September and October 2011 News
I was juried in to the Art Center Sarasota's current exhibit "Material Matters", an all media exhibit that runs from now until January 7th.  Art Center Sarasota is located next to the Symphony, just south of the Van Wesel Performing Arts; turn on Blvd of the Arts
from Tamiami Trail.
I am thrilled that my piece "Four A.M." won an Honorable Mention Award.

I have also been juried in to the Visual Art Center's "oldest and most prestigious exhibit", the Harvest of Arts, which runs now through December 2 at 210 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL.

My entry, "Purplegator", was juried in to the Mancuso Show Management's World Quilt Show-Southeast. Join me at the West Palm Beach Convention Center November 10, 11, and 12th.

September took me to Italy for two weeks exploring Florence, the Cinque Terre, Porto Venere, Volterra, San Gimignano and Siena.  What a trip it was!  I am duly inspired.
Next adventure.............Ecuador !!


Gallery Walk this month at Sea Grape Gallery is Thursday, October 20th, from 5 to 8.
113 Marion Ave, Punta Gorda, FL  www.seagrapegallery.com Today I hung some
new pieces so be sure to stop by and say hello.

I am excited for the invitation to participate in "Machine Quilting Unlimited's" Season's Challenge to appear in the May, 2012 issue.  Look for MQU at all Barnes & Noble stores as well as in all Jo-Ann fabric stores starting this January.

My "Waterswept Toenails"  is showing at Art Center Sarasota's "Persona" exhibit until October 24.

July and August 2011 News
I am pleased to say I have received the Third Merit Award in the current Visual Arts Exhibit for my fiber art piece "Bold Bamboo".  Judge Liz Hutchinson-Sperry says
"Gorgeous arrangement of natural shapes and colors".
I have three pieces at the Visual Art Center, 213 Maud Street (across from Fisherman's Village) in Punta Gorda  from now until August 11, 2011.

Beginning the first week of July I will become the newest  2D (two dimensional wall art) artist at the Sea Grape Gallery in historic downtown Punta Gorda.  I am so happy to be there with fellow artist friends whose work I admire and whose willingness to provide guidance in this "new" venture is invaluable.
Join me for Gallery Walk, always the Third Thursday of the month, this Thursday, July 21. Also, I will be working at Sea Grape all day Saturday, July 23, so please stop by to visit with me there, 113 Marion AVe.

www.seagrapegallery.com

Sea Grape Gallery's address is 113 Marion Avenue, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
941-575-1718

I have received the Honorable Mention Ribbon in the latest Visual Arts Exhibit, "Firecracker" for my piece about the Platte River Valley called "Echoes of Sandhill Cranes".  The reception, June 16, was filled with fun and friends.


May and June 2011 News

I have a solo exhibit at Lexington Manor from now until June 30, 2011.  There are
20 of my textile paintings hanging on both the first and the second floor gallery walls.
This exhibit is through Art in public Places, Arts and Humanities Council.

I will have pieces in the Goff Gallery of the Visual Arts Center for their abstract exhibit
that hangs from June 1 through the 30th.

I am displaying two pieces for the Visual Arts Center's "Made by Hand" exhibit, one is
a silk wall hanging called "Voyage" and the other is a silk shibori with beads table lamp titled "Encircled".  See this exhibit plus a wonderful photography exhibit at 210 Maud Street in Punta Gorda.  The reception is May 12, 2011 and the exhibit runs through June 9.

March and April 2011 News

FIRST PLACE IN ITALY !!!
July and August 2011 NewsMy textile painting, "Waterswept Toenails" received the First Place Award for Contemporary Art in the juried show "Silk Roads Meet in Verona" in Verona, Italy.  There were 32 juried entries from 8 countries; five judges from Italy and France awared the prizes, info about them is under my "exhibits and awards" tab.

For more informationa about this wonderful event or to order one of their fantastic 60 plus page catalogues in which "Waterswpt Toenails" is featured, see
www.veronatessile.it

 
March and April are exciting months for me as I am in exhibits in the following venues:
Verona, Italy            "Silk Roads Meet in Italy"  (see below) through March
DeBary, Florida       Gateway Center for the Arts   through April 3rd
Punta Gorda, FL     "Prima Vera" and "Sculpture" Visual Art Center throug April 1
Sarasota, FL           "Feed the Soul"  Art Center Sarasota, Blvd of the Arts, through March 28

The Visual Art Center's Palette to Palate event was a smashing success! 
Here are photos are of the "fiber sculpture" (which aslo received a ribbon at the award ceremony for the VAC's Sculpture Exibit last Thursday) as well as gifts I made for the attending guests.

March is the time for my annual retreat for 10 days at the beautiful Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.  www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org
This will be my fifth retreat in as many years and I look forward to it all year long.  From The Atlantic Center for the Arts I travel to Savannah, Georgia to visit the Savannah College of Art and Design.  A fun month of travel, friends, and artistic regeneration.

January and February 2011 News
 I have been juried into an exhibit in Verona, Italy, "Silk Roads Meet in Verona".  There are 32 finalists from eight countries, what an honor!  The exhibit runs from March 8th through the 15th, 2011. (If you go, send me photos.....please!!!)

I will be one of 13 artists invited for seating at the Visual Art Center Endowment Trust fundraiser "Palette to Palate" on February 26, 2011. Please contact me ASAP if you are interested in  attending, I believe there are less than four tickets left. Catering is by Michael's on East (food) and the Perfect Caper (wine). Our artist's exhibit will be held in the Goff Gallery (210 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL)  from that evening until March 5th.

 "Purplegator" (pictured on the right) was juried in to the Gateway Center for the Arts in DeBary, FL (880 North 17-92) and will hang in the exhibit there from February 13th through April 3rd.  The artist reception is February 20 from 2 - 4 pm.

See my piece, "East of Coconut Street" at the juried exhibit, "Feed the Soul" at Art Center Sarasota, (Blvd of the Arts, Sarasota, FL until March 28th.

Many thanks to Bob Quinn and Lindsay Decker of Edward Jones Investments for a remarkable Artist Reception January 14th! The food was out of this world thanks to Bob's culinery expertise and the contests (with gift certificates) kept everything quite lively. The name "Alice in Doorland" was chosen for one of my framed silk pieces, I love it! 
My solo exhibit (3941 Tamiami Trail Suite 3173, Punta Gorda, FL) will be there until February 25th.

Our local Journey 2011 fundraiser show (Cape Coral, January 21 and 22) was a huge success and I was honored to receive Blue Ribbons in three art categores.


December 2010 NEWS
"I am hanging a solo exhibit at the Edward Jones Investments, 3941 Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda on January 3rd, 2011.  Mr. Bob Quinn will host an Artist Reception there on Friday, January 14th from 4:30 to 6:30 with refreshments and the public is invited to attend. 

Also, three of my pieces ("Mud Cookies", "DARkly FURgotten", and "Symphony Number Three" )
can be veiwed at the juried all media exhibit at Art Center Sarasota (Blvd of the Arts) until January 8, 2011.  I am so pleased that "Mud Cookies" received the First Place award in this marvelous exhibit."                      patricia

 

Patricia is showing several of her pieces at this month at the Sea Grape Gallery on Marion Ave in historic downtown Punta Gorda until January 3rd, 2011.  She is the Sea Grapes' Guest Artist of the Month; the gallery Walk is Thursday, December 16.  Look in this week's Florida Weekly for an article about Patricia and her work.

Patricia has been awarded the Merit Ribbon and cash award in the Visual Art Center's
Faces and Figures" juried exhibit which can be seen at 210 Maud Street in Punta Gorda.
The exhibit runs thru December 29th.

October and November 2010 News

"I am honored to have been awarded First Place (cash award) in the all media exhibit "The Fiber of Our Being" at the Art Center of Sarasota for my piece "Mud Cookies".  This exhibit had the largest number of entries in the Art Center's history (325).  
150 fine art pieces were juried in.... to include three of my works.  The reception is Thursday, November 18 from 5:00 to 7:00 at 707 North Tamiami Trail, (next to the Van Wesel and the Sarasota Symphony, turn onto Blvd of the Arts) Sarasota, FL. 
The exhibit runs from now until January 8, 2011."
                                                                             patricia

Patricia has been awarded the Blue Ribbon and cash award for Best Pictorial at the World Quilt - Florida Mancsuo Show Management exhibit at the West Palm Beach Convention Center this November for her work "On Linda's Beach".

Patricia has been invited to be Guest Artist for the month of December, 2010, at the SeaGrape Gallery on Marion Ave in Punta Gorda.  See her there at the third Thursday Gallery Walk, December 16th.


"I am so pleased to say that my work about hunger in Haiti, "Mud Cookies" won the Second Place ribbon and cash award at the Punta Gorda Visual Art Center's fine art fall exhibit.  The exhibit runs from September 29th through October 28th."   patricia

Patricia has been juried into the Mancuso Show Management show at the West Palm Beach Convention Center this November 12, 13, and 14th with two of her works, "Purplegator" and "On Linda's Beach".

"I would like to invite all veiwers to attend the Opening Reception for "Landscapes in Art", an exhibit I am sharing with three wonderful landscape painters in the Goff Gallery at the Visual Arts Center.  The reception will be held in the gallery on November 4th, from 6:00 to 7:30.
The exhibit runs from October 29th through December 2nd."            ~patricia


 August and September 2010 News

Patricia received an Honorable Mention ribbon for her large piece "Purplegator" at the Visual Art Center's Summer Sizzler exhibit (Punta Gorda, 210 Maud Street) which runs through August 10.

Her exhibit at the Mid County Library (Pt Charlotte, Forrest Nelson Blvd) continues through August 31st.
An article about the exhibit along with an artist interview and profile
will appear in this month's Charlotte Herald Sun newspaper.

Patricia was juried into the national exhibit PNQE XVII to be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo center in Oaks, PA
September 16 through 19 with her pieces "Ghost Towers of Tuscany" and "My Frozen Ficus Tree."

Also coming this October 29 (thru Dec 2nd) is a landscapes exhibit which she and two area painters will hang in the Goff Gallery of the Punta Gorda Visual Arts Center.


June and July 2010 News

Patricia has been awarded the Merit Ribbon at an Awards Reception for the Visual Arts Center's "Firecracker" exhibit.  Her abstract piece is inspired by Beethoven's third symphony and the composer's conflicted views of Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution. "Symphony Number Three"  will be on display until July 9th, 2010 Maud Street, Punta Gorda, FL.

Patricia and her SAQA Representatives, Mary McBride and Lisa Gorski, will host a Florida membership meeting at the Mid County Library July 16th at 2:00 pm.
If you would like to attend, please e-mail for more information to
patriciaandersonturner@yahoo.com
Patricia will have her work displayed at the library from July 1 to August 30th.

"I will also have my work at the Charlevoix Circle of Arts in Charlevoix, MI from July 16 through September 19 at an invitational exhibit "One of a Kind".  There will be many receptions and lectures at this venue so,  if you are in the area, be sure to attend this exciting event                   patricia turner 


April and May 2010 News

Patricia has been selected as Charlotte County's May 2010 Artist of the Month
and will be honored with a proclamation at the next meeting in the Charlotte
County Administration Building in Murdock, FL on May 11th at 9:00 am. Public invited!

There is an article in a Punta Gorda/Port Charlotte newspaper about Patricia and her art.
http://charlotte.floridaweekly.com/news/2010-05-13/Arts_%28and%29_Entertainment_News/Turner_named_AH_Artist_of_the_month.html
 
"Beginning May 1st, I will have 15 to 20 pieces exhibited at our Charlotte Community Foundation located across from the Punta Gorda Isles Yacht Club at 1675 West Marion Blvd. www.charlottecommunityfoundation.org
                                                                              patricia

You can see Patricia's work at the Punta Gorda Visual Art Center's Prima Vera exhibit until April 30.  She also has many pieces for sale in the Visual Art Center Gift Shop. The Visual Arts Center is located just across the street from Fisherman's Village as is open Monday through Saturday 9am to 4 pm. www.visualartcenter.org


March 2010 News

"Mud Cookies" (pictured above) is featured in an invitational exhibit in the Rose Room Gallery of the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach March 8
through April 30, 2010. The exhibit "Cacophony of Fiber", curated by Mary McBride, includes work from 26 international artists.

"The circles in 'Mud Cookies' may remind one of musical notes floating down the work but their playful image belies the story behind Patricia Anderson Turner's
award winning fiber art piece depicting a poor Haitian woman mixing dirt and clay with salt and shortening to make a food staple called "mud cookies".
Many pregnant women in Haiti have relied on these for  daily sustenance.
The work is based on photos by Turner's friend Ariana Cubillos taken before the earthquake.  
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/30/world/main3768430.shtml
The Daytona Beach News

Two photos of "Hot and Exhausted", with accompanying artist description, are featured in the March 2010 issue of the national magazine Machine Quilters
Unlimited , (MQU). See photos of this piece under the "Commentary" tab.  MQU is a wonderful resource for all professional fiber artists.

"I am delighted to have been selected by the Art in Public Places (AIPP) of Charlotte County to display my work in four solo exhibitions over the next two years.
Each exhibit will last two months.  The first is at our charitable endowment gem, the Charlotte Community Foundation in Punta Gorda, FL, this May and June 2010.
The second will be at the showcase exhibit lobby of the Charlotte Technical School in Pt Charlotte, FL July and August, 2010.
 Two additional shows, scheduled for 2011, will be at the  E. Jones Investment Group in Burnt Store and at Lexington in Pt Charlotte.
Patricia Turner


February 2010 News

 "Ghost Towers of Tuscany" was awarded the Judge's Choice Ribbon  by international fiber artist Christine Porter at the Mancuso Show Management
(M-AQF XXI)  show at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in the Greater Chesapeake Bay Area.  This show continues until February 28, 2010.
"Ghost Towers of Tuscany" is pictured below.


December 2009 News 

Patricia's large work, "Planet Pelican", won the Blue Ribbon for Best Use of Color at the Mancuso Show Management Florida competition at the West Palm Beach Convention Center.
Judges Pepper Cory and Robbi Joy Eklow "loved the humor in this piece".
"Planet Pelican" measures 40" x 100" and is Patricia's interpretation of how the brown pelican sees himself and his environment.
See the photo below!