Brenda wrote in response to Aurelia's query about Jane Atkinson, <<You'll find the answer at http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/index.htm>> Do note that Jane is actually having a gallery show of her modern lace work (Pinned in Place) which is something that we devotees of modern lace have been hoping and waiting for, a long time. Finally, Finally, Finally! One problem, I think is, ironically, how long it takes to make lace. You could put all the lace I have made in my lifetime on a large sheet of paper. It would be pretty hard to fill a gallery. It is pretty difficult, especially if you sell your product, to have enough at one time to show. Three cheers for Jane. It looks like a great show. Traveling now, into the range of dangerous thinking, I will tell you that a group I belong to, the Textile Study Group of New York, actually rented gallery space, and displayed the work of its members. There was a set of rules, one of which included that it had to sit on a shelf of a certain size, that went all around the room. Many people had fun with the concept with overhangs, etc, others just had pieces that fit on the shelf. Someone with curatorial experience did the choosing and mounting. A postcard was produced and mailed to people who might be interested in visiting the show. I visited the show, although I was too intimidated to enter it. I think that, with a few exceptions, the people who were already established artists who regularly had shows and who I thought would be entering, did not enter this one, leaving the field clear for people who wanted to break into their first gallery show. Then, of course, you can put it on your resume that you were in a show. I have to say, in retrospect, I am kicking myself for not even giving it a try. My work isn't all that bad. Devon
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