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Show ! M .1 -.Wo.-. m I i m mi I II ii n ii I ib li 1 1 in ill The Kimball Art Guild held a "picnic" last Thursday In the main gallery of the Art Center. Members heard a talk on picture framing by Dave Johnson of the Johnson Gallery. Atwater Weaver's Guild at KAC The Park City Kimball Art Center will open a new show entitled 'Processes' by the Mary M. Atwater Weavers Guild of Utah on Sunday, April 2nd. The new exhibit will feature decorative decora-tive and functional weavings including sculpture, wall hang ings, clothing and rugs. Christine Baker, chairwoman of the Weave-ers Weave-ers Guilg show noted that this show will emphasize the source from which the fiber artist drew inspiration. A reception for the Utah weavers will be held on Sunday, April 2, from 3-5 pm; the public is invited. The show will hang in the main gallery through Thursday, April 20th. In addition to the weaving exhibit, there will be a statewide Utah Handweavers Conference held Saturday, April 8, at the Kimball Art Center. This conference confer-ence is sponsored bu the Weavers Guild and supported by a grant from the Utah State Division of Fine Arts. Participants from throughout the intermountain west are expected; the conference is open to the public. Registration Regis-tration fee is $17 and includes all workshops, a clothesline exhibit of original handwoven pieces, lunch, coctail party and dinner. Conference participants will take part in several mini-workshops throughout the day including: includ-ing: 'Cold Water Procion Dyeing' by June Adams (Cedar City) 'Handweavers Guild of America Certificate of Excellence' by Sharon Alderman (SLC) 'Color and Design' by Ruta Dreijmanis (SLC); 'Strips, Strips, and Modu-es' Modu-es' by Sandra Dungworth (St. George); 'Rug Varieties' by Jane Jennings (SLC); and 'Patterns and sources of Navajo Weaving' by Gayle Corah Weyher (SLC); and 'Working with Flax' by Elizabeth Whitehead (Jackson, Wyoming). For information, contact the Kimball Art Center at 649-8882. |