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Last week of ACC Baltimore Show Prep

After last week’s crazy packing and shipping stress, we had a moment of victory/relief once the pallet was on the truck. And then it was on to the next wave of “to-do’s”: the paperwork. (Status update: the pallet was in PA yesterday and expected to arrive in VT […]

Da Booth, #719 at American Craft Council Baltimore Show

Dry Run in the Living Room

With just a few weeks to go before show time, last week was all about setting up the booth and figuring out display(s) for the wholesale and retail shows, and making a list of everything we still needed (tools, tape, biz supplies, etc.) to add to our shipment.

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Oh Me Oh My – ACC Baltimore Show opens 3 weeks from today!

“Big City” (6 stitched deconstructed dye drawings stretched and mounted around 20″x20″ canvas panels) ©2014 Ayn Hanna

T-3 weeks ’till showtime – Booth #719 at ACC Baltimore!

The booth is fully consuming the living room, the sewing machines are whirring along, more boxes keep arriving daily with stuff we’re going to need to […]

Ending 2013 on a high note and rolling into the new year

Detail of one of my newest Dye Drawings on cotton fabric ©2013 Ayn Hanna

Space reserved and Contract signed? √

Booth, floor, and lighting ordered? √

Pre-marketing Post cards designed and ordered? √

Holidays? What Holidays? (Just kidding.) Actually, we had a very nice quiet family Christmas Day and fun New Year’s Day […]

Open Studio Photos and a Big Announcement

Our 4th ever annual Hanna-Gilhooly Holiday Open House was another big fun festive event with a steady stream of visitors throughout the day and into the night. The cherry on top was that almost all of my students from my Oct. Eco-Dye Playshop came by and each brought samples of their wonderful dyed fabric results […]

We’re having a party and baby, it’s warm in here

This Saturday, December 7th from 12-7pm, all snowy roads lead to our Hanna-Gilhooly Holiday Open House….

Our home is our gallery and studio spaces combined. We’re bustling about getting our works arranged just so….

I’ll have several new textile paintings & Hanna-Dyed pillows and scarves….

December 5th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Exhibitions, Hanna-dyed, LineScape series, pillows, scarves, The Studio | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Tent Rocks Blocks at The Dairy Center through December 1st

There’s still time to see my “LineScapes” show at The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, CO. This show of 14 of my textile paintings will be on exhibit through this coming Sunday, December 1st. The piece below, LineScape #29 (Tent Rocks Blocks) is included in the show and is my most recently completed […]

Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Stitching

My LineScapes Show at The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, CO opened on October 25th.

On opening night, I gave an artist talk in the gallery space to about 50 people. Every time I get a chance to talk about my work, I get a little bit clearer […]

Octoblurrr Art-a-whirl

Two Art Business trips – check.

Teaching a 2 Day Workshop – check.

My first big solo show in Boulder opening the night before my workshop – check.

All of these things happening this month – priceless (and a little nutty too)! Hardcore evidence of the law-of-attraction in motion.

silk eco-dyed with roses, […]

A Textile Week Mash-Up & A Ghost Baby

Friday: New Legacies Show Opening Reception

The work in this show just keeps getting better every year. It’s fun to walk through the exhibit and see work by nationally (and internationally) recognized artists and in some cases, see work that I’ve seen on the web or in a magazine and hoped I would one day […]