ANNIE’S UPCOMING, CURRENT, AND RECENT EXHIBITIONS

RECENT:  2-Person Exh. : RETURNING WEST:John Louder and Annie Helmericks-Louder, UCMO, Warrensburg, MO, January 12-Feb 12/2012. Opening Reception: Jan 12, Thursday, 3 - 6 pm College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences :: Department of Art :: Gallery of Art & Design :: Exhibitions : University of Central Missouri

ONGOING Featured artist, Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World; by Martha Sielman, Larks Crafts, first volume in the series of books to be published each year starting Spring 2012

NEW Everglades National Park's Ernest F. Coe Visitor Cente, AIRIE (Artist in Residence) 10 year exhibit; Dec 1 - 31, 2011

NOW AVAILABLE, The Studio Quilt, No 6: State of the Art; by Martha Sandra Sider, Larks Crafts, 2012

Work featured: Outlaw Animal: Jackrabbit, will soon be available on amazon.com

NOW AVAILABLE: SAQA’S Portfolio 18, Digital and print versions available,  Studio Art Quilt Associates -

ONGOING  International Juried Traveling Exhibition; Structures in Cloth, June 9, 2011 - April 17, 2012

Work shown: Side by Side: The Dinner Guest, Annie Helmericks-Louder, Artist

Avada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Denver, Colorado, June 9 - August 28, 2011

Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado, October 15 - Jan 2012

Fort Collins Museum of Art, Ft. Collins, Colorado, Feb 15- April 17, 2012

RECENT:  Invitational Group Exhib.: Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

July 1 - Aug 13, 2011, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art ONGOING Traveling International Invitational:

SAQA’s A Sense of Direction: Sightlines, Studio Art Quilt Associates - Store

  International Quilt Festival-Houston, November 4 - 7, 2010; See: Special Exhibits,  Quilts, Inc. - Shows   

  International Quilt Festival-Cincinnati, April 8-10, 2011

  Quilter’s Newsletter Corporate Gallery, Golden, Colorado, April 15 - June 30, 2011

  International Quilt Festival-Long Beach, July 29-31, 2011

  Published: Fiber Arts Now, Premiere Edition, October 2011

Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana, January 21-March 31, 2012

Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, April 26-August 12, 2012

  Everhart Museum of Natural History,Science & Art, Scranton, PA, Sept 27 - Dec 31, 2012 (opening receptions tba)

  Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR; May 28 - July 26, 2012

  Pub.: Textile, Austrialian Forum for Textile Arts, Iissue 1, #101, 2011, TAFTA - The Australian Forum for Textile Arts

  Published: Artepatchwork, Magazine, Spain, , Issue # 18, March 2011, Artepatchwork | Moda y arte textil, todo lo relacionado   con el patchwork

NEW William and Florence Schmidt Art Center, August 22 - October 15, 2013, Belleville, Illinois, http://schmidtart.swic.edu/  

NEW Magazine: Quilter’s Newsletter, Dec/Jan 2012, No 4251

ONGOING Traveling International Juried: SAQA’s Creative Force 2010, Studio Art Quilt Associates - Store

  Works shown: Casting Off: Bare; Casting Off: Arizona on My Mind,

  International Quilt Festival-Houston, November 4 - 7, 2010,  Quilts, Inc. - Shows

International Quilt Festival-Cincinnati, April 8-10, 2011

  International Quilt Festival-Long Beach, July 29-31, 2011

  Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, Ohio, Sept 11 - Oct  30, 2012, museum

  Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, March 22 - June 10, 2012, Welcome to the Yellowstone Art Museum

  NEW Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, July-August 2012, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

RECENT International Juried Exhibition: CraftForm 2010, (95 works by 90 artists from 32 states, Australia & Korea.

Juror: Jane C. MIlosch, Sr. Program Officer for Arts, Smithsonian Institution), Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Dec 4 - Jan 22, 2011, CraftForms 2010

RECENT BOOK: SAQA’S Portfolio 17, Digital and print versions available,  Studio Art Quilt Associates -

Ongoing Series: OUTLAW ANIMALS

The initial idea of the Outlaw Animal Series was developed over a recent period of 2 years during which John and I traveled and camped in the American west. Working on location--painting and drawing--allowed us many intimate experiences with native animals. As is my habit, my plein-aire works (Annie Helmericks-Louder, Artist ), (Annie Helmericks-Louder Road-Trip Discoveries), often inspire my winter studio textile works and so it is with this series: Outlaw Animals.  As I often do in my work, I question established hierarchies.  The animals I have chosen to feature, jackrabbit, rattlesnakes, skunks, are often concerned “varmint” animals--or those animals designated as having no value. Miraculously evolved, they are suited perfectly for the often rugged and sparse environments that they inhabit. In the judgments of humans, however, they are often discounted and even despised. Particularly persecuted are those creatures that most resist having their lands taken away from them by human development. Many of these species have no closed season or bag limit; hunters are allowed to kill as many as they can catch.

Purchase book at: Studio Art Quilt Associates - Store

(Above) OUTLAW: RATTLESNAKE ( # 2 of the Outlaw Animals Series), hand quilted Art Textile, 87” x 67” X 2”

Photos: Gregory Case

"The World is a sacred object. Nothing is to be done to it" Lao Tzu 500 BC

Nostalgia # 1, Quilted Art Textile, 45” x 53” X 1”

(Above) TENDER TOO, Art Textile, 53 1/2” x 45” X 3”

(Left) Related work

IN THE GARDEN,

Pastel and charcoal on paper,

18 “ X 24”

(Below) GARDEN # 55

Art Textile

(Below) OUTLAW: SKUNK ( # 3 of the Outlaw Animals Series), hand quilted Art Textile, 90” x 64” X 2”

Photos: Gregory Case

TENDER BELLYS, Art Textile, Art Textile, 59” X 55” X 2”, (Above)

(Above) GARDEN # 55, Art Textile, 43” X 52” X 2”

No Room at the Table (80” X 120”, 5 total sections. art textile) “... is meant to elicit awareness. We are witnessing the disappearance of ice lands and green mansions. In the course of our consumption, more and more species — essential, living links — are being severed from the chain of land’s diversity. It is true — life continues. As I look out of the window, I see nature fulfill her ancient promise of spring once again. But still, by our disregard, apathy, need, or greed — humans are dropping the other hands of life. And in doing so, we are stepping out of the sacred circle.” Annie Helmericks-Louder, 2010

Fourteen artists were invited to create an installation of artworks featuring a sightline linking all the artwork in the exhibit.  Each artist chose her own themes and created five to eight artworks, including four 8x8" linking pieces, covering a ten foot wide space. Perhaps the required continuous line provided provocation, both conscious and unconscious, to the artists to focus on time, personal history, and memory. 

ONGOING Traveling International Invitational: SAQA’s A Sense of Direction: Sightlines,

Studio Art Quilt Associates - Store

  International Quilt Festival-Houston, November 4 - 7, 2010; See: Special Exhibits,  Quilts, Inc. - Shows   

  International Quilt Festival-Cincinnati, April 8-10, 2011

  Quilter’s Newsletter Corporate Gallery, Golden, Colorado, April 15 - June 30, 2011

  International Quilt Festival-Long Beach, July 29-31, 2011

Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana, January 21-March 31, 2012

NEW Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, April 26-August 12, 2012

  NEW Everhart Museum of Natural History,Science & Art, Scranton, PA, Sept 27 - Dec 31, 2012 (opening receptions tba)

  NEW Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR; May 28 - July 26, 2012

  NEW Pub.: Textile, Austrialian Forum for Textile Arts, Iissue 1, #101, 2011, TAFTA - The Australian Forum for Textile Arts

  NEW Published: Artepatchwork, Magazine, Spain, , Issue # 18, March 2011, Artepatchwork | Moda y arte textil, todo lo relacionado con el patchwork

(Above) OUTLAW: ARMADILLO ( # 4 of the Outlaw Animals Series), hand quilted Art Textile, 52” x 51” X 2”

(Below Left) related pastel drawing, Lost Valley, AR, 5/20/2010, 24” x 18”

(Below Right), Armadillo, DETAIL

"The World is a sacred object. Nothing is to be done to it" Lao Tzu 500 BC