Donegan named VALA Eastside’s artist in residence for September and October

Published 10:38 am Monday, September 14, 2015

VALA Eastside has announced that for September and October, Maura Donegan will be VALA’s artist in residence.

As a textile artist, Donegan’s work combines cloth making, embroidery and poetry to express a sense of innocence, joy and beauty.

“We’re grateful for the generous grant provided by the Redmond Arts Commission to allow VALA Eastside to bring talented, local artists to the art center and to allow the community to witness the artist’s process of creating an installation from start to finish,” said Jessica Lambert, founder and executive director of VALA.

The community can visit Donegan at the VALA Art Center, 7330 164th Ave. N.E., to learn about her process and help make art that will be incorporated into a larger public art “cloud,” entitled “Silver Linings,” that will be installed in October.

Donegan will hold a series of hands-on workshops at the VALA Art Center exploring the concepts of joy and beauty through mark making and stitching. Participants will write, draw, stitch, print, color or embellish in any way that helps them express their experience and have the opportunity to hang their created works in a “cloud” installation at the VALA Art Center. No experience is necessary.

Each workshop is free to the public ($5 donation is suggested to support VALA Eastside)

Workshop dates:

Sept. 24, 7-9 p.m.
Oct. 1, 7-9 p.m.
Oct. 8, 7-9 p.m.

For more information about the artist, visit www.mauradonegan.com.