Paintings: David Alsobrooks
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2007
A partnership scores of nameless, unsusupecting individuals and the Efland artist who trolls the countrysie for evidence of these people, most often found in handmade signs. From David... “While I recycle the wording, I don’t attempt to replicate the original signs themselves. In general, the paintings have nothin in common with the appearance of the original expression. In a sense, the artmaking process is reliant on both ends of this spectrum. The paintings are collaborative—they are Co-Signed.”
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Plazas (Palaces): Sketchbook Paintings by Stephen Gibson
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2007
This exhibit featured twelve framed small paintings, a few dozen unframed drawings, a small mural made directly onto the foyer wall, and a few of the actual sketchbooks Dave has made and Stephen has filled up over the last few years. Gibson is the author of the 2001 H&B title City of Midnight Skies.
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Landscape: Photographs by Pamela Pecchio
JULY - SEPTEMBER 2007
A small series of large prints. Pam is a former Old West Durham resident.
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Silkscreen Prints: Jeremy Kerman
JUNE - JULY, 2007
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Type High and Kickin' : A Group Letterpress Show
APRIL - MAY 2007
A variety of high brow and low class letterpress work from five Southeastern letterpress printers featuring... |
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Josef Beery (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Trade Union Press (Ayden, North Carolina)
Ray Duffey (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Convivio Bookworks (Lake Worth, Florida)
Horse & Buggy Press (Durham, North Carolina)
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Birdhouses: Photographs by Rob McDonald
FEBRUARY - MARCH 2007
Rob McDonald lives in Virginia. Self-taught as a photographer, Rob holds a doctorate in American literature and specializes in the literature and culture of the American South. The photographs in the Birdhouses portfolio, taken from Rob’s travels across four states from 2002-2006, represent a personal exploration of the relationship between place and identity: meditations on home. |
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