DATE:   1/10/05

CONTACT:  Christine Drais, (864) 656-3405

EDITOR: Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741

Focus Fiber Art Exhibit opens  Jan. 10 at S.C. Botanical Garden

CLEMSON - Eight artists from around the region will hold workshops and display their artistic quilts at the S. C. Botanical Garden ’s Discovery Center .

Marge Edie, Judy Simmons, Priscilla Hair, Martine House, Barb Tennyson, Janet Ginn, Pat Kilburg, and Marilyn Wall’s colorful multi-media quilts will be on display from Jan. 10 through March 31.

“These artists take the traditional art of quilting to a whole other level of creativity,” said Christine Drais, public relations director at the Botanical Garden.

The artists will conduct workshops during the month of March in hand quilting and leaf pounding embroidery techniques. Check the web site for details at www.clemson.edu/scbg.

Visitors are also invited to see the permanent display of watercolors by Elizabeth Belser Fuller.

For more information, contact Drais at (864) 656-6205 or cdrais@clemson.edu.

The garden is located on the Clemson University campus at the intersection of Highway 76 and Silas Pearman Blvd. It encompasses 295 acres of gardens, streams and woodlands, and is open year-round from sunrise to sunset, free of charge.

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