Susie Monday . El Cielo Studio

Musings from the art taller* of Susie Monday - contemporary textile paintings, art cloth, art workshops & more
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"El Cielo" (el c-eh-lo) in Spanish means "the sky" or "the heavens." "Taller" (ta-yér) is Spanish for "workshop" or "craftsman's studio."

This weblog is about the maker's life. The teacher's path. The stitching and dyeing and printing of the craft of art cloth and art quilt. The stumbling around and the soaring, the way the words and the pictures come together. Poetry on the page and in the piecing of bright scraps together. The inner work and the outer journeys to and from. Practicalities and flights of fancy and fearful grandeur, trivial pursuits and tactile amusements. Expect new postings two or three times a week, unless you hear otherwise.

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    • Artists and teachers

      • Art Cloth Studios
        Jane Dunnewold's site about Complex Cloth, art cloth and her classes
      • Jane Burch Cochran
        The Queen of Embellished Art Quilts
      • Sue Benner
        Pattern-on-pattern, informed by nature
      • Martha Grant
        Spiritual texts, spirit-filled work
      • Gay Pogue
        Gay Pogue Paints Snakes
      • Fulvia Luciano
        Drawing onto/into cloth & more
    • Organizations

      • Majestic Ranch Arts Foundation
        A great teaching and learning venue perched on a ridge not too far from El Cielo.
      • Studio Art Quilt Association
        News and galleries of member artists
      • Surface Design Association
        Pushing the envelope, building credibility in the capitol A world
      • Art Cloth Network
        Dedicated to art cloth, no functionality needed
      • Texas Original
        State of Texas craft artisans -- I'm one of them!
    • Blogs I'm Reading

      Artists, inventors, marketers and mentors
      • Studio 78 Notes
        Fiber artist Rayna Gillman tells all
      • Lifescapes
        Author Susan Albert writes about her Hill Country life
      • PaMdora's Box
        Pam RuBert's comic-filled quilts and commentary
      • New Work and Inspiration
        Lisa Call talks about quilts and more
      • Fibermania
        Melody Johnson's inimitable wisdom, free.
      • Layers of Meaning
        More from Serena -- this on art, craft and artists
      • Scrap
        Danny Mansmith makes me feel old, but good.
      • Liz Creates
        Liz Berg's creativity words
      • In the Mood for Arte
        Sofia in France shares the work of favorite artists
      • Virginia A. Spiegel
        Art, nature, great photos and always a good cause
      • Chicana creating Art through Chaos
        Exciting, political, textural art and comments -Sabrina Zarca
    • The Art of Business/The Business of Art

      • Art Biz Coach
        On-line courses and much more from Alyson B. Stanfield
      • Gaping Void
        Microglobal marketing, business card cartoons & more
      • DesignBoom
        Design chic with interviews, on-line courses, much more
      • Art Quilts Online
        Extensive online gallery of wild and wonderful artquilts
      • 43folders
        Geting Things done and other biz whiz in a mac tech world
      • Luann Udell
        A personal and personable look at the business of craft
    • Collectives and Discussions

      Groups of artists putting words to art
      • Planet Textile Threads
        thelmasmith's RSS feed of quiltartists (me, too)
      • Ragged Cloth Cafe
        Serving Art and Textiles
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