EXHIBITS
SAQA FIERCE PLANETS - Laurie Fagen’s art quilt “Sun with Mercury” is one of 42 pieces juried into the “Fierce Planets” show for Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), an international organization of art quilters. The show premiered at the Louisiana State University Museum and will travel until 2028. Fagen's image is a photo from an original painting by the late artist Bonnie Lou Coleman, digitally transferred to fabric and heavily thread-painted with metallic and rayon threads.
A ninth exhibit has been added! This exhibition will travel until end of 2027
Shafer Art Gallery, Great Bend, Kansas: through August 15, 2026
Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico: November 28, 2026- March 27, 2027
Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas: April 16 - June 6, 2027
Allen County Museum, Lima, Ohio: July 15 – November 14, 2027
MORNING JAM IN CHANDLER - Artwork — including new fiber bowls and beachy pendants — and books now at Morning Jam in Chandler, 4020 S. Alma School Rd. #3 in Chandler, on the corner of Alma School and Germann. Jewelry, earrings, nightlights, mystery books, desert magnets, sox and more! https://morningjamaz.com/
NEW ETSY SHOP - New “Ocean Collection” jewelry, wall charms and wall hangings now in my FagenDesigns ETSY shop,, along with bold polymer clay jewelry statement pieces and “Zen Art Fun” Zentangle downloadable designs. Coming soon: fine silver metal clay and more. Check it out and "like" the page! https://fagendesigns.etsy.com
HOT ART - COOL SHOW - Two Fagen Designs pieces are on exhibit at "Hot Art - Cool Show" at the Desert Foothills Library Gallery, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Rd., Cave Creek through Oct. 14.
SACRED THREADS: "Eye Contact: creating a connection," has finished its almost 5 years of traveling, and the two pieces are home. There’s a video of all the "eyes" including Laurie's two pieces on the Sacred Threads Facebook page and at https://www.facebook.com/sacredthreadsquilts/videos/380039609319034/. Laurie's blue eyes in color are at about :09 from the beginning, and in black & white at 2:54. Info: www.sacredthreadsquilts.com
ALL CREATURES - A fiber art sculptural piece called “Jazz the Cat” will be in “All Creatures Great & Small” at the Herberger Theater Gallery, 222 East Monroe Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004. The show runs Sept. 2 – Nov. 1 with an opening reception Fri., Oct. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. Lounges & Galleries - Herberger Theater Center.
PODCAST GUEST: Time Management and Flying By the Creative Seat of our Pants with Laurie Fagen and Cheryl Cocroft interviewed by Kirby Plessas at www.curiouskirby.com/
