Kathleen Hill Joins City Gallery

City Gallery, Fine Art is a cooperative gallery featuring painters, wood carvers, jewelers, sculptors and other fine artists. Becky Webb Guynn, Robert and Theresa Lazo and Penelope Moseley purchased the building in July 2005 and opened the doors in August 2005, after a short period of renovation.

In addition to the owners, several local artisans are members of the co-op, displaying their work and helping with the day-to-day operations. Kathleen Hill, weaver, has joined the group, exhibiting exquisite woven pieces.

Kathleen explains, “I have been weaving for approximately 25 years – what began as a hobby has become a pursuit and constant study of structure and design for me. I have taught many classes in guild situations and have taken classes myself at weaving/fiber conferences and the John C. Campbell Craft School, from many well known professional weavers.

My main emphasis is color and texture. I believe hand-wovens should be well executed and easily distinguished from machine woven fabrics.

Before retiring to Troutdale, I was able to travel extensively and always made it a point to visit museums and craft fairs to discover the worldwide variety of hand-woven fabrics.”

Kathleen has recently been awarded prizes for weaving at the Fiber Arts/Virginia Highlands Festival, Florida Tropical Weavers Conference and the Yadkin Valley Juried Art Show.

The Gallery is located at 207 South Main Street in Galax and open 10-5, Tuesday through Saturday. For more information you may call (276) 236-8338 or visit the website at www.citygallerygalax.com.