Deidre Adams

Composition IX, 48 x 46 inches, mixed media textile. ©2008
Along with artists Bruce Marion and Lisabel Filiatrault, I will have work on view at Translations Gallery from Nov. 4 through Dec. 1. There will be an artist’s reception on Nov. 6. Please stop by if you are in the area.
Translations Gallery
1743 Wazee Street
Denver, CO 80202
303.629.0713
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Upon Reflection, 50 x 29 inches, ©2003 Deidre Adams
Last week, I received two quilts back from a traveling exhibit. Elements from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters was a show of art quilts that was curated by FRCQ member Lorri Flint and handled through Exhibits USA / Mid-America Arts Alliance. The work traveled to various venues [...]

Façade VI, 38 x 63 inches, ©2008 Deidre Adams
Fabric of Legacies is an annual juried exhibition of art quilts shown at The Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, a beautiful center featuring performing arts events along with galleries for visual arts. This year’s show features work from 29 artists. It’s amazing to think that Fabric [...]

Adds Up, 77 x 54 inches, ©2005 Cynthia Corbin
The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, Colorado is dedicated to the preservation of the art and history or American quilt making. They maintain a permanent collection of quilts with historical significance and offer exhibitions and educational events in the support of their mission. The exhibitions include [...]

Reflections, 38 x 92, ©2008 Deidre Adams
UPDATE – 2:15 pm
Just found out from gallery manager they are NOT planning to be open tonight. I apologize if anyone is inconvenienced by this!
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As today is the first Friday in December, this means tonight there will be another opportunity to peruse the galleries in Denver’s ArtDistrict on Santa [...]

Façade V, 38 x 63 inches. ©2008 Deidre Adams.
Translations Gallery show opens tonight. After many weeks of preparing, getting new work finished, trying to come up with solid words to articulate my vision, and editing and preparing photos to go with the exhibition, it seems the big day of the opening has finally arrived. In [...]

Composition VIII, 39 x 39, ©2008 Deidre Adams
Ahh, Quilt National. The Holy Grail of art quilting excellence. The Nirvana to which all we faithful makers of quilted textile art aspire! Its fickle clarion call, beckoning faithfully once every two years, cannot be ignored nor disdained. Each time it comes around, I faithfully put together my [...]

Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who were here in conjunction with their Prints and Objects exhibition currently on view at the Center for the Visual Arts in Denver. Christo and Jeanne-Claude are legendary for their environmental works done on a massive scale, the most recent of [...]

Detour, 39 x 39 inches, ©2008 Deidre Adams
Detour is one of my pieces to be included in 12 Voices, a SAQA-sponsored exhibition which will open at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, Michigan, on Sept. 3, and travel for a year afterward. I feel quite honored to be included in this show. Jurying [...]

Today was the 4th meeting of my fiber study design group. This group started last August when I was asked to teach a class in design for a group of artists who know one another through various groups and workshops, and who all work in different mediums. I had developed the outline for this design [...]