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Old October 13th 12, 07:43 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
MargW
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On Thursday, 28 September 2000 03:00:00 UTC-4, Sheena Mackenzie wrote:
Art in public places can easily be stitched. Our Guild is just now discussing how we
will do a large needlepoint at a museum in Dartmouth. We aim to design it, paint the
canvas, then sell stitches (letting anyone put in stitches for a donation to the museum)
and maybe take three or four years to finish it, depending on the size. Members of the
Marigold Guild in Truro, Nova Scotia, stitched a large needlepoint with cameos of Truro
over a couple of centuries and donated to the Colchester Museum. I have taken people
there two or three times to see that, just shows how needlework can become a moneymaker
for small museums. There are a lot of us out there who will go to view! It would be nice
to think larger museums would actually commission and pay for needlework. Sheena

"Cheryl L. Perkins" wrote:

Angie ) wrote:
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: Just to make this _sort of_ on topic, I agree with the general sentiment expressed
: that "public" art has gotten way too modern, modern in the sense of weird,
: non-representational stuff that 98% of the population can only squint at, wondering
: what the heck it's supposed to be. If they're going to spend public money then it
: should be for art that most of the public can actually enjoy, and (here comes the
: on topic part grin) there's no reason why they couldn't commission needlework
: pieces for hanging inside public buildings, town halls and such. The World Peace
: Angel would look great in the UN building, for example, or a repro sampler in the
: library of the town the original stitcher lived in, or a stitched picture of an
: attractive public building or a park for city hall.

Art from the provincial art gallery is on display in and around government
buildings here, and I actually liked a lot of it. Particularly the large
whale rising out of the lawn, but that got taken down and moved because of
vandalism. The smaller pictures are changed from time to time. But one
section o the Confederation Building has quilts on display in a
stairwell. I love them, and would use that stair just so I could look at
them.

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Cheryl
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The Lakeshore Guild in Montreal did a wonderful quilt that hangs in the public library where they hold their meetings. I saw it last year when I was there for an EAC meeting.

MargW
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