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An archive of exhibitions, artist reflections, behind-the-scenes making and news from the studio.

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Stories from the studio.

Browse selected exhibitions, studio reflections and stories from Clara Nartey.

Inspiration That Comes From Seeing Art Exhibitions

Inspiration That Comes From Seeing Art Exhibitions

A Visit to the Mattatuck Museum I had a fantastic trip to the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury last Saturday. This was the second weekend…

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Writing Is Part of a Career in the Quilt Business: Interview with Joe Cunningham

Writing Is Part of a Career in the Quilt Business: Interview with Joe Cunningham

I’m glad to have with me here the first man on our Textile Art Business Interviews. Joe Cunningham is a multi-faceted artist.  He’s a…

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How to Create New Work for a Themed Call for Art Entry

How to Create New Work for a Themed Call for Art Entry

2-Point Method to Make it Easy to Submit to An Art Call When I started entering my work into art shows, creating work for…

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How to Successfully Do Art Commissions

How to Successfully Do Art Commissions

I’m excited to bring you this week’s interview. I know I say that too often.  But I can’t help myself.  It’s the truth. All…

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A New Facebook Group – How Creativity Plus Community Equals Exponential Growth

A New Facebook Group – How Creativity Plus Community Equals Exponential Growth

This past weekend, I had fun working with some of my artist friends to transport shipped artwork from one location to the other, unpack…

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What Goes into Publishing a Book: Interview with Cheryl Rezendes

What Goes into Publishing a Book: Interview with Cheryl Rezendes

In this week’s interview, I’ve got with me, Cheryl Rezendes. Cheryl is a fabric surface design artist, an author, and a teacher. The multi-talented…

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Art Show at Indian Hill Country Club

Art Show at Indian Hill Country Club

I’m honored to have four of my art pieces currently showing at the Indian Hill Country Club in Newington CT. This is an invitational…

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How to Reproduce an Embroidery Collage (or Any Fiber Art) for Sale

How to Reproduce an Embroidery Collage (or Any Fiber Art) for Sale

I’m very excited to bring you another Business Interview.  This time we have an artist who creates her work from an embroidery collage mixed…

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How to Become a Great Art Quilt Teacher

How to Become a Great Art Quilt Teacher

I’m so pleased that we’ve had such great talent every week to talk to in our business interviews. This week we have another talented…

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