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What or who inspired you to create this piece,the color, the textures and the theme.
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Talks are available for guilds and other arts organizations. Length and content can be customized to suit the audience. A general trunk show, "Inspiration and Those Bad, Bad Beads," includes an hour long digital slide presentation, many examples of actual work, and additional time for questions & answers.
Classes and workshops can be scheduled as well. Options include a one or two day embellished art quilt workshop that contains information about the process I use to create my art quilts. An experienced art educator for twenty years, I can provide workshops and classes in other media, including jewelry, collage, digital arts, digital embroidery, mixed media, altered books, drawing, children's art classes, as well as explorations in creativity. I love to teach and share art with others!
Amy Ropple is a textile artist and professional art educator. Her quilted wall pieces bringing together her love of richly textured stitched surfaces and the possibilities of beaded embellishment. She holds both Bachelor's of Science and Master's degrees in Art Education & Fiber Arts from Massachusetts College of Art, where she recently has taught a course in Art Quilting. She has shared her work to quilt guilds throughout New England through speaking engagements and workshops. Her artwork has been exhibited internationally and locally, including the New England Quilt Museum's "On the Surface" exhibition. Her artwork and writing has appeared in publications including Quilting Arts Magazine, Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, and numerous books. She is a member of Quilter's Connection of Watertown, Massachusetts. She currently teaches visual art to the best middle schoolers in the world at W.S. Parker Middle School in Reading, where she also lives. She shares her home with a vivacious collection of five parrots, three dogs, and one cat, some of whom have appeared in her artwork and sometimes accompany her on her teaching adventures.
...an old photo from a camera-shy artist!
Commissions are welcome, and include embellished textile portraits of people and cherished pets. Let's work together on something you will love to treasure for years to come.
This portrait was commissioned as a gift for parrot enthusiast Concetta Ferragamo and is a memorial to her very special friend, Majestic.
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Reading, MA 01867
781-944-7197
