Currently Featured in the Gallery

“Is it Metal?“

Jurors: Tea Okropiridze and Janet Stollnitz

The Gallery sparkles with metal, metalics and more. In addition the gallery is filled with vibrant colors for sprin. Don’t miss the excitingpieces by our own guest artist Andrea Finch. Explore unique textile works including wall hangings, garments fashion accessories, and jewelry by DMV(DC, Marlyand, and Virginia) artists.

PFAG Featured Artist Andrea Finch

Fiber Artist

Once a traditional flat quilter, my work has left the surface,
now sculptures that taunt the viewer to reach out and touch.
My garden is the inspiration for my work.
Starting with botanical forms of leaves, flowers, or weeds,
reducing the designs to abstract forms, finding the essence of the structure.

I use all textiles, new and vintage fabrics, repurposed quilts,
reclaimed textiles, and decorator samples diverted from landfills.
Each piece is a unique collection of hand-cut fabrics,
stitched together with liberal use of thread by dense machine quilting
through multiple layers of fabric and batting,
that form the stiffness to defy gravity to create the desired shape.

I save memories, preserve the environment,
and create contemporary art that makes you smile
in a world that can be so bleak.
Creating a whimsical garden of flowers and vessels with ties to my family and community.