Gallery Hours:
T 10am - 7pm, W,Th & F 10am - 5pm, Sat 11am - 2pm



Deborah Melton Anderson: Posting Patterns
on view July 6 - Aug. 20

Dublin Arts Council (DAC) will host Deborah Melton Anderson: Posting Patterns, a solo exhibition of art quilts, in the DAC main gallery, 7125 Riverside Dr., in Dublin, from July 6 through Aug. 20. The exhibition opens with a reception for the Columbus fiber artist at DAC on Tues., July 6 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The “Posting Patterns” theme chosen for Anderson’s exhibition is based on the patterns used today to encode information in posting or shipping mail and packages. The artist was inspired by bar codes, the UPS bull’s eye with surrounding dots and meter mail stamp images. Her artworks are created in textiles using pieced cloth methods, heat transfers and water-soluble crayons sealed with a textile medium on cotton.

Anderson draws attention to the stamp created by a domestic metered postage machine. Encoded in each one is information printed in small light and dark squares of red, black or blue on a white background.

“They are something so ubiquitous in our visual field, yet so unseen,” explains Anderson. “Each one is different with every printing. I add patterns and colors to the light and dark patterns and a bit of ‘twicking’ of the encoded pattern.”

Anderson has been making art quilts for 25 years. She is inspired by antique quilts, ethnic textiles and other fabrics. She began by emulating the designs and techniques of 19th century quilt-makers, but has quickly evolved into an artist who creates her own designs. Her early interest was in liturgical textiles, but Anderson’s primary mode of expression has been the art quilt.

Anderson's work is included in corporate and private collections, and her commissioned liturgical textiles appear in schools, churches and temples, primarily in central Ohio. She has exhibited in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions, and has received numerous awards, including recognition from Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Liturgical Art Guild, National League of American Pen Women, FAVA (Firelands Association of the Visual Arts), and Tactile Architecture.

The opening reception for Deborah Melton Anderson: Posting Patterns is graciously catered by the Refectory Restaurant & Bistro, DAC’s 2010 Visual Arts Series catering sponsor. The exhibition and the opening reception are free of charge and the public is invited.

Posting Patterns will remain on view through Aug. 20. Exhibition hours are Tues., 10am-7pm; Wed./Thurs./Fri., 10am–5pm; and Sat., 11am-2pm.

Upcoming:

emerging, an annual juried exhibition of art from students grades K-12 in the Dublin CIty Schools attendance area
Aug. 31 - Sept. 24

A Common Center: Benjamin Knepper & Kenneth Morgan
Oct. 5 - 29

Catering for the 2010 Visual Arts Series' receptions is generously provided by:

Dublin Arts Council has received arts employment support from the Ohio Arts Council made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts through funds allocated from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.