#NewsFlash | Queens Art Center Displays Wild Flowers Exhibition in September
It looks like a covered shelter for parked cars, but it’s actually a spiritual garden that evokes fertility, lushness, sensuality, sexuality, and youth.
The Garage Art Center will display Wild Flowers: an Exhibit of Clay & Fiber from Friday, Sept. 3, until Sunday, Sept. 26.
Amy Supton’s solo show combines recent pieces and earlier works that are shaped like shells or flowers. The fiber artist specializes in combining ceramic objects with weavings to create contrast and harmony that proclaim female identity.
For example, her Cailleach, a winter goddess consists of fleece, wool, goat hair, cotton, synthetic yarns, and cloth that are woven using tapestry and rug techniques.
The opening reception is on Sept. 4 at 4 pm, and Bronx-bred Supton will lead a free workshop on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 2 pm. She’ll guide participants as they weave a 3” x 5” textile ornament using tapestry and rug-knotting techniques.
Sounds great, but what’s The Garage Art Center?
The Bayside mini-museum, which includes a gallery and an outdoor seating area, results from the vision and labor of Stephanie S. Lee, who teaches Korean folk art at Flushing Town Hall and works at Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum. She created the space at 26-01 Corporal Kennedy St. about a year ago. (Yes, it’s a converted garage.)
Register here to schedule a free visit. There’s free parking on the street.
Images: The Garage Art Center
