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MY EXHIBITION - COLOUR ME PURPLE AND QUAKER - WILL BE AT THE HISTORIC MARAZION QUAKER MEETING HOUSE - MONDAY 4 SEPTEMBER TO SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

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 I was disappointed when the Crypt Gallery explained that it would not be possible to exhibit there in November as I had planned. They are expanding their membership and members take priority for exhibitions. I could of course apply for membership but I would hate to be rejected on the grounds that I was only a textile artist!  We spent a week exploring other possible venues and then some Quaker friends suggested the recently refurbished Marazion meeting house. If it were possible, that promised to be a very exciting development. The idea would need the approval of a Quaker meeting for Worship for Business - and we would have to be sure we could adapt the exhibition to suit the constraints of using a historic building whose walls and fabrics must be protected. We visited the meeting house with Leo and Larisa Walker, who have hung Louise's two previous solos shows at the Crypt, and we decided, supported by two Quaker friends, Jo and Alethea, who were also there, that we could create
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COLOUR ME PURPLE AND QUAKER - NOVEMBER 2022

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COLOUR ME PURPLE AND QUAKER   This is my ‘I’M BACK’ blogpost. My first since 2018. For me, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic did rather get in the way. The desire to produce blogposts was simply not there. It has been enough over these last three years that I was able to continue having creative ideas and piece and quilt my pieces of textile art. And I was able to mount another exhibition in November 2021 between viral waves. Of course, the virus hasn’t gone away; we are experiencing another surge as we approach Christmas this year. But hopefully, I will be able to have another exhibition in November 2023, subject to the virus.   Louise Donovan in Hora on the holy island of Patmos in September 2018     November 2021 - my Crypt Gallery in St Ives solo exhibition Now, I am feeling a desire to share my thoughts with those who know and like my work. The title of this blogpost sheds light on one reason why. My exhibition in November 2023
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