My Sweet Prairie Studio / Art by Monika Kinner-Whalen: On to Round Two.

Welcome

* * * PUBLISHED * * * Artist feature in Stitchillo, a brand new book in a series called 'Encyclopedia of Inspiration' from UPPERCASE (click to link)

* * * EXHIBITION * * * Homeland: A Collection of Prairie Threadpaintings by Monika Kinner-Whalen. Kathy Theissen Gallery in Rosthern SK. July & August 2017 Reception 10 am to noon on Saturday, July 15, 2017 Station Arts

* * * MANITOBA * * *

Sept 2 & 3 Vendor - Proutopia

Sept 9 &10 Teaching - Sketch to Stitch / Runs with Scissors Studio

Sept 15 & 16 Vendor - Manitoba Fibre Festival, Red River Exhibition Park

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

On to Round Two.

Every three years, there's a juried show called 'Threadworks' out of Ontario. The first time I heard of it, I had missed the deadline - not that it mattered as I had barely learned to thread a needle. Three years ago, I was a big scaredy cat and didn't even consider entering. THIS year, with a little coaxing, I worked on a fairly big project for me, and entered it! There's always a theme and the show entries go through two rounds of jurying before being selected. ie: 'scary'

Guess what? I did it. One day before the deadline I entered the first round of jurying. Lookie what I just got!!

I bounced around the house exclaiming 'yippee!!! I did it! woohoo!!! I did it! Yahoooo!!! Woopeee!! I did it!' AI don't know why it's do darned exciting, but it really is a thrill. Now, I will pack it up and ship it to Ontario for the next round of the jurying process. I'll find out the results around the beginning of next month. I will show you photos of the piece then.

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7 comments:

Karen said...: Go, Monika!!! :))
xx Karen; 16 March 2016 at 06:03
Lin said...: Congratulations Monika! And anyway, why would they NOT want your work? xx; 16 March 2016 at 12:32
Cheryl Coville said...: Congratulations! This is always a great show, and the best part is that some of the pieces travel around Ontario to select museums and galleries for a couple of years. Hope I'll soon be seeing your work in person.; 16 March 2016 at 14:56
Laurel's Stitches said...: Congratulations, Monika! It is inspiring to continue to hear of your many successes!; 16 March 2016 at 17:37
Jaynie Himsl said...: Glad you did that scary, scary thing of entering. I'll look forward to hearing about more dancing around and whooping it up!; 17 March 2016 at 00:26
Threadpainter said...: Congratulations Monika !!!!! So proud of you !
I am sure you will survive the second round !!!; 20 March 2016 at 13:22
Bernie said...: Awesome!! Look at you go and grow!!; 26 August 2016 at 10:26