Second annual Art's Meow art show and sale

The second annual Art's Meow art show and sale is this Sunday, October 12. I've contributed these two quilted "kitty art" pieces. Both pieces are improvisationally pieced, raw-edge appliquéd, and free-motion quilted with a small hanging sleeve on the back.

"Cat-itude"
Quilted Kitty Art
18" x 18"

The Art's Meow Art Show and Sale celebrates our area's community cats as well as the 6th anniversary of the Cat Clinic of Chattanooga. Sales of the cat art goes to Wally's Friends to support low-cost spay and neuter services for the cats at local shelters and clinics.

"Did I hear the can opener?"
Quilted Kitty Art
15.5" x 18"

I spoke with Dr. Marcia Toumayan, the owner of the Cat Clinic, today and she said there is a wonderful variety of mediums and price points in the art that will be at this year's event. Last year, I contributed this piece. Here are close-ups of this year's quilts.

Kitty Art for "The Art's Meow," detail of free-motion quilting.

Kitty Art for "The Art's Meow", detail of free-motion quilting.
Thread: Wonderfil 50 wt. variegated cotton.

Kitty Art for "The Art's Meow", detail of free-motion quilting.
Thread: 40 wt. variegated cotton by YLI.

The Art's Meow takes place at Uptown Art, Cherokee Blvd. and North Market, from noon to 4 pm on Sunday. Come out and celebrate, purchase feline-themed artwork made by area artists, and support the local community kitties! There will be cake and ice cream, and staff members from the Cat Clinic will be available with educational information and handouts about feral cats. A painting party will immediately follow the celebration with step-by-step guidance from Uptown Art personnel so you can create your own special painting of a modernistic cat. No painting experience is required.

Sounds purr-fect! Hope to see you there.

The Art's Meow art show

You've heard of "the cat's meow?" This Sunday, Chattanooga is having "The Art's Meow," an Art Show and Celebration of Community Cats.

Orange Cat will be at The Art's Meow art show
and celebration on Sunday, October 13, 2013.

I learned of the event just this week after taking Luci, our "shared, community kitty," for his annual checkup at the Cat Clinic. Dr. Toumayan and the Cat Clinic staff (Jennifer, 'Lissa, Gabrielle and the rest) are wonderful, caring and compassionate professionals and helped organize the event to celebrate the Clinic's 5th anniversary. The art show and sale will benefit all the Chattanooga community cats with proceeds of the 50+ pieces of art—from paintings to jewelry—going to Wally's Friends.

I couldn't help but contribute. So, here is my little piece of kitty fiber art that will be for sale this Sunday, October 13.

"Orange Cat"   10" x 8"
Free-motion embroidery on cotton fabrics.

I've had a fat quarter bundle of "Elements of Nature" fabrics that have been looking for just the right project. This was it! The sky cloud fabric from this bundle is the background of this piece. Free-motion embroidery and other threadwork techniques were used to embellish Orange Cat and the flowers and grass in the foreground.

Detail of threadwork flowers and free-motion quilted clouds.

This piece also includes a cord on the back so it's ready for the wall. Or, it could be set on an easel or put in a shadowbox frame—all feasible display options.

Hanging cord on the back.

The Art's Meow event will take place from noon until 4 pm., this Sunday, October 13, at Uptown Art (corner of Frazier Avenue and North Market in Chattanooga).

The Art's Meow flyer.

Come and join me at The Art's Meow and support Chattanooga's 4-legged kitty friends. The weather forecast is predicting purrrr-fect Chattanooga fall weather. So, take your family and friends out for cat art, b-day cake and ice cream and make it a kitty purrrr-fect day!

The Cat Clinic of Chattanooga
310 Cherokee Blvd., Chattanooga, TN