{"id":4863,"date":"2010-10-12T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2023-03-06T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T20:18:45","slug":"help-create-art-inspired-by-endangered-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/help-create-art-inspired-by-endangered-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Create Art Inspired by Endangered Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This month, we&#8217;re highlighting the works of various fiber artists currently showing around the country and the world. If you&#8217;d like to suggest an artist or an exhibit, please feel free to leave a comment and let us know! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone lazyload\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" title=\"TPP\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/TPP.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger Pelt Project by Ruth Marshall\" width=\"274\" height=\"360\" align=\"right\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone lazyload\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" title=\"TPP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/TPP.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger Pelt Project by Ruth Marshall\" width=\"274\" height=\"360\" align=\"right\"><\/noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthmarshall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruth Marshall<\/a>, a fiber artist based in New York City, is looking for volunteer knitters to help her create knitted tiger pelts, her latest fine art textile project, sponsored in part by Lion Brand. Ruth has been studying archived tiger pelts at the American Museum of Natural History, and she currently participating in the Open Studio Program at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Museum of Art &amp; Design<\/a> located at Columbus Circle, in Manhattan, every Friday until December 3rd, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>On YarnCraft, our radio-style podcast, my co-host Liz and I also had the pleasure of talking to Ruth about her fascinating work, which draws attention to various endangered big cat species. (Click here to listen to that episode [MP3]; the interview with Ruth starts at about 11:14.)<\/p>\n<p>If you are an experienced knitter in the NYC-area, particularly with experience in intarsia and multi-colored yarns and would like to hang out and knit at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Museum of Art &amp; Design<\/a>, please contact Ruth by visiting her website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthmarshall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RuthMarshall.com<\/a>, and clicking on the &#8220;contact&#8221; button which will open up an email window.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ruth&#8217;s previous work has been exhibited across North America at such institutions as the Hunterdon Museum, San Jose Museum, Indiana State Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, MassArt, Museum of Art &amp; Design, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery &#8211; Brooklyn &amp; Berlin, as well as various art fairs in Miami, FL; Chicago, IL; Paris, France; and Istanbul, Turkey. Awards include the BRIO-Bronx Council of the Arts. Ruth will be featured in two books coming out next spring, and will participate in &#8220;Green: A Color and a Cause&#8221;, at the Textile Museum, Washington D.C. in 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthmarshall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RuthMarshall.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Museum of Art &amp; Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YarnCraft Episode 60 :: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Fiber Artists Ruth Marshall &amp; Nathan Vincent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, we&#8217;re highlighting the works of various fiber artists currently showing around the country and the world. If you&#8217;d like to suggest an artist or an exhibit, please feel free to leave a comment and let us know! 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