This new exhibit “Leaf Love Stories” celebrates the newest work of fiber artist, Rebecca Yeomans. In this show, each creation has a story – from finding inspiration in the Barbie movie, to picking tobacco, to using ink derived from guns. The pieces in this show represent over a year of gathering leaves and materials and making art on almost a daily basis. Rebecca has used this show to explore new things while learning a great deal, and delighting in all the swirling ideas this process stirs up.
The piece titled ‘Keep Looking Up’ has a featured role in the short documentary that was recently filmed about Rebecca’s creative process of contact botanical printing. She explains that “The phrase carries a double meaning: when foraging, I “keep looking up” and all around for leaves; when making, I keep an optimistic outlook by striving to add beauty, joy, and wonder to our world through art.” The film “Full Circle: Fiber Art by Rebecca Yeomans” captures the artist in her home studio and foraging for leaves and other botanical materials to create her original art. It will be released to the public in June of 2025 but has already received several accolades from several film festivals. As of August, it is an official selection in Lift-Off Global Network Los Angeles and Raleigh Film & Art Festival (Best Documentary Category).
Join us in the gallery on Sunday, September 15th, from 2-5pm. Enjoy special refreshments, meet our artists, and enjoy live music by violinist, Shirley Lebo! On view along with this exhibit will be a new exhibit “The Light Within: Photograms by Melissa Wilgis. In addition, we feature continuously rotating art featuring 30+ of Art in Bloom Gallery’s Artists!
About the Artist
Rebecca Yeomans has lived her entire life centered around making. She learned to knit at eight years old and was considered the “class artist” in school. She studied studio art at UNC-Chapel Hill, receiving a BFA in 1974. After earning an MFA from Auburn University in 1979 she taught there for several years. Rebecca and her husband Tom moved to Wilmington, NC in 1984 and she worked as a scenic artist in the film industry. She was a founding board member for DREAMS of Wilmington and later taught classes. After she and Tom raised two artsy daughters, Rebecca quickly moved into full time artist mode. Her current work combines botanical printing, knitting, and stitching with a painterly feel.
Gallery events are always free and open to the public. On view along with these exhibits, Art in Bloom Gallery showcases a plethora of fine art by over 30 local artists. The gallery is open Monday–Saturday 10am–7pm and Sunday 12-6pm and is now located in Mayfaire Town Center at 6866 Main Street in Wilmington, NC.
If you prefer to shop from home the Art in Bloom Gallery Website (www.aibgallery.com) is always open! Purchase art online and pick up at the door or take advantage of our free local delivery. Plus we can also ship anywhere within the U.S. Art in Bloom also offers complementary gift wrapping and gift cards available.