Gail Crosman Moore – November 2026 – November 10-12
Website: https://www.gailcrosmanmoore.com
Gail Crosman Moore is an award-winning multi disciplinary artist, bringing many years of experience and education, both as a teacher and student. Her BFA from Mass College of Art was in art education, which allowed her to explore the entire spectrum of the visual and tactile arts, and to build a love of surface, form, texture and color that transcends any one media. She has taught students of all ages and abilities, and has a wide following of admirers who are willing to cross disciplines to work with her.
Her work has been recognized and awarded through publication in many trade magazines including Ornament, Beadwork, Bead and Button, Lamagga, and several books have included her work in felt, glass, metals and paper. Awards include Saul Bell, 2009, an ART Grant and invitations to teach abroad which include trips to Japan, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain, Lithuania and the Bahamas.
There is a richness on many levels regarding Gail’s rudimentary forms of inspiration. Pods, eggs, seeds and seashells serve to hide, conceal and protect a vulnerable interior as it offers unseen potential: opening doors to hope, beauty and mystery.
Seeds, pods, bones, cocoons, shells, cells and eggs; the evidence of lives previously lived or in the process of becoming, are some of what capture her attention and drive her to interpret the forms that embody the essence of emergence, evolution and potential.
Although Gail’s work has spanned many different fields and materials, a lifelong obsession with the essential, ancient seed pod has informed her work in all media. Whether she is painting, hammering, folding, sewing, or working in fire, it doesn’t matter what materials are in her hands – it’s certain that the varied forms of the Pod, the vessel of life, will emerge.
In-person and Virtual Lecture: Tuesday, November 10, 9:30 am:
Nature as Nurture and Muse
Gail’s lecture is series of images of her inspirations, followed by the work generated through influence. There is a richness on many levels regarding Gail’s rudimentary forms of inspiration. Pods, eggs, seeds and seashells serve to hide, conceal and protect a vulnerable interior as it offers unseen potential: opening doors to hope, beauty and mystery. Gail’s pieces come from a place where biology and botany might meet time travel.
In-Person Workshop: A Marriage of Shrink Plastic and Wool – Exploring Texture, Style, Form
Nov 10 – 1:00pm – 4pm (CT)
Nov 11 – 9:30am – 4pm (CT)
Nov 12 – 9:30am – 4pm (CT)
In the workshop, we will be exploring two materials in particular: wool and shrink plastic. Our job will be to explore both materials, changing the shape of plastic using molds and holding wool in shape with gelatin. In keeping with our “commitment to embroidery” we can create holes in the plastic before shrinking, letting us sew through them.
Gail will supply all materials.