Classics Reimagined

You Are A Single Star
fifty year old appliques, velvet, naturally dyed wool, 89 x 89 inches
hand stitched, 2024

When I was a bride, I made a dresden plate quilt from sewing scraps.  it became worn out after years of use, and in 2019, I began mending it by unpicking the plates and then re-applying them to new wool cloth that I've coloured with local plants. Some of the original patches were worn through, so I replaced those few with silk velvet.  My sensuous youth is held in these stitches.  Judy Martin

Helen Adams, The Textile Curator, was invited by the Surface Design Association to put together a virtual exhibition from the membership.  She decided on the theme of Classics Reimagined, and chose thirty pieces; One of them was Judy Martin's large hand stitched quilt, You Are A Single Star.  

Please visit the virtual exhibition at this link and see the entire show.    

The Art Bank's Visual Echoes exhibition features On the Lake by Judy Martin

 

On the Lake by Judy Martin  (1989)   

photographs, thread, cotton, satin binding, 52 x 103 cm, 1989  Collection of the Canada Council Art Bank

Every year, students are invited to curate thematic displays for the Canada Council Art Bank.  This year's thematic display explores the world of visual patterns - from the mere repetition of motifs to the intricate manipulation and fragmentation of images, these works unveil hidden narratives and harmonies that shape our understanding of art and the world around us.  

Visual Echoes celebrates art's ability to transcend limitations, inviting viewers to contemplate the profound connections between repetition, perception and human experience.  Let's take a moment to look at some of the treasure troves of Visual Echoes that will transport you back to the pre-photoshop era of digital magic.  

Can you imagine stitching photographs together to form your ideal view of something?  Well, to visualize an open panorama of water and sky, Judy Martin patchworked a quilt of photographs and wove them together with threads of nostalgia.  

The above text is by Fara Abn, the graduate student from Carlton University who curated Visual Echoes.  It is written and also recorded and available on the online exhibition.  Martin's work was the first one of four highlighted pieces.    

The other three other featured pieces in the online version of Visual Echoes are:  Andrea Mortson's 365 small paintings of chandeliers 1998, John Massey's Black Eye (below) 1988-89 a collage of photographs, and Jane Kidd's vibrant tapestry, Falling Thoughts.  The exhibition includes several more rather prominent Canadian artists such as Michael Snow and Dyan Marie.  Please click on this link to experience the web - exhibition.  

  

The Canada Council Art Bank participated in Doors Open Ottawa with the Visual Echoes exhibition on June 1, 2024  from 10 am to 4 pm, at their 921 St Laurent Boulevard location in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Read about it at this link.

VISIONS 2020

Judy Martin's two-sided piece My Awakened Heart (above)  Noble Tenderness (below) is included in the important art quilt exhibition, Visions 2020.  

The Visions museum and gallery was not able to mount the exhibition because of pandemic restrictions in San Diego, California and so it is a virtual exhibition only. Click here to view the exhibition.

There is a PDF catalogue that can be printed on demand.  Click here.

The Visions Website profiles each artist and quilt with Q and A interviews.  Click here to view Judy's Q and A page.

Finally, there were three meet and greet live zoom talks during the first week of November.  Judy Martin spoke in #2.  Click here to view this one which also includes 6 other artists (listed below).  Judy speaks about her piece, My Awakened Heart/ Noble Tenderness for about 7 minutes beginning around the 42 minute mark.    

Links for all three Meet and Greets are below:

#1  Includes:  Bobbi Baugh, Linda Beach, Betty Busby, Laura Fogg, Valerie Maser-Flanagan, Karen rips, Libby Williamson, Hope Wilmarth

#2  Includes:  Susan Bianchi, Laurie Bucher, Bonnie Bucknam, Paula Kovarik, Viviana Lombrozo, Judy Martin, Mary Pal

#3  Includes:  Deborah Fell, Paulette Landers, Irene roderick, Karen Schulz, Jan Tetzlaff, Charlotte Ziebarth 

Time Passes Over The Earth is included in Online Exhibition, Room With a View

Judy Martin's small velvet piece is part of the SAQA online exhibition Room With A View

It is available for viewing during the autumn of 2020.

The curator of the exhibition is Sandra Sider. 

30 artists were selected to be part of the Miami Art Fair's Aqua Art exhibition which was to be held in the fall of 2020, but was cancelled because of the pandemic.  Many exhibitions have transferred to online venues, and this is one of them.

At room with a view link you can see the entire exhibition and the list of artists as well as read a curatorial essay by Dr. Sider.