Oct 23, 2025 | Tabloid art history
Jean-François Millet’s painting features three gleaners (rural women who gathered the scraps of wheat left over from the harvest). In the distance, a bevy of farmers, both men and women, harvest the best wheat for themselves. Some stand idly by their overflowing...
Oct 3, 2025 | New Artwork
Sonia Delaunay’s Quilt, 12 x 12 x 2 inches, white floater frame. When my children were young and home sick from school, I would wrap them in a patchwork quilt that my aunt made from scraps of cloth. We called it the “sick quilt,” which contained magical powers that...
Sep 26, 2025 | Upcoming events
October 24 is United Nations Day. This day marks the anniversary in 1945 of the signing of the UN Charter, the founding document of the United Nations. The material I use to make my art, abaca, is recognized by the UN as a “future fiber” due to its ability...
Sep 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sunrise in Truro, 48 x 36 x 2 inches. Cotton and abaca pulp, pigment, pearlescent pigment. Private collection. A family affair: a birthday gift is a paper making workshop. I love this photo: Mom cannot put the turkey baster down-the tool we use for pulp painting. Can...
Jul 30, 2025 | Tabloid art history
Shape Shifting, 13 x 13 x 1 inches, white floater frame. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us -Impressionism lecture attendee Berthe Morisot, Summer's Day, (1879), National Gallery of Art, London. Last week I presented a lecture about Impressionist Art at a...
Jul 16, 2025 | News from the studio
About Sara Gilfert Sara Gilfert learned the art of Japaneses hand paper making with the renowned paper artist Kazuhiko Ando. In 2002, with Rural Action as a fiscal agent, Sara to Nelsonville, Ohio and renovated the current 35 West Columbus Street. In 2003, Paper...
