Acadia in Fabric
Below is the press release for the Acadia in Fabric exhibit. If you’re in Bar Harbor, plese stop in.
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The Mason Gallery is very pleased to announce the fabric arts exhibit entitled Acadia in Fabric featuring the art quilts of Winona Cochran. The exhibit opens on August 6th with an artist reception from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. One unique feature of her art quilts is a painted fabric background. Cochran will be giving fabric painting demonstrations on Tuesday, August 10th, between 10 am and 11 am. Please stop in to meet the artist.
Cochran began sewing at the age of five to stretch the clothing budget for a new Barbie. During graduate school she discovered quilting and was hooked. Over the past 25 years she has make dozens of traditional quilts but recently has been experimenting with art and pictorial quilts. “When I saw the photographs of Acadia and Bar Harbor by my friend Stan Mason, I knew I wanted to try depicting one or more in fabric,” Cochran said. This exhibit is the result.
The Mason Gallery is located at 78 West Street, Bar Harbor, between the Alone Moose Gallery and the West Street Café. For more information, contact The Mason Gallery at 207-801-4002, www.MasonGalleryBarHarbor.com.
