The Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council (CTFAC) is hosting a multigenerational “Family Funday”, Saturday, May 1st at its Gallery located at 204 River North Boulevard. The Funday will be comprised of creative art and crafts activitiesc elebrating the national, traveling exhibit “Cloth as a Community” at CTFAC and “If Quilts Could Talk” at the Tarleton W.K. Gordon Center.
The arts and crafts will take place from 1 p.m-3 p.m. and include colorful stamp painting, weaving yarn art, designing “no sew” patchwork canvas bags, along with other Funday activity pages.
These projects will make wonderful Mother’s Day gifts from the heart. Guests will additionally have a chance to add their own unique design to the CTFAC Community Quilt by creating their own piece of patchwork to be sewn into the quilt, which will later become part of CTFAC’s permanent art collection.
The event will also feature renowned Quilt Appraiser, Marcia Kaylakie from Austin, who will be available from 10 a.m-3 p.m. for private quilt appraisals. Each quilt will take a half an hour to appraise and will cost $65.
Marcia has been making, collecting, and appraising quilts since 1988and has appeared in numerous books, magazines, and newspapers over the years. She is a member of the Professional Appraisers of Quilts and Quilted Textiles and has many years of experience working with textiles of all types, including curating quilt exhibits, “Eye of the Needle” and guest curator for the exhibit, “Quilts in our Community” displayed in the Great Hall of the Texas Memorial Museum of Science and History. Marcia is also the author of “Texas Quilts and Quilters: A Lone Star Legacy”. The Family Funday is a free event to the public and refreshments will be served. For more information about the event or to schedule a private quilt appraisal, call CTFAC at (254) 965-6190.
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