"Tangled Fibers" in La Conner

This was the latest collaborative exhibition from the art collective to which Barbara belongs, Tangled Fibers. The four-artist group worked for two years to create this mixed media show of quilts, sculptural pieces, weavings, and more. Filling the entire third floor of the Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, Washington, the exhibition ran through the end of October 2022.

Tangled Fibers artists: Pat Herkal, Barbara Ramsey, Jean-Marie Tarascio, and Cathie Wier

July 27–October 30, 2022 at the Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, 703 South Second Street, La Conner, Washington.

More info: tangledfibers.weebly.com

Barbara Ramsey, Knife in the Water, quilted wall hanging, 40 x 37 in.

Pat Herkal, Pelican

"Undersea Garden" Blooms in Port Angeles and Port Townsend

“Undersea Garden” is a collaborative installation created by Tangled Fibers, an art collective comprised of Barbara, Jean-Marie Tarascio, Pat Herkal, and Cathie Wier. The group’s work was exhibited at the Fine Arts Center in Port Angeles, Washington, from September-November 2020. Individual pieces within the installation ranged from large art quilts (Barbara) to tiny beaded nudibranchs (Pat); from handmade paper and wire sea fans (Jean-Marie) to intricately woven ocean waves (Cathie). Plus lots more!

See the ”Cards & Books” section of this website to purchase the book that accompanied the show.

A smaller version of the installation appeared at the Grover Gallery in Port Townsend in Spring 2021 as part of an Earth Day-themed fiber art show.

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Surface Design Association Exhibition in Port Angeles

FIBE(R)EVOLUTION was a "colorful, textural exhibit of contemporary Fiber Art" at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center through November 15, 2017. The work of twenty-six Washington state fiber artists were featured, including two quilts by Barbara, as well as a small grouping of her paper mobiles at the entrance.

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, WA. (360)457-3532  pafac.org

Shaping the Light, 2017

Shaping the Light, 2017

Converging Currents, 2017

Converging Currents, 2017

Counter Couture

“Counter Couture” was an exhibition of clothes and wearable art celebrating the handmade fashion and style of the 1960s and 1970s. The exhibition, originally shown at the Bellevue Arts Museum outside Seattle in 2015, moved to New York City two years later. A patchwork outfit that Barbara slowly put together over several years in the early 70s, was shown, along with such items as Wavy Gravy’s jumpsuit, a Jimi Hendrix shirt, and astonishing items of crochet, beadwork, embroidery, and more.

Counter Couture: Fashioning Identity in the American Counterculture

Museum of Arts and Design

2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY

March 2–August 20, 2017

 

Fiber Fusion Exhibition

Collapsing Log Cabins, commercial cotton fabrics, 40" x 44".

“Fiber Fusion” was a juried exhibition of Washington state surface design artists. One of Barbara’s quilts, “Collapsing Log Cabins,” was in the exhibit, which was shown at four locations in the state in 2016–17:

Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend

VALA Art Center, Redmond, WA

Schack Art Center, Everett, WA

Allied Arts Gallery, Richland, WA

 

Barbara's Quilt Featured in Major Northern California Quilt Exhibition

Northern California's premier quilt show, Voices in Cloth, was held at the Craneway Pavilion on San Francisco Bay in Richmond, March 19 and 20, 2016. 

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Barbara's quilt, String Theory, was selected as one of only two featured raffle quilts at the 2016 exhibition. The show included 200 other beautiful quilts made by members of the East Bay Heritage Quilt Guild, wearable art, and free quilting demonstrations. Click here see other quilts in the show, including a number by Barbara's former students.