COLLECTION NAME:
University Art Galleries (UMassD)
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UMASSDVRCVRC~43~43
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exhibition_title:
Quilt Art Invitational
exhibition_title
Quilt Art Invitational
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false
exhibition_dates:
October 1984
exhibition_dates
October 1984
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exhibition_year:
1984
exhibition_year
1984
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exhibition_location:
SMU Art Gallery
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SMU Art Gallery
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exhibition_note:
Photographs documenting the Quilt Art exhibition.
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Photographs documenting the Quilt Art exhibition.
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false
exhibition_genre:
fiber art
exhibition_genre
fiber art
exhibition_genre
false
exhibition URL:
exhibition_url
http://www.lib.umassd.edu/archives/
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resourceID:
14002_011_0038 - 14002_011_0043
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14002_011_0038 - 14002_011_0043
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false
resource_type:
slides
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slides
resource_type
false
copyright notice:
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
copyright_notice
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
copyright notice
false
credit line:
Claire T. Carney Library - Archives and Special Collections
credit_line
Claire T. Carney Library - Archives and Special Collections
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artist name:
Gurrier , Elizabeth S.
artist_name
Gurrier , Elizabeth S.
artist name
false
artist_nationality:
American (New Hampshire)
artist_nationality
American (New Hampshire)
artist_nationality
false
artist_vital dates:
1930
artist_vital_dates
1930
artist_vital dates
false
artist_biographical note:
Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 1930. Received a B.A. in Art History, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA. Spent two years in New York City business world, taking evening courses in copper enameling, ceramics and silk screening. Married and moved to West Hartford, CT...raised three children. Did graduate work in education at St. Joseph College, West Hartford, and continued courses in design, figure study and sculpture at the University of Hartford. Exhibited sculpture in juried shows and galleries in Connecticut. Before moving to New Hampshire, a stichery seminar sent her in a new direction: soft figures and quilts. After several years working with colored fabrics, she began imposing a new discipline--that of designing strictly with off-white fabrics, primarily unbleached muslin. Only the most soft and subtle touches of color were introduced in her stitchery. Both hand and machine stichery were used, along with quilting, trapunto and stuffing. The effect was to create light and shade as a "hard" suclptor would do. Without the emotional impact of color, the essence of the design became the interplay between texture and form. In the late 1980s, she began working in a new direction--designing one-of-a-kind wall hangings in color. She uses textile paints and quilting on cotton and silk. Now, she continues her work on wall hangings in color.
artist_biographical_note
Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 1930. Received a B.A. in Art History, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA. Spent two years in New York City business world, taking evening courses in copper enameling, ceramics and silk screening. Married and moved to West Hartford, CT...raised three children. Did graduate work in education at St. Joseph College, West Hartford, and continued courses in design, figure study and sculpture at the University of Hartford. Exhibited sculpture in juried shows and galleries in Connecticut. Before moving to New Hampshire, a stichery seminar sent her in a new direction: soft figures and quilts. After several years working with colored fabrics, she began imposing a new discipline--that of designing strictly with off-white fabrics, primarily unbleached muslin. Only the most soft and subtle touches of color were introduced in her stitchery. Both hand and machine stichery were used, along with quilting, trapunto and stuffing. The effect was to create light and shade as a "hard" suclptor would do. Without the emotional impact of color, the essence of the design became the interplay between texture and form. In the late 1980s, she began working in a new direction--designing one-of-a-kind wall hangings in color. She uses textile paints and quilting on cotton and silk. Now, she continues her work on wall hangings in color.
artist_biographical note
false
artist_URL:
artist_url
http://www.elizabethgurrier.com/
artist_URL
false
artist_reference:
artist_reference
http://www.elizabethgurrier.com/biography
artist_reference
false
work_title:
Metamorphic, 53 x 53 inches
work_title
Metamorphic, 53 x 53 inches
work_title
false
work_medium:
fiber
work_medium
fiber
work_medium
false
work_technique:
fiber art - quilted
work_technique
fiber art - quilted
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false
work_date:
1983
work_date
1983
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false
work_topic:
figurative
work_topic
figurative
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false
work_reference:
work_reference
http://www.elizabethgurrier.com/portfolio/quilts/6
work_reference
false
date_of_ record:
2015
date_of__record
2015
date_of_ record
false
name_cataloger:
AC
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AC
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false