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Lila Nelson: A Deeper Dive (Part one of Tapestry Tales: A two-Part Zoom Lecture Series)

December 2, 2020 Robbie LaFleur

Lila Nelson: A Deeper Dive.
Virtual Presentation by Robbie LaFleur.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 7-8:30 pm CST

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The Vesterheim Webinar is up on YouTube (for now)

September 28, 2020 Robbie LaFleur

Last week I presented a webinar for Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, “From Kindness to Cutting Satire: Lila Nelson’s Tapestries Embraced the World and Its Politics.”

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Lila Nelson: Guessing at her Design Process

September 25, 2020 Robbie LaFleur

I thoroughly enjoyed presenting a webinar this week for Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, “From Kindness to Cutting Satire: Lila Nelson’s Tapestries Embraced the World and Its

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Oh Lila–You Wove so many Cat Tapestries!

September 21, 2020 Robbie LaFleur

I have been preparing for my Zoom webinar with Vesterheim Folk Art School. It’s tomorrow, September 22. The cut-off for signing up is early Tuesday

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Are these Tapestry Eaglets?

September 9, 2020 Robbie LaFleur

I am preparing for an upcoming Zoom lecture for Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum on September 22, 2020, “From Kindness to Cutting Satire: Lila Nelson’s Tapestries

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Hiawatha and the Holidays

December 10, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

Norwegian-American tapestry weaver and embroiderer Pauline Fjelde paid an amazing tribute to her adopted country when she spent more than ten years weaving the monumental

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See my visit to the American Tapestry Alliance show at Landmark Center in St. Paul, Small Tapestry International 7: Elements. It’s so great! I’ve posted photos of my visit at robbielafleur.com these are photos of pieces by Louise Halsey, Joan Griffin, and Ulrikka Mokdad. #americantapestryalliance #tapestryweaving #tapestry #smalltapestryinternational #ulrikkamokdad #landmarkcenterstpaul #galleryofwoodart
Happy Easter! Bunny cakes forever. Multigenerational. Fitz, with his first cake, was more excited about eating the jellybeans than using them for decoration. #bunnycake #bunnycakes
Day six of our six day Arizona visit. I always take a pipe loom and have a small tapestry planned. “Planned” is the operative word this time! Not even a header woven. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinsragram
My mother turned 90 and we came to Phoenix to celebrate! She makes 90 look good.
Super lame art alert! That’s a selfie, me in the glare of a framed simple square of bright weaving. At least they like textiles, I thought. But NO! It is a PHOTO of a striped plain weave square. Are you kidding me? This decorates the bathroom in a high-end resort in Scottsdale. We are visiting my mom for her 90th birthday.
“Burn, 2020,” complete. Read the longer story at robbielaeur.com. Find the woven syringe. #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #handwoven #weavingmn #contemporaryweaving #tapestry #fiberart #fibreart

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