Arts & Entertainment
Imani Russell - Front Window Featured Artist at the Brentwood Arts Exchange
Featured: March 28 - May 28, 2016 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 5 to 8 p.m.
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Front Window Featured Artist: Imani Russell
Artist Imani Russell has a long history working with cloth, found objects, and notions. Influenced by the women in her family who hand sewed for utilitarian purposes, and inspired by her research of the culturally rich Gullah people, this artist is fascinated by unique hand stitches and varied fabrics. Also a small business owner, Imani has owned and operated Indigo's Friends, a line of cloth art dolls and notions for over the past two decades.
"The colors and textures of cloth, new and old, lures me, then permits me to manipulate and recreate a thing of wonderfulness; often manifesting decorative art dolls and wall collages or cozy scarves and bed quilts. Hand-stitch after stitch, I endure until I achieve a rhythm that reveals the soul of the piece; then I weave in found objects and contrasting textures."
Brentwood Arts Exchange
3901 Rhode Island Avenue
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Brentwood, MD 20722
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