TWELVE VOICES FROM ONE: Leslie Rego

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Leslie Rego

LESLIE REGO

Leslie Rego is a fiber artist living in Sun Valley, Idaho. Before moving to Sun Valley, Rego lived for many years in Antigua, Guatemala. Her husband is from this lovely colonial town and their three children were all born there.

Rego credits this time in Guatemala with her lively sense of color and experimental approach to quilting. Since she did not have many resources or classes, Rego learned early on to "make do" with what was available. Her award-winning work has been juried into numerous national and international exhibitions, is in private collections, and has been featured in several publications. It is also showcased in her own gallery, Leslie Rego Gallery. Rego has been a part of the Art in Embassies program for several years and currently has a piece in the American Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia. Visit Rego's website at LeslieRego.com and contact her at quilt@LeslieRego.com

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work reflects the passing of time in Nature. I particularly love the transitions between the seasons, finding them to be metaphors for our own lives. Nature's most beautiful moments are in constant flux. I find the muted browns of late autumn to be lovely and rich, the very last faded blooms of summer flowers to be gentle and tender and the mud season after the white snow has melted to be full of promise.

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ElizabethApril 8, 2012 at 6:54 AM
Glorious WOrk!!!
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This exhibition represents nearly three years of intense and dedicated study on the part of the participants. The Art Cloth Mastery Program 2010, in which they were enrolled, required five week long sessions in the San Antonio studio, in addition to demanding assignments which were addressed during the interim periods.

Artists interested in surface design processes are at a disadvantage in this country. Most opportunities for study require either enrollment on site at a university or college, or are offered as week-long workshops through adult education summer programming. The inability to relocate to a program venue inhibits artistic mastery, as does the limited experience of a week’s class without a systematic follow-up.

The Art Cloth Mastery Program was designed to address this reality. The selected participants study surface design processes on cloth, and also color, design and the articulation of a personal visual language. Each artist is required to complete a research project related to the dyes, chemicals or paints used as part of the patterning palette. When assembled, these projects will become a catalogue of research worthy of contributing to the surface design field at large.

Professional behavior is also a topic of discourse. Artists prepared a resume, visual documentation, an artist’s statement and a biography as part of the requirement for completion of the program.

This exhibition is a sampling of the finest work being presented by serious students of surface design today. Each of these artists will continue to generate studio work for exhibition after the program is completed. A few may choose to extend their circle of influence by teaching. Others may decide to write a book or produce some other lasting contribution to the field. The future is rich with possibility. It has been my great pleasure to accompany them on this exciting path. I congratulate each on the efforts of the past two and a half years.

Jane Dunnewold