Art has always been a huge part of my life. As a child, my favorite activity was making art. In school my favorite classes were the art classes. I taught art at a summer camp, while putting myself through college. I taught art as part of my curriculum while teaching religious school at a synagogue. During my college years I first learned to sew and then I learned to quilt, including all the traditional methods of quilting. In 1998, I began making up my own designs that required my own rules to complete. That is when my work evolved into fiber art.

As a cancer survivor, my fiber art endeavor has taken center stage helping me to heal and give me spiritual strength. During my fight with cancer, I became involved in creating lively works of color to decorate  the chemo rooms at the James Cancer Center. Each treatment visit I would donate another art piece for another room. Eventually I, along with a group of ten women, all breast cancer patients in various phases of treatment, gathered together to create The James Stitching Sisters. Our goals were to make and distribute comfort quilts to all women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer at the James Cancer Hospital.

 My work has taken various turns in its evolution, as I studied with various masters of the fiber art world; Carol Bryer Fallert, Micky Lawler, Christine Zoller, Vikki Pignatelli, Laura Wasilowski, Ellen Anne Eddy, Maggie Grey, Dale Rollerson, Diane Hire, And Betty Cotton. Fiber art allows me to express my spiritual beliefs, to deal with life and health issues and crises, and allows me to express my joy of life through color, texture, and form. I am currently experimenting with fabric alterations in mixed media formats, and creating pieces in 3 dimensions, as well as spiritual and Judaic religious pieces.

I have several ongoing series. One series focuses on monochromatic use of color. A second series focuses on radial design elements, such as those that occur in kaleidoscopes. A third series focuses on manipulations of fiber, shape, and form using mixed media. My religious work is ongoing-as my inner spiritual voice manifests itself in my art.

            I am a member of:

The National Quilting Association

The American Guild of Judaic Art

Off Our Blocks Fiber Arts Group

On the remaining tabs are lists of exhibits and private collections that contain my work. Thank you for visiting my website. I hope you enjoy looking at the samples of my work.

 

Linda Goldfarb, Fiber Artist

Exhibits

Ohio State Fair - August, 2003

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo ( National Expo) - 2004

Ursus Art Space Upper Arlington, OH - March, 2006

Gahanna City Hall, Gahanna OH - August, 2007

High Road Gallery Worthington, OH - January, 2007

Quilt Trends Columbus, OH - June, 2007

Grove City Municipal Building - July, 2007

Village of Groveport Town Hall Gallery - March, 2007

Grove City Municipal Building - March, 2007

Gallery Walk Gahanna, OH - September-November, 2007

Logan Art Gallery Logan OH - September-October, 2007

Mac Worthington Gallery Columbus, OH - 2008

Dublin Arts Council Dublin OH - July, 2008

AINA-Art in New Albany Temple Beth Shalom - May, 2008

Shremshock Architects Gallery Westerville, OH - September-October, 2008

Schmidt Gallery Cleveland, OH - September, 2008

High Road Gallery Worthington, OH - January, 2009

Australian Quilt Convention Melbourne, Australia - February-March, 2009

Textile Art Festival Brisbane Australia - May 2009

Inniswood Metro Gardens Westerville, OH - June, 2009

Western Australia Craft Quilt and Stitch Show Perth Australia - July-August, 2009

Knitting and Stitching Show London, England - October, 2009

 

Private Collections

Chaverah Shir Chadash, Ashland Oregon

Hospice of Cleveland ,Ohio

The James Care Cancer Clinic Dublin, Ohio

Portland, Oregon

Livingston, New Jersey

Burlington, Vermont

Cleveland, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Wake Forest, North Carolina

Camp LeJune, North Carolina

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Atlanta, Georgia

Detroit, Michigan

Columbus Public Schools, Columbus, Ohio