Listen Fridays at 9:00am (replayed on Saturday also at 9am) to Paula Granquist’s “Art Zany: Radio for the Imagination”
Paula’s Guest/Topic this week:
Paula’s guest today is the multi-talented artist Toni Easterson. She is a fiber artist, graphic artist, floral and garden designer, and writer. She began her career as a graphic designer but later shifted her focus to textiles after learning of, and being inspired by, her Native American heritage. Her fiber works feature an assortment of textile techniques including beading, embroidery and weaving applied in a variety of capacities. Since returning to Minnesota eight years ago, Easterson has been an active member of Textile Center in Minneapolis and a teaching artist and board member of the Northfield Arts Guild. She is a part of Penchant, Northfield Women Poets and other writing groups. She and her husband have three grown children, raise quantities of flowers and are fans of Carleton basketball. Please visit the Gallery space at Toni Easterson.com for examples of her beautiful fiber art.
Toni Easterson is the curator of the new exhibit at the Northfield Arts Guild –WWW. An Exhibit of fiber and textile works by Upper Midwest artists. Representing a collection of work across a range of genres, “WWW.” explores how the internet has changed human relations and how we process time and experience.
WWW opens at the Northfield Arts Guild Center for the Arts, located in downtown Northfield at 304 Division Street, on Wednesday, June 29th, and runs through August 6th. A Grand Opening Reception will be held on Friday, July 8th, 6 – 9 p.m., when juror Karen Helland will discuss the exhibit and reveal artist winners of the first, second and third place cash awards. Gallery Hours Monday-Friday, 10 am – 3 pm and Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm
The exhibit is sponsored by the Northfield Arts Guild in partnership with the Northfield Public Library and Art on Water Gallery. “WWW.” was funded by the Minnesota Arts and Culture Heritage Fund, as well as donations from generous individuals including Brett and Michele Reese, Greg and Nancy Carlson, Peter Dahlen, William Talen, Bill and Laurie Cowles, Susan and Mike Harper, and the Community Resource Bank of Northfield.
