April Gavin Art

My anxiety has been very high. On Tuesday, the Bay Area woke up to the familiar smell of smoke from nearby wildfires. The smoke ebbs at...

"Democracy does not lose by sharing its privileges. It loses by denying them." - Langston Hughes He wrote these words in the 1940s in res...

Love empowers diversity. Fear empowers conformity. I saw this sign at the encampment at the University on/off-ramp. The statement hang...

Greetings everyone, The whole world is at sea right now and we are temporarily lost. We're lost because the people we expect to lead do ...

Greetings all, The coyotes have been howling in our cities and taking naps on what once were busy streets. A doe ran past me on Alston W...

Greetings, Bestus friendus maximus Michael Lownie sent me this homemade birthday card last week. It sums up how I'm doing. Some of you w...

Greetings all, Back in September during a different catastrophe, I decided to make a new quilt for myself. I began by dyeing several yar...

This past month, I took an experimental drawing class at Kala with Theadora Varnay Jones. Her teaching included drawing on transparent s...

Greetings, I didn't want to let the New Year pass without a post on what I've been up to and what's up for this year. One of the things ...

Greetings all, The Etsy shop is open and ready. You can access it on my website or on Etsy at April Gavin Textile Art. Etsy is an unrul...

Greetings, Is everyone feeling like Opossum these days? Upside down, hanging on by your tail, with an "Oh Dear!" look on your face. A...

Greetings Everyone, For the last few months, I've been subscribing to textile artist Bobbi Baugh and am enjoying her technique and her s...

Solano Stroll: I'm vending a the Solano Stroll on Sunday, September 8th from 10-5. If you've never been to the Solano Stroll, it's a la...

New Art: Greetings, Before I go back to teaching for the next two weeks, I wanted to share what just came out of the studio. This small...

Greetings all, Summer camp starts next week and my first week is Mixed Media Madness. But before I get absorbed in teaching art to small...

Greetings Everyone, I'm finally back to work in my new studio and it is a dream to work in. First thing is to get my samples ready for C...

Greetings everyone, A quick update on two things from my last post. I'm super excited to announce that I'll be teaching at Handcraft Stu...

Greetings everyone, For those of you in the bay area, the beginning of Spring is glorious. It's been a while since I've posted primarily ...

Greetings everyone, A New Year's post to enliven the day. I have a few things to update. First, my three Saturdays at the Ecology Cente...

Greetings, I'll be vending at the Ecology Center's winter craft fair in Berkeley on three consecutive Saturdays - December 8th, 15th, an...