Kathy Ernst

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“Book Rag” Digital print on watercolor paper Original art created via computer	“So” Wood and ceramic letters Book object, sculpture
“Synesthesia: B Calmed” Watercolor on paper Visual Poetry	“Time on My Hands” Watercolor on paper Visual Poetry
“Charm, Like Luck” Digital print on rag paper Original art created via computer	“Beseeching the Heavens: Hearts” Canvas, acrylic paint, beads, thread, photo Book object
Mosaic Digital	“Visual Poets’ Picnic” Digital file on printed on cotton poplin, hung from pole Visual Poetry conceptual quilt

K.S. (Kathy) Ernst, Visual Poetry
K.S. (Kathy) Ernst was born in St. Louis, MO, but spent most of her adult life in New Jersey about an hour from New York City. She became "K.S." when she married and found herself to be the third Kathy Ernst in the family.
The unifying concept in Ernst's work is language. She is fascinated by words and letters as symbols -their basic symbolic make-up as well as their representational use. The spoken word is just noise and a written word is only a marking. Both are ephemeral and incomplete means to represent something else. Thus it is words and letters rather than a given medium that form a common thread through all her work.
Much of Ernst's work is painted, collaged, or digital. In addition She uses three-dimensional letters in free-standing assemblages or in books with pages made of wood. Other objects have three-dimensional non-alphabetic subjects that take the place of part of the text. Many of her digital pieces are output in very large format. Additionally, she performs with the Be Blank Consort (John M. Bennett, Scott Helmes, Sheila Murphy, and others) at various exhibitions where the group attempts to "read" the artwork.
More of Ernst's work, referred to as "visual poetry," can be seen at http://www.thing.net/~grist/ld/ernst/ernst.htm. Documentation of her work and her papers are in the Avant Writing Collection Rare of the Books and Manuscripts at The Ohio State University Library and the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Collection of Concrete and Visual Poetry as well as galleries and museums across the U.S.

Dottie Moore is the author of Lives in Process
The Second Fifty Years

Dottie Moore is a studio quilt artist living in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Since 1980 her award-winning works have been exhibited, collected, and published throughout the world, and commissioned by many individuals, corporations, and hospitals.
Dottie has been featured in numerous publications including Threads, American Quilter (front cover in addition to article), Art Quilt Magazine, Quilter’s Newsletter, and Traditional Home by Better Homes and Gardens. She is author of the CD book, Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years by Ladybug Press and one of the chapter authors of Midlife Clarity: Epiphanies from Grown-Up Girls by Beyond Words Publishing Company.
She is passionate about the power of the creative process for transforming lives and is founder of “Piecing a Quilt of Life,” an international project dedicated to empowering senior women by recognizing their creative abilities. Students and audiences for her classes and lectures include visual artists, musicians, writers, storytellers, women’s groups, college students, and quilters.
You can email Dottie

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http://www.dottiemoore.com/

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