A few months ago we went to visit out granddaughter in Reno, Nevada. She attends the Univerisity of Nevada at Reno. We had a wonderful weekend and part of that was a very enjoyable visit to the Nevada Museum of Art. There were two displays in particular that I thought were outstanding, interesting, and worth sharing.
A textile exhibit by quilt artist, Ann Johnston, was one. Her theme was large-scale quilts inspired by the Sierra Nevada. Intricate patterns and textures create literal, abstract and sometimes completely imaginative representations of the area. Machine and hand-stitching creates dimensional surfaces that reflect the varied geological makeup of the Sierra Nevada. Here are some examples of her wonderful work.
The next exhibit was “Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles”. Traditionally, these poles marked the final point iin Aboriginal mortuary rites. They signified the moment when the spirit of the deceased had finally returned home – when they had left all vestiges of the munday “outside” world, and bocome one with the “inside” world of the ancestral realm. Today, these poles are made as works of art.
