Hooked in the Mountains XV – video by Seven Days

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Seven Days Vermont posted this video after the show in 2011:

The 15th annual Hooked in the Mountains was held at the Shelburne Museum in the round barn and included about 480 rugs, each made one loop at a time by members of the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild. While the subject matter, colors and styles varied wildly, all hookers share an appreciation of this historic art form.

Music: Joshua Panda, “Rosie”

Obituary for Shirley Chaiken

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We are sorry to let you know that a former GMRHG member, Shirley Chaiken, has died. Her daughter, Alison, contacted the guild with this news and sent along the obituary below. GMRHG and hooking were important to Shirley and I’m sure many of you knew her. I’ve sent our condolences to her daughter.

Obituary:

Shirley Choate Chaiken died recently in Concord, NH at the age of 80. She was born in Philadelphia to Ernest A. Choate and Mary Craig Choate. She grew up in Jenkintown, PA, where her father was high-school principal. Her father instilled in Shirley a love of birdwatching, a pastime which she enjoyed throughout her life.

Linda Rae Coughlin Featured in United Nations Video

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Hooked rug by Linda Rae Coughlin: you bit the hand

Photo: Linda Rae Coughlin You Bit the Hand 25″H x 27″ W©2010

Linda Rae Coughlin is one of twenty women artists featured in an hour long video created for a presentation at the United Nations CSW 59, 2014-2015 titled Women Artists Consider Our World produced by video director Maureen Burns-Bowie. Topics covered in the video include; poverty, education, empowerment of women, health, environment, violence against women contributions of women, ageing, political freedoms, transparency, and dreams for a better future.

 

 

 

Hooked Rug by Linda Rae Coughlin - Watch Your Back

Photo: Linda Rae Coughlin No, Watch your Back 33”H x 30” W ©2010

Linda Rae Coughlin’s feminist textile piece “No Watch Your Back” 2010, hooked/stitched, hand dyed recycled clothing, was selected for the 2015 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts “Accessorize the Person and the Place” a juried exhibition at the Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey open to the public. Juror: Ronald T. Labaco, Curator, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City. Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, New Jersey 07960, 973-971-3700 www.morrismuseum.org A digital catalog is available.