Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

The day before the Beyond The Fringe show all the artists dropped off their work at the Stables Gallery. Merce had a small team gathered to hang the pieces. I took some pictures because I enjoyed seeing behind the scenes.

Merce and Olga look at Connie’s artwork.

Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

Nina preps her sculpture.

Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

Merce hangs a temp tag on artwork.

Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

Merce, Connie and artwork

Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

I like this picture. It captures the effort the team put into hanging all of our art.

Beyond The Fringe behind the scenes

Wow, what an amazing night!

Beyond The Fringe opening reception

This is one of my favorite pictures from the night. It just captures the moment for me. In the excitement of the night I completely forgot to take pictures. Thankfully Thebes did. He took some great pics that I’ll be posting soon.

The opening reception was amazing and we had quite the crowd. Thank you to everyone who came!

Beyond The Fringe artist: Violette Alby

Violette Alby will also be in the Beyond The Fringe. The first two pieces will be in the show.

Seeing Red
72 x 84″

Beyond The Fringe artist Violette Alby

Four Colors
60 x 72″

Beyond The Fringe artist Violette Alby

Another example of her work:

Beyond The Fringe artist Violette Alby

Violette says “Alby considers her work as a fiber artist and her work as a recycling activist, as ‘interwoven.’ Historically, quilting has been an exercise in recycling, and through her quilts, Alby tries to connect with those primary functions of quilting – taking what is no longer useful and recreating it for a new purpose. Alby hopes that through the visibility of her work and the work of others, i.e. “Beyond the Fringe,” “Artes de Descartes,” and “The Glam Trash Fashion Show,” – to name a few local group shows whose common thread is recycling – we may succeed in changing our perceptions of functionality and never throwing away another piece of fiber.”

You can contact this artist at violette2blueatyahoodotcom