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No guns involved, just lots of paint with one sewing machine added. Fiber art can compete with oil and watercolor and acrylic!
The South Mississippi Art Association co-sponsored a Quick Draw fund raiser with the AIDS Services Coalition in Hattiesburg, MS. About 25 artists created their works in a variety of mediums during a one-hour session, with patrons and customers milling around watching. At the end of the hour, we had 15 minutes to frame or finish up the piece before the live auction.
In my case, I took my sewing machine, fabric, threads, batting, and a planned design of the landscape I thought I could create in an hour's time. Just to be sure, I did a trial run of another piece the day before, which I learned nearly all the others had done. We cleared over $3,000 after expenses, and other artwork sold for the artists at the silent auction.
It was a fun afternoon with food and drink and music by a steel drum artist and lots of visiting. This event was so well received that it is planned to be the first of many annual ones.
3 comments:
Hello Martha
I was a guest artist at the quick draw and saw your beautiful work it was very impressive.
Martha, this is amazing! You were so brave to be the lone art-quilter in the group, and I'm so impressed! Wish I could see the landscape you completed in 1 hour!
Linda, I wish I could see the piece again, too; I didn't get a picture of it before the auction! But the "practice piece" I made the day before is the 3rd place winner at the April 26, 2008, art show in the later blog.
Martha
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