Artist Reception for FolkAnna's Textile Art
Fri, Oct 18
|155 Front St
Beauregard’s embroidered and beaded artwork is inspired by ethnic designs from her great, great grandmothers’ Czech homeland
Time & Location
Oct 18, 2019, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
155 Front St, 155 Front St, Farmington, ME 04938, USA
About the event
FolkAnna is the featured artist of the month for October at Vera’s Iron and Vine. Kathy Beauregard of Industry is the owner of FolkAnna. The month long exhibit will show her range of needlework over the past 15 years from wall hangings to beaded purses. Included in this exhibit will be a showing of the antique Czech folk dress (kroj) that inspires her work. The exquisitely embroidered blouses, aprons and cap celebrate the devotion to celebratory times of our lives. On Friday, October 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. an Artist Reception will be held with light refreshments. All are welcome.
Beauregard’s embroidered and beaded artwork is inspired by ethnic designs from her great, great grandmothers’ Czech homeland and her passion for color, botanical motifs, and the mischief of woodland fairies. Her work also includes wycinanki, which is Eastern European papercutting.
Beauregard creates soft matryoshka dolls, fairy bird ornaments,…
