Brigette Newberry
Stitched

January 26 - February 17, 2024

Fiber art

Artist Statement:
I started thinking about quilts and what they are and what they do.

I thought about comfort and the idea of pockets to hold things of comfort. I thought about how fibers blanket us with comfort and warmth and beauty. I went from those thoughts to thinking about the little stuffed animals ( plushies) in the pockets to using 3-d elements in another form of quilt.

So experimentation led me to the works with fruit and vegetables.

The 3-d elements are stitched by hand, the backgrounds are stitched by machine.

— Brigette Newberry

Biography:
Brigette Newberry has a BS in Art Ed and an MFA from VCU in Art History and an MIS from VCU in Painting. She has taught High School Art, Elementary Art, Middle School, Reynolds Community College in Richmond and Chesterfield for over 30 years.