Art Talk: Lecture Series

Plymouth Arts Center invites you to join us for a captivating gallery walk with acclaimed fiber artists, Colleen Ansbaugh and Pat Bishop. Discover their exquisite textile art currently on display in Gallery in 110 North and learn more about their inspiring journeys. Explore the stunning artworks by Colleen, Pat, and also Jean Sredl during their “Triple Vision” exhibition through February 28th. Many pieces are available for purchase.

• Art Talk Date is: Thursday, February 20, 2025,
• Time: 5:00 - 6:30 PM
• Venue: Gallery 110 North/Plymouth Arts Center
• Admission: Free!
• Pre-registration is required for a free ticket. To register, please call the Plymouth Arts Center Office by February 18 or online at www.plymoutharts.org
• Complimentary appetizers and a cash bar will be available.

Event is sponsored by Plymouth Furniture, Waldo State Bank, and Sargento and coordinated by Liz Higgins, PAC Education Coordinator.

About the Artists: Colleen Ansbaugh, colleenansbaugh.com Colleen Ansbaugh is an active mixed media artist creating with both fiber and paint. Life in the Up North Woods of Wisconsin inspires her organic forms and delightful waves of color. Formal training at the University of Minnesota in Textiles and Clothing, provided the basis for technical sewing skills. While sewing continues to be a lifelong passion, her work has shifted from initially tailoring garments to fiber as an art form. Most days include hours of studio time focusing on stitching, photography and applying color to cloth or canvas. Our thought process and use of words is the basis for her current work. Pondering why we think or how words are formed has captured Colleen’s imagination. She stitches together repurposed materials in a tangle of lines, encouraging the viewer for a closer look. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with featured art in numerous publications. She pens occasional news stand magazine articles and is involved in local community art venues.

Pat Bishop, patbishop.info Pat Bishop is an artist who works with fabric, thread and a sewing machine and often watercolor and acrylic paints. Her artwork is an expression of her view and appreciation of nature. She is predominantly self-taught with the help of lots of workshops and classes from watercolors to rosemaling and other painting and textile classes. As a midwestern descendant of farmers she is an inherent problem solver, with the need to use it up, fix it, make it work or repurpose it. Currently she is pursuing simplification in her work. Subjects she gravitates toward are trees, birds and broken down buildings, but with an abstracted view. Her artwork is in private collections and has been exhibited nationally and internationally and won numerous awards in fine art venues and prestigious fiber art exhibits. She teaches and lectures about her work.