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The artists are angry; they’re PROTESTING!

Of course, they’re angry; they’re protesting!

That’s what I told a friend last Friday night at the opening reception for PROTEST: SEE Something, Say Something at Fusion in downtown Albuquerque. (More info HERE.) It’s a good, meaningful show, filled with all kinds of media and messages. Rightly so, with protesting as a theme, they aren’t always pretty.

Sheela Na Gig, hooked art piece
Sheela Na Gig is a Celtic symbol. I’ll let you read about her and how she was and now is used for protests HERE. (Hooked on cotton monk’s cloth with mostly old t-shirts and a bit of silk sari ribbon; embellished with glass beads.)

 

As I mentioned on social media after posting pics of my two pieces, I was sorry not to get more and better photographs, but I had to leave early. All Friday I’d battled a migraine; finally, the nausea and fatigue got the best of me. I didn’t feel better till Monday/Tuesday. Nonetheless, I encourage all the local readers to make their way to Fusion one afternoon or evening to see what the (protesting) artwork really looks like and to see it all.

 

Hooked art, THE MIGHTY ONE, THE ANGEL OF @)@@
Later every year, I create an angel for the following year. This was THE MIGHTY ONE, THE ANGEL OF 2022. (Hooked with old t-shirts, repurposed gold lamé, and plastic bags.)

 

 

Felted artwork for PROTEST show
TURTLE ISLAND SIEGE by Patricia Halloran  (Patricia had some cool things in the FABRIC OF NEW MEXICO SHOW.)

 

 

 

TORN BUT STILL WAVING by Elizabeth Potter (paper art)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHOSE BODY IS THIS? artwork for Protest show
WHOSE BODY IS THIS? by Maria Jonsson (vintage dress form and acrylic paint)

 

BIG PHARMA SERIES #4, 5, 6
BIG PHARMA SERIES #4,5,6 by Martin Terry. Martin is also the curator of this show.

 

 

From BIG PHARM SERIES #1, 2, 3 #
Close-up of part of BIG PHARMA SERIES #1, 2, 3 by Martin Terry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GET WOKE artwork in PROTEST show
GET WOKE by Paula Steinberg (upcycled chair, acrylic/oil on wood and vinyl)

 

 

SHE PERSISTED
SHE PERSISTED by Betty Busby (Dunicel, felt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE HISTORY OF BEARING CHILDREN
THE HISTORY OF BEARING CHILDREN, text by Jacqueline Murray Long, visual art by Martin Terry

 

 

 

 

Poem in PROTEST show
This is a more easily read photo of the text by Jacqueline Murray Loring. Another piece by a different artist accompanied this artwork. Visit the show to see it. (My photo didn’t come out.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you’re looking for a thought-provoking show, one that will let you see the outrage, the anger about so many things going on in our world today, come see the work by artists who are protesting at Fusion in Albuquerque.  Maybe we all need to start protesting.

 

Protest Art show poster

 

 

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PROTEST show opens October 7

 

PROTEST: See Something, Say Something

Please Join Us For The Two Moons Exhibit Series Opening Reception

Art show poster for Protest

 

Friday, October 7, 5:30 pm to 8 pm
at FUSION 700-708 1st St., NW – Downtown ABQ

Part of the Two Moons exhibit series curated by artist Martin Terry, this contemporary exhibition – PROTEST, See Something, Say Something – will focus on a select group of artists whose works speak to a social consciousness. Included are fiber arts, sculpture, painting, graphite, mixed media, written word, video, song, and other new and innovative means of communicating social commentary. Work in a wide range of styles matches the breadth of subjects addressed, including racism, sexism, economic inequality, climate change, violence, political upheaval, war, disease, and hatred.

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FABRIC OF NEW MEXICO EXHIBIT – July 1

Hooked art, Holes, to be in Fabric of New Mexico art show
“Holes” – mostly repurposed textiles hand-hooked on monk’s cloth; 68″x33″x0.75″

 

 

 

The Fabric of New Mexico exhibit opens Friday, July 1 at Fusion in downtown Albuquerque. All are cordially invited to the opening reception, 5:30-8:00 p.m.

This exhibit stretches the limits of fiber art to celebrate the full range of innovative creativity in fabric, including quilting, macramé, embroidery, rug hooking, and work with plastics, paper, metal, and wire. Curated by artist Martin Terry, the show includes work by twenty New Mexico artists including Sara Miller, Larry Schulte, Betty Busby and Judith Roderick.

More information about Fusion can be found HERE. Also, the gallery will be open for the Summer Sundays Markets, Last Fridays (of each month), theater events, and concerts. See EVENTS. If you can’t make it to the gallery any of those days, please contact High on Hooking, and we can have the gallery opened up for a private viewing.

Note: Parking is available just across the street in the city parking lot.

aFabric of New Mexico Opening Reception Invitation
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