Celebrating the Female Form

   
   

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

    

 

City Art Gallery celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a weeklong exhibition of artistically created Bras and Bodices, Corsets and Torsos. The goal of the exhibition is to bring attention and awareness to breast cancer as a primary women's health issue. The hope is that through artistic creativity and visual enjoyment of the collection, people will be inspired to embrace and support women and families affected by the disease. Proceeds from sales from the exhibition will be donated to Breast Cancer Resource Directory of North Carolina. The Directory "provides breast cancer patients, survivors, their families and healthcare providers with free, comprehensive information, support and resources to help them through the breast cancer experience."** The opening reception will be held at City Art Gallery on October 26, 2005 and from 6pm until 8pm, with a live auction of one piece at 7pm, and will run through October 31.

 

martha beadle of alabama, fabric artist, clairee from steel magnolias Art Bra cancer benefit, Bonny Breuer of Greenville, wife of Tony Breuer artist

Martha Beadle

Clairee

Fabric and mixed media

$1000

Bonny Breuer and Emily Stallings

In the Shade

Mixed Media

SOLD!

Virginia Quiters Guild, Donna Litchfield of Virginia, Beaded bra evening wear designer, hand made bra, breast cancer benefit

Donna Litchfield

Fringed Benefits

Fabric, beading, mixed media

SOLD!

Peggy & Chris Anne Beardslee

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Fabric and mixed media

$500

Fabric beaded bra, designer bra, breast cancer benefit Joyce Zipperer, brashow,

Christie McLawhorn

Bravogue - Loving Memory of Jan Edwards

Fabric, Lace, Pearls

SOLD!

Joyce Zipperer

Lacey

Crocheted Copper Wire

SOLD!

Woven basket ad fiber bra, woven fiber, fiber art,

Beth McAlduff

One Flew Over the Kookoo's Breast

Mixed Media

SOLD!

Pamela Zimmerman

Underpinings

Multifiber and mixed media

$320

Fabric torso, Marie Antoinette borset, Ted Clayton Design Fabric torso, Marie Antoinette borset, Ted Clayton Design

Ted Clayton

Marie Antoinette

Fabric, pearls, beading

$850

Ted Clayton

Marie Antoinette (back view)

Fabric, pearls, beading

$850

cancer bra, bras for breast cancer, art bras, breast cancer benefit

Tena Hardee

What a Beautiful Life

Fabric and Mixed Media

SOLD!

Tena Hardee

Jiggle All the Way

Fabric and Mixed Media

$225

artbras, artistic bras, ceramic torso, art torsos, Gail Ritzer ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso quilters guild of greenville, mary miler quilter, quilted bra

Brenda Jester

Boo Bees

Fabric and Mixed Media

SOLD!

Mary Miller

Celebration

Quilt

$800

ceramic artist rodney shaw, rodney sahw of colorado

Maria Hamra

Women of the World

Mixed Media

$500

Rodney Shaw

Amazon

Terra Cotta Relief

SOLD!

Gwen Lee-Tyson quilter, Greenville Quilters, Quilting in Greenville, artbras, artistic bras, art torsos Gwen Lee-Tyson quilter, Greenville Quilters Guild, Quilting in Greenville, artbras, artistic bras, art torsos

Gwen Lee-Tyson

Spring is Busting Out All Over

Fabric and mixed media

$100

Gwen Lee-Tyson

Prickly Neat

Fabric and potpourri

SOLD!

artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso

Cathy Simms

I Remember Mama

Fabric and Mixed Media on Plastic Form

$200

Barbara Murphy

Bosom Buddies

Fabric

$125

artbras, artistic bras, ceramic torso, art torsos, Gail Ritzer ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso

 artbras, artistic bras, ceramic torso, art torsos, Gail Ritzer ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso

Gail Ritzer

Flora

Ceramic and mixed media

SOLD!

Gail Ritzer

Gaea

Ceramic and mixed media

$500

artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso

John Jenkins

Untitled Torso

Ceramic, wood fired

$600

John Jenkins

Untitled Torso

Raku

SOLD!

artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso

Cynthia Aldrich

Celebration

Coiled Earthenware

$425

Cynthia Aldrich

She Who Remembers

Earthenware

SOLD!

artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso

Jane Lawrence

Vintage 36 D - front

Mixed Media

$175

Jane Lawrence

Vintage 36 D - side

Mixed Media

$175

artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso

Joan Bolling

Judy Chicago's Dinner Party

Mixed Media

SOLD!

Maria Modlin

Untitled

Beaded Bra

$500

artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso Virginia Quiters Guild, Donna Litchfield of Virginia, Beaded bra

Vic Sexton

Not on the First Date

3500 Pins, Fabric

SOLD!

Catherine Billingsley

Bramammogram...

to Mother, Nancy L., Nancy H., and Georgia

Digital prints on silk fabric, mixed media

$250

artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso Virginia Quiters Guild, Donna Litchfield of Virginia, Beaded bra

Anne Allen

Anne's Dream Garden

Fabric

$125

Barbara Southerland

Chick Support

Mixed Media

$175

artbras, artistic bras, art torsos, John Jenkins ceramic artist, raku pottery, raku torso Virginia Quiters Guild, Donna Litchfield of Virginia, Beaded bra

Gail Ritzer

Woman with Hummingbird

Mixed Media

$1200

Zoey Brookshire

Diva

Oil on Canvas

$5000

 

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  This event is the first of its kind in Eastern North Carolina and is being generously sponsored by Carolina Breast & Oncologic Surgery (Nizar Habal, MD), Carolina Radiation Medicine, PA (Gordon Koltis, MD & Andrej Hnatov, MD), Physicians East, PA (Hale H. Stephenson, MD, President) and Morgan Printers, Inc. (Jack Morgan, Jr., President). Through the support of these donors, the time and efforts of several artists, and the exhibition and sale of these creations by City Art Gallery, many affected women will receive resources to support their various needs while navigating the journey through breast cancer.
**quoted from Jamie Konarski Davidson
Note: The exhibition is inspired by the original concept of The Way to Women's Wellness Foundation, a grass-roots organization founded in Pennsylvania in 2003.

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