fiberart – Page 14 – Betsy Packard Art Archive

.0122 (plaster and wool) early 80’s

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Painted plaster and wool. 15″x 3′ diameter. Collection of Suzanne Hellmuth and Jock Reynolds.

.0121 (striped tower) early 80’s

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Plaster and fabric. 14″x 4″x 4″. Collection of Suzanne Hellmuth and Jock Reynolds.

.0073 2014

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Plaster and lint. 12″x 9″x 3 1/2”. Collection of the artist.

.0066 Ceremonial(dots/circles) 2019

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Stenciled, quilted fabric. 40″x 24″x 8”. Collection of the artist.

.0065 (spirals) 2017

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Embroidery and quilting on cotton and linen. 16 3/4″x 15 1/2″. Collection of the artist.

.0059 “Hokusai Wave” 2014

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Fabric on acid-free foamcore. 27″x 19″. Collection of the artist.

Exhibited at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C., 2015.

.0057 (striped cross) 2017

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Mixed fabrics. 76″x 38″. Collection of the artist.

.0042 (newspaper and lint) 2006

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Newspaper, lint. 5″x 12″ diameter. Collection of Susan Yashar, Washington, D.C.

Exhibited at Hillyer Art and Artists, Washington, D.C. , 2011.

.0040 3 Sweaters 2018

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Hand sewn and woven mixed fabrics. 23″x 17″x 3″. Collection of the artist.

Exhibited in “WTF Gurlz,” Artists and Makers, Rockville, MD, 2019.

.0039 The Sound of Music 2019

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Wool and cotton. 26″x 19″. Collection of Sondra Arkin, Washington D.C.

Exhibited in MSAC juried exhibition, Baltimore, MD, 2019. Exhibited at “Collector’s Night”, a benefit for The Washington Project for the Arts, 2020.

.0036 Map 2004

February 28, 2021July 2, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Traditional African dress (handmade by Maphoka ), acrylic medium. 28″x 20″x 4″. Collection of the artist.

Exhibited in “Summer Show,” Signal 66, Washington, D.C., 2004. Exhibited in “Cartography 101,” Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005.

.0031 Clothes 1979

February 27, 2021December 11, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Clothes, acrylic medium. 16″x 8″diameter. Collection of the Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University.

Exhibited at Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1984. Exhibited in “Recontextualizing the Found,” curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos and Bill Pangburn, Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, NYC, 2014.

Exhibited in “Metamorphosis: Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” curated by Maurita Poole and Laura Blereau, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA , 2022

This is a very early work further addressing the concept of record-keeping, journaling with materials, autobiography, Compression, distillation of experience, hinting at these by exposing interior layers.

The piece is composed of some of the clothes my mother made or purchased for me prior to my year as a student in Italy, that I wore there, and that returned with me. They retain something of my experience there. They are materially the same but different. Transformed -as I was- during that period of time.