(PRWEB) June 07, 2013
Dust off your knitting needles and crochet hooks. International Knit in Public Week kicks off Saturday and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville University Museum is marking the occasion.

Men and women will be knitting and crocheting in the Stratton Quadrangle from 11 am.-1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Museum is encouraging local fiber artists to join in the exciting and bring public consideration to the as soon as commonplace kind of art.

The artworks, along with contributed works from the neighborhood at large, will be collected via October. All the function will be displayed October 17 as part of a yarn bomb or art bomb on the SIUE campus. The event will coincide with the Midwest Artists Art Symposium.

It is the hope of museum administrators that creations from artists will be collected from around the planet. Items will be draped over sculptures and other outside museum home across campus. Donated pieces will be sewn collectively to generate fiber art installation coverage. Things will be displayed on museum collection sculptures across campus.

We would like this to be an international encounter, mentioned Eric Barnett, University Museum director. Have been browsing for knitted and crocheted pieces from about the planet.

All pieces to be utilized for installation need to be submitted no later than October 12. Things can be addressed to SIUE University Museum, Campus Box 1150, Edwardsville, IL 62026. For much more data, speak to the Museum, (618) 650-2996.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville offers students with a higher good quality, inexpensive education that prepares them for effective careers and lives of objective. Built on the foundation of a broad-based liberal education, and enhanced by hands-on research and true-planet experiences, the academic preparation SIUE students receive equips them to thrive in the international marketplace and make our communities far better locations to live. Situated on two,660 acres of gorgeous woodland atop the bluffs overlooking the natural beauty of the Mississippi Rivers rich bottom land and only a short drive from downtown St. Louis, the SIUE campus is house to a diverse student body of much more than 14,000





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