Tracy Van Niel: November 2010

The Convergence II traveling exhibit is currently at the Houston Center for Contemporary Art and will remain there through November 28.

To read more about the exhibit, please see the following link to ISGB's website.

ISGB - Convergence II Exhibit at the Houston Center for Contemporary Art

Beading Beginnings

I have been involved with handcrafts in some form for my entire life. Immediately before beads became a part of my life, I was making applique quilts and teaching cake decorating classes. I came across some vintage beads in a specialty store and had to make something with them ... my entry into the bead world!

I've been fortunate to have made some wonderful new friends who have been both encouraging and supportive of my work. I've taken workshops from some of the foremost beadweavers in the country (and continue to do so whenever I have the opportunity!) and am now, myself, a bead instructor.

I've been a finalist in the Bead & Button "Bead Dreams" and two International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB) collaborations, where I collaborated with two glass beadmakers, have been accepted in ISGB's juried competition and subsequent traveling exhibits of the finalists. Additionally, I have had projects published in the Bead & Button magazine.

Listed below are several bead related websites. The list includes several beadweaving/ bead embroidery artists who have taught workshops I've attended. I not only admire their artistic vision and beadweaving/embroidery skills but their work has certainly been an inspiration for me and a catalyst to expand my beading wings even farther. Also included are some of my favorite places to shop!

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Tracy Van Niel

Monday, November 8, 2010

Convergence II - Currently on exhibit in Houston!

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