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Lincoln City’s Fiber Arts Studio Gallery will showcase works by textile designer Susan Webb Rebecchi in its latest show, opening this Friday, April 5.
This informative and inspirational exhibit shows the design process from initial sketches, design layout and painted artwork to printed textiles.
The exhibit opens with a public reception from 2 to 5 pm on Friday, April 5, at which Webb Rebecchi will share insights into the manufacturing of couture home furnishings sold through interior designers and give a brief history of international textile design.
Webb Rebecchi grew up on the Oregon Coast but spent her professional years as a textile designer in New Your City. Her initial experience was as a designer and colorist in the studio of the French home furnishing company Brunschwig and Fils.
After 10 years working with museum documents and supervising the manufacturing of fabrics and wall coverings, she decided that she was ready to work independently. She created her own company and licensed her original designs in the US and Europe.
During her 35 years as a designer she had the opportunity to travel, researching design and overseeing the manufacturing of her work in Europe, India, Morocco and Japan.
In 2010 she returned to Oregon with her husband where she continued working from her Portland studio. Being in Oregon offered the opportunity to explore new creative directions and mediums. She also began sharing her creative process and love of historic design through lectures to students and professionals.
The exhibit will be on display through June 3 at the gallery, located inside the Lincoln City Cultural Center at 540 NE Hwy. 101
For more information, call 541-994-9994 or go to lincolncity-culturalcenter.org.
• The Webb Rebecchi exhibit will be open to view until 7 pm on Friday, April 5, to coordinate with opening receptions at the Pacific Artists Co-op Gallery and the Artists’ Studio Association, which are having a joint artists reception on the same evening from 5 to 7 pm.
Running from 5 to 7 pm, the Pacific Artists Co-op Gallery reception will feature new art, music, refreshments and artist demonstrations. The gallery is located at 620 NE Hwy. 101, just across NE 6th Street from the cultural center.