a b o u t
FLAX
is about All Things Fiber
We are a group which grew spontaneously, like a seed, from a wonderful workshop given by
Jacqueline Mallegni - Paper Rain Studio
in March 2019
Eduardo Alicea - Blanch Almquist - Susan Christie - Sandy Hopper - Jessica Logreira - Donna Monroe
Watch us Grow !
EDUARDO ALICEA
Eduardo Alicea is a Puerto Rican Artist. Born in New York, raised in Puerto Rico. He moved to New Mexico in 1999. He has a Bachelor Degree in Painting and Graphic Art from the Universidad Interamericana Recinto de San German, P.R. Owner and Director of RioBravoFineArt Gallery in Truth or Consequences NM.
www.riobravofineartgallery.com
Eduardo Alicea is a Puerto Rican Artist. Born in New York, raised in Puerto Rico. He moved to New Mexico in 1999. He has a Bachelor Degree in Painting and Graphic Art from the Universidad Interamericana Recinto de San German, P.R. Owner and Director of RioBravoFineArt Gallery in Truth or Consequences NM.
www.riobravofineartgallery.com
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BLANCH ALMQUIST
RJ Blanch Almquist first witnessed art as a child living on the Hualapai reservation. A passing stranger sculpted a doll for her, from a carrot, and as the doll shriveled and molded, she became captivated by the transient nature of art. As a silversmith, she uses fire and forge to manipulate reclaimed copper and silver. Inspired by the contrast between metal and flax, Blanch works intuitively, exposing her primitive nature, as she discovers and uses the unique characteristics of natural fibers. She has exhibited in group and juried shows, and has work in municipal and private collections. |
SUSAN CHRISTIE
The Zen concept of Shoshin - Beginners Mind.
Working in 3dimensions with new materials, incorporating my beloved plant materials is Shoshin.
To see a bit of what I have been doing for 50 years.....
www.susanachristiefineart.com
And what I am doing now.....
Editor/Publisher The New Mexico Fiber Arts Directory
www.newmexicofiberartsdirectory.com
To the spirit of new beginnings.......🙏
The Zen concept of Shoshin - Beginners Mind.
Working in 3dimensions with new materials, incorporating my beloved plant materials is Shoshin.
To see a bit of what I have been doing for 50 years.....
www.susanachristiefineart.com
And what I am doing now.....
Editor/Publisher The New Mexico Fiber Arts Directory
www.newmexicofiberartsdirectory.com
To the spirit of new beginnings.......🙏
SANDY HOPPER
I’m self taught. I’m From El Paso, Texas living and creating art in NM since 1999. I was invited to show my work at the Santa Fe Community Gallery for the Hard and Soft exhibit featuring fiber and ceramic artists. And I participated in the invitational traveling exhibit FIBER ROCKS, 12/2015 -03/2016 Espanola-Taos- Santa Fe with the Espanola Fiber Arts Center. My studio was part of the New Mexico Fiber Arts Trail from the beginning. My current Studio - Grasshopper Studio opened in Jan of 2003.
I’m self taught. I’m From El Paso, Texas living and creating art in NM since 1999. I was invited to show my work at the Santa Fe Community Gallery for the Hard and Soft exhibit featuring fiber and ceramic artists. And I participated in the invitational traveling exhibit FIBER ROCKS, 12/2015 -03/2016 Espanola-Taos- Santa Fe with the Espanola Fiber Arts Center. My studio was part of the New Mexico Fiber Arts Trail from the beginning. My current Studio - Grasshopper Studio opened in Jan of 2003.
JESSICA LOGREIRA - Jessica Logreira is emerging from transition.
Born in New York and raised in South America until the age of 18, Jessica was exposed in early childhood to the cultural importance of creative expression, thanks to her mom’s social activism in community arts programs. In a tragic twist of fate — losing her mother at sixteen — Jessica was forced to put her creative passions on the back burner. For 25 years she was immersed in a corporate career with a major hotel chain in Central & South America.
Finally, she decided to quit her job and pursue her heart’s passion for creativity. She danced and sang, she did yoga and meditated, she did self-exploration and emotional processing — and she took art classes, lots of art classes. In her quest, she was exposed to a vast sea of art mediums. Her favorites include silk & batik, collage-making, mosaic, mandala and sacred geometry, Touch Drawing, art journaling, Congo Art, and fiber arts.
And now she is following her dream! She is pouring her creative passion into the Emergence Healing & Expressive Arts Center, where she is dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing space for people to explore their own journey — to let loose as she did -- creating expressive art that heals the soul.
Born in New York and raised in South America until the age of 18, Jessica was exposed in early childhood to the cultural importance of creative expression, thanks to her mom’s social activism in community arts programs. In a tragic twist of fate — losing her mother at sixteen — Jessica was forced to put her creative passions on the back burner. For 25 years she was immersed in a corporate career with a major hotel chain in Central & South America.
Finally, she decided to quit her job and pursue her heart’s passion for creativity. She danced and sang, she did yoga and meditated, she did self-exploration and emotional processing — and she took art classes, lots of art classes. In her quest, she was exposed to a vast sea of art mediums. Her favorites include silk & batik, collage-making, mosaic, mandala and sacred geometry, Touch Drawing, art journaling, Congo Art, and fiber arts.
And now she is following her dream! She is pouring her creative passion into the Emergence Healing & Expressive Arts Center, where she is dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing space for people to explore their own journey — to let loose as she did -- creating expressive art that heals the soul.
DONNA MONROE
My love affair with making, mixing, patterning, collaging, stitching, coloring, pasting began early. Then graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz with degrees in Photography and printmaking, After settling in T or C I had the good fortune to buy a house with a large studio space and my focus changed from small, portable pieces to larger and more varied work which includes wall hangings, totem figures, bags, fabric collage and assemblages. Of utmost importance to my aesthetic is the unearthing of found fabrics, paper, beads, sticks rocks, rusty stuff found in the desert, on the street and anywhere else one stumbles upon the detritus of human activity for reuse, repurposing, and reshaping into whatever captures my fancy at any given moment.
www.donnamonroeartist.com
My love affair with making, mixing, patterning, collaging, stitching, coloring, pasting began early. Then graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz with degrees in Photography and printmaking, After settling in T or C I had the good fortune to buy a house with a large studio space and my focus changed from small, portable pieces to larger and more varied work which includes wall hangings, totem figures, bags, fabric collage and assemblages. Of utmost importance to my aesthetic is the unearthing of found fabrics, paper, beads, sticks rocks, rusty stuff found in the desert, on the street and anywhere else one stumbles upon the detritus of human activity for reuse, repurposing, and reshaping into whatever captures my fancy at any given moment.
www.donnamonroeartist.com
