ABINGDON, Va. — Nancy Garretson of Emory, Va., is the recipient of the Arts Depot’s Peoples Choice award.
This award is presented each year to the artist who receives the most votes cast by hundreds of visitors during the Arts Depot’s Annual Members Exhibit. Her winning piece is a richly textured, three dimensional tapestry, “Mountain Creek,” depicting a rushing woodland creek in spring.
Garretson has been a professional artist/weaver since 1972 when she moved to Southwest Virginia after receiving her master’s degree in crafts from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
“Coming from a fine art background, I saw weaving as a unique art medium,” she said. “For me, weaving has it all, the color and design of painting and the form and texture of sculpture. I weave tapestries mostly, some flat but others have textures and layers of cloth that are stuffed and shaped. Most of my pieces are autobiographical, even if they do not at first appear so. They are created out of my life’s experiences, landscapes, people and emotions. I am still searching and growing as an artist and
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