“The Green Man”
Marilyn Bottjer
Eastchester, New York

 

NEWTOWN HOOKED ART SHOWS
ABOUT US

 

 

From 2001 through 2008, we promoted and produced the Annual Newtown Hooked Rug Show, the largest and most successful hooked rug show in central New England. Drawing on that experience, we have decided to concentrate on promoting contemporary hooked art, the next step for dedicated artists.

Fiber artists who use traditional rug hooking techniques in non-traditional ways have long awaited a professionally run, quality outlet to show their contemporary work. As we have for the past three years, we will again produce a CD of juried pieces for 2011, which will be delivered to appropriate venues for their consideration for gallery shows. In 2009, two gallery exhibitions resulted from our 2008 CD; “Out of the Loop: Innovations in Hooking” at the Brookfield Craft Center; and “Contemporary Art from Traditional Loops” at the Fairfield Public Library. In 2010, our third gallery show, “Hooked Rugs:  A Labor of Love,” a one-woman exhibition featuring 22 pieces designed and hooked by Beth Kempf, was on view at the Southbury Public Library.

We present an opportunity for artists to try new ideas and broaden the perception of rug hooking—try something new—push the limits! We encourage originality, innovative use of materials, sculptural and three dimensional forms. We invite fiber artists whose work “pushes the limits” to join us and submit their work for our jurors’ consideration.

“Pushing the Limits: New Expressions in Hooked Art” is sponsored by the Heritage Preservation Trust, Inc., in support of the Newtown Meeting House. The Trust is a not-for-profit organization charged with the continuing improvement and maintenance of the Meeting House. Every New England village had its meeting house, but ours is the only one remaining which still sits on its original Colonial site and is used as a multi-purpose community resource. The Meeting House is available to charitable, civic and government groups and can also be reserved for cultural and social events. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more information on the Newtown Meeting House, please visit our website.