Updated September 1, 2009
Upcoming Events
Invitational Group Show
Hard/Soft: Works in Clay and Fiber
from New Mexico Studio Tours
Lauren Camp’s “Reconfiguring the Happy Place - Boundary Map 1”
Lauren has been invited to be part of the fall exhibit at the new Convention Center in the heart of Santa Fe’s historic downtown. The exhibit will highlight 40 New Mexico artists that excel in their chosen media.
When: September 18 to December 24, 2009
Where: Community Gallery, Santa Fe Convention Center
Opening Reception: Friday, September 18 from 5 to 7pm
More Info: rdlambert@santafenm.gov
Group Exhibit
Horizontal Grandeur
For the third year in a row, Minnesota’s Stevens County Historical Society & Museum has curated a show of artwork related to the prairie. Only artists living in states with a prairie were eligible for inclusion. Lauren Camp of Santa Fe, New Mexico, will be represented by her fiber book and wood box, “Field Guide to the End of Summer”.
When: July 10 to October 30, 2009
Where: Stevens County Historical Society & Museum
116 W 6th Street,
Morris, MN 56267
More Info: 320-589-1719 • stevenshistorymuseum.com
Invitational Exhibit / Benefit Art Sale
Lauren Camp’s
“Fresh Out of Ducks”
High Fiber Under Five
Lauren will be participating in the San Jose Museum’s second annual fundraising effort to introduce new collectors to contemporary fiber art.
The Museum will showcase all kinds of fiber art: basketry, jewelry, sculpture, wearable art and mixed media works. Last year’s benefit generated more than $11,000 in sales.
When: November 3 to 8, 2009
Where: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, California
VIP Preview: Tuesday, November 3 • 6:30 to 8:30pm
More Info: (408) 971-0323 x 12 or highfiber@sjquiltmuseum.org
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Exhibit Celebrates Art About Place
Stevens County, Minnesota – If you’re lucky, you live in a place you love. If you have a creative bent, your home turf can provide endless inspiration for your work. Minnesota writer Bill Holm defended his love of the wide-open prairie in an essay titled “Horizontal Grandeur.” That essay inspired an art exhibit of the same name, which has become an annual event in Morris, Minnesota.
Lauren Camp’s
The Stevens County Historical Society and Museum is hosting “Horizontal Grandeur,” now in its third year, from July 10 to October 30, 2009. Open to all artists residing in states or provinces with a prairie, the exhibit features work by 45 artists from 11 states, including artist/poet Lauren Camp.
Camp’s piece, “Field Guide to the End of Summer” is her visual interpretation of what she sees in the New Mexico landscape around her in late August, when the wild purple asters bloom. Housed in a painted wooden box with hundreds of beads dotting its lid, this six-page, accordion-style artist’s book gives a macro and micro view of the colors of summer. The book is made from hand-dyed and commercial fabrics embellished with dense threadwork to illustrate the varied topography around the artist’s home.
In her poems and her art, Lauren often pays tribute to the place she lives. You can see other interpretations by visiting the “Wander” and “Watch” portfolios on her site.