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Bonnie Sennott, Daily Thread: Piece No. 8 (Sky), pearl cotton on linen, 2019

Exhibition Announcement: Bonnie Sennott at Easthampton City Arts Gallery

Bonnie Sennott August 25, 2022

Show announcement: In September, I'll exhibit my abstract embroidery and watercolors at the Easthampton City Arts Gallery, located at 43 Main Street in Easthampton. The opening reception, on Friday, September 2, 5-8 pm, coincides with Easthampton's monthly Art Walk. The show continues through September 30.

ECA Gallery has limited weekday hours (see below), but I will be gallery sitting on Saturday, September 17, 10 am–noon. I'll be working on a new piece while I'm there on the 17th and will be glad to answer questions about my process.

More details below. I hope you can make it!

Bonnie


Bonnie Sennott: Abstract Embroidery and Watercolors

An exhibition of recent abstract embroidery work and watercolors by Amherst artist Bonnie Sennott will be held September 2–30 at Easthampton City Arts Gallery, 43 Main Street, Easthampton, Massachusetts, with an opening reception on Friday, September 2, 5–8 pm. Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays, noon–2 pm, and Saturday, September 17, 10 am–noon.

Among the works shown will be A Year in Thread and Daily Thread, Sennott's two yearlong stitch journals, for which she embroidered every day using colors observed in nature. This show will be the first time these two projects have been exhibited together. Also on view: recent negative space embroideries exploring absence, loss, and the passing of time and recent abstract watercolors on the theme of "stones and water." 

Sennott has shown her work locally in solo and group exhibitions at Northampton’s Center for the Arts, the Hosmer Gallery at Northampton's Forbes Library (2019, 2022), the Burnett Gallery/Jones Library in Amherst, Gallery A3, and #LOCAL Gallery. Her work has also been exhibited in shows at the Wistariahurst Museum, the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, and the Fitchburg Art Museum. A former member of Kingston Gallery in Boston, she holds an MFA from the University of Chicago.

In Exhibitions, Daily Embroideries, Watercolors, Pearl Cotton on Linen, Negative Space Tags daily embroidery, a year in thread

Bonnie Sennott, Stones and Water No. 8, watercolor on paper, 2022

Shop Update: Watercolors

Bonnie Sennott July 17, 2022

I’ve begun listing some of this year’s “stones and water” watercolors in my Etsy shop. They’re ready for framing in white, acid-free window mats. Six are available now, with more coming soon.

I began painting these watercolors as part of a 100-day creative project launched on April 1, 2022 by Suleika Jaouad (author of Between Two Kingdoms) and the Isolation Journals, a weekly journal that Jaouad began in 2020 in response to the pandemic. For my project, I painted small abstract watercolors on the theme of “stones and water” inspired by walks along trails at Amethyst Brook and the Mill River, near my home in Amherst, Massachusetts. As with my embroidery work, the watercolors are improvisational, developed in layers day by day. The 100-day project ended on July 9, but my “stones and water” work continues.

Bonnie Sennott, Stones and Water No. 5, watercolor on paper, 2022

Exhibition news: Stones and Water No. 6 will be exhibited in the 7th Annual Juried Show at Gallery A3 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Show dates: August 5-27. Opening reception: Thursday, August 4, 5-8 pm.

In September, I’ll be having a solo show of my abstract embroidery work and watercolors at ECA Gallery, Easthampton City Arts, in Easthampton, Massachusetts. More about it soon!

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