On October 7th three not-to-be missed exhibitions open at browngrotta arts in Wilton, CT.

Vignettes: one venue; three exhibitions will include tapestries by renowned weaver and designer Glen Kaufman, innovative works of wood and glass by Dorothy Gill Barnes and more than 80 eclectic objects — sculptures, baskets, ceramics, and mixed media — by three dozen international artists.

This series of events will feature a unique format -- three exhibitions in one space. Vignettes: one venue; three exhibitions will combine celebrations of the noted wood sculptor, Dorothy Gill Barnes and famed weaver and surface designer, Glen Kaufman, with An Abundance of Objects, featuring baskets, ceramics and sculptures by more than three dozen international artists.

An Artist’s Reception and Opening will take place on Saturday, Oct 7th, from 11 am to 6 pm.

Three catalogs available: Order your copies from browngrotta.com

When The New York Times anoints you the "it" thing, it means something. Earlier this month, The New York Times Style Magazine, announced that "Fiber Art is Finally Being Taken Seriously" and opined, "long caught in the liminal space between craft and something more prestigious, works of thread and fabric are reaching newfound institutional recognition." (Julie Halperin, September 11, 2023). 

Exhibition Details:

Gallery Dates/Hours:

• Saturday, Oct 7th: 11AM to 6PM [Opening & Artist Reception]

• Sunday, Oct 8th: 11AM to 5PM (40 visitors/ hour)

• Monday, Oct 9th - Saturday, Oct 14th: 10AM to 5PM (40 visitors/ hour)

• Sunday, Oct 15th: 11AM to 5PM [Final Day] (40 visitors/ hour)

Safety protocols:

• Eventbrite reservations strongly encouraged

• No narrow heels please (barn floors)

• We will follow government recommendations concerning masks and social distancing 

Exhibition Previews:

• Dorothy Gill Barnes: a way with wood - View Here

• Glen Kaufman: Elegant Eloquence - View Here

• An Abundance of Objects - View Here

  Vignette 1: Dorothy Gill Barnes: a way with wood

  Dorothy Gill Barnes: a way with wood will celebrate the work of the renowned sculptor, known for weaving bark, transforming natural materials, and for her collaborations with glass artists, resulting in objects that mix glass and bark and branches in intriguing ways. Among Barnes’ innovations were “dendroglyphs," markings she’d make on live tree bark, which she allowed to develop into readable scars for months or years before harvesting and using the resulting bark “drawings" in her works.

  Vignette 2: An Abundance of Objects

  Personally selected items, like those in the third exhibition, An Abundance of Objects, contain meaning and memory, evoke feelings, and exert a palpable energy on one’s surroundings. An Abundance offers an eclectic and engaging collection of baskets, sculptures, and ceramics by more than three dozen artists from the US and abroad.

  Included will be work by Dail Behennah (UK), Dominic Di Mare (US), Lizzie Farey (UK), Joe Feddersen (US), Paul Furneaux (UK), Mary Giles (US), Gertrud Hals (NO), Norie Hatekayama (JP), Lissa Hunter (US), Stéphanie Jacques (BE), Tim Johnson (UK), Christine Joy (US), Kiyomi Iwata (US), Aya Kajiwara (JP), Karen Karnes (US), Lewis Knauss (US), Naomi Kobayashi (JP), Yashuisa Kohyama (JP), Markku Kosonen (FI), Kogetsu Kosuge (JP), Kyoko Kumai (JP)'Gyöngy Laky (US), Lawrence LaBianca (US), Jeannet Leendertse (US), Dona Look (US), John McQueen (US), Mary Merkel-Hess (US), Norma Minkowitz (US), Judy Mulford (US), Keiji Nio (JP), Eduardo Portillo and Mariá Eugenia Dávila (VE), Neil and Fran Prince (US), Simone Pheulpin (FR), Willa Rogers (NZ), Toshiko Takaezu (US), Noriko Takamiya (JP), Gary Trentham (JP), Hisako Sekijima (JP), Noriko Serino (JP), Karyl Sisson (US), Jin-Sook So (KR), Polly Adams Sutton (US), Hideho Tanaka (JP), Katherine Westphal (US), Dawn Walden (US), Gizella Warburton (UK), Merja Winqvist (FI), Jiro Yonezawa (JP)

  Vignette 3: Glen Kaufman: Elegant Eloquence

  Glen Kaufman: Elegant Eloquence highlights 65 works by a master weaver and designer who created photo collages, using a Japanese technique to apply gold and silver leaf atop intricately woven damask fabric, often in a grid, to reflect disappearing Japanese architecture. Also included are examples of Kaufman’s early work, which included both textural weaving and macramé-knotted and interlooped, hanging sculptural forms.

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