ATA Fall Newsletter pg20

The series included: "The Jury Process" by Sharon Marcus, "Mounting Small Tapestries" by Tommye Scanlin, "Photographing Tapestries" by Joanna Foslien, "Artist's Statements" by Ruth Manning and Kathy Spoering, "Pricing Our Tapestries" by Marti Fleischer, "Shipping Tapestries by Suzanne Pretty and "Packing and Shipping Tapestries" by Rebecca Bluestone.

Community Tapestries were first mentioned by Barbara Heller (Spring ‘00) as she sought information for BCStars’ forthcoming book, Weaving Between the Lines, on the subject. Articles followed by Anne Clark describing the Mount St. Mary's Tapestry in Victoria BC, by Marilyn Rea-Menzies on "Tapestry 2000" woven in Christchurch New Zealand, Sister City Tapestries in Oak Ridge TN by Marti Fleischer, and a series of three community tapestries titled, "Weaving the Community Together" by Thoma Ewen in Ottawa, Canada.

Beginning in the Fall, '01 Mary Dieterich's series, Loomside Chat with Mary Dieterich was launched and featured Diane Gilbert, Jane Hoffman, Jay Wilson, Peter Harris, Richard Bailey, James Koehler, Scott Hendricksen and most recently, Hanna V. Uthmann. In Spring ‘02 Lys Ann Shore submitted excellent reviews of historical tapestries including her impressions of the Renaissance exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The American Tapestry Biennial exhibitions were always big news items. In 1996 I was not only newsletter editor, but also president of ATA so it must be admitted that I had a strong influence over that first exhibit, ATB 1, which opened in Oak Ridge, TN. Tapestry Topics covered ATB 2 in Atlanta, and ATB 3 in Cincinnati with greater fanfare and enthusiasm for the exhibitions that continued to grow in size and stature.

In Fall '96 Kathe Todd Hooker reviewed the first open small- format tapestry exhibition at Convergence, "It's About Time", that she created and managed for the Portland conference. The exhibit, under various names, continued at Convergence, and coverage continued in Tapestry Topics.