Deborah Fell Art Quilts: A Different Kind of Art Gallery
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A Day in the Life of an Artist
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Winter 2012 Art
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Extreme
Home Makeover
Collaborated with Ty Pennington and Andrew Fell
Montgomery Home, Philo, IL
Art Project for the Master Bedroom
Season 7
Deborah
Fell's Extreme Home Experience
Podcast
Paintings
for Pets
November 2011
Sense
of Adventure
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Houston, Texas
Currently in Wounded in Action Exhibit sponsored by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Wounded
In Action Exhibit
sponsored by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Witness Trees--the lower image for the Craft League of
Champaign-Urbana
Indi Go Artist Co-Op
Indi Go Gallery Opening Boneyard Arts Festival 2011 New art for sale!
Selection of 2009 Boneyard Signature Image Announced
After evaluating nearly 50 outstanding submissions, a panel of local arts professionals has selected a textile piece to be used as the signature image for the 2009 Boneyard Arts Festival, presented by 40 North | 88 West – Champaign County’s Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council. This is the first time a fabric work has been selected to represent the countywide arts festival in all of its marketing and promotional pieces. Images of the winning work – an art quilt entitled “Serendipity” by Urbana resident Deborah Fell – will serve as the unifying visual theme for the 2009 Boneyard. 40 North | 88 West congratulates Mrs. Fell and thanks all of the fine artists who responded to the call and submitted work for consideration.
The Journey of Hope in America: Quilts
Inspired by Barack Obama
December 18, 2009 Through December 18, 2010
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
The Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by
President Barack Obama commemorates an historic milestone in American
history - the election of an African American man as president. The show will
open Dec. 18, 2009 and will run through Dec. 18, 2010 before touring the
country.
This extraordinary quilt show is curated by internationally known quilt artist,
author and historian Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi for the National Afro-American
Museum and Cultural Center, a part of the Ohio Historical Society. She's brought
together a diverse group of 95 fiber artists representing a variety races,
cultures, generations and religions.
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Tuesday's Child: Currently on exhibit at Trinity St. Paul's Chapel in Manhattan New York City |
Tuesday's Child: Detail |
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Painted Squares Deborah Fell Quilt National 2003 |
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© 1997 Deborah Fell Carle
Clinic Cancer Center |
Find a place in your community where art can
make a difference. Contact hospitals, shelters Art impacts
people |
*An Illinois Arts
Grant
made the contribution of the 'Hope' art quilt
possible to the
Carle Clinic Cancer Center.
*The daffodil is the American Cancer Society's chosen flower of hope.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
“A Single Garment of Destiny: Our Common Threads.”
In January 2006, the University of Illinois presented “A Single Garment of Destiny: Our Common Threads.” The community created a quilt honoring Dr. King. Urbana Artist Deborah Fell was commissioned to design and implement the project and orchestrate community members in the completion of the project.
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"Lightning Tree #2" ©
Deborah
Fell
Modern Threads: Year Six *This piece was chosen for the Private Collection |
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"Enthesopathy: Weaving a Web of Pain" ©
2000
Deborah Fell In the collection of Carle Clinic Urbana, Illinois |
"eMotion
Pictures:
Itinerary for the AAOS
Exhibit
*This art quilt was removed from the waiting room due to it being questionable art. |
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Body of Work |
eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopedics in Art THE WORK “This art quilt demonstrates the geography of pain through color and line. The fiery red and orange edges show the chronic pain that can immobilize the recipient both emotionally and physically. It forces us to go on journeys we never intended to take. When our bodies defy us, and we drift into the sea where conscious control is not an option, our minds and spirits can sink into despair. The healthy areas – the purples – never know when the pain will invade and alter the colors into heated hues.” |
This art quilt started out as white cotton fabric. The
fabric was hand-dyed with fiber reactive dyes, and painted &
stamped with textile paints.
Deborah Fell's art quilt April
2003
Journey #1
40" x 47"
© Deborah
Fell
Private Collection
'Journey #1'
on the front cover of the
American Journal of
Nursing
Roots of Racism: Ignorance & Fear Exhibit
Arts
in Embassies
Program
Sponsored by the U.S. State Department
"There are
many ways to conduct diplomacy. The Art in Embassies Program
is a special way. Colin Powell, U.S.
Secretary of State
Each work of art becomes a diplomatic instrument, each
artist an ambassador."
*'Silence Broken' Division Winner in the Roots of Racism: Ignorance & Fear Exhibit
Champaign County United Way Carousel of Caring Horses
2005
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"Snowfire"
Artist: Deborah Fell
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University of Illinois Dance Department Wise Women 1998 University of Illinois dance professor and choreographer Linda Lehovec and Deborah Fell, artist, collaborated in the Fall of 1998 to combine art, music and dance. Lehovec choreographed the movement, based on inspiration from the book The Tao of Women by Metz & Tobin. The initial interest began with Fell’s art quilt, Silence Broken, now in Pakistan at the American Embassy, which was based on the book’s images. All images were used with permission by the authors. The book brings a secret language to the forefront. Women in this Hunan area of China were not allowed to communicate and therefore created eighty secret symbols, which connected them to other women. These tiny but powerful symbols were the soul of the collaboration. Three nine foot see-through art quilts were created by Fell. The art quilts were transparent so the dancers, as the women did, could connect in spite of a barrier.
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Are We Losing the War Against Violence in Our Schools?
1993
After being hurt in a gang fight at the high school where I teach, I responded with art. Rather than leaving teaching in 1993, I stayed & became a part of the first 'safe schools' committee.
Let's all work together to keep our children safe in our schools.
Have you seen this stolen quilt? Please email Deborah Fell.
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