Should you be out and about this winter, there’s a show in Cortlandt that will hook you for sure. Located in the Cortlandt Town Hall (1 Heady Street—for directions, see below), Cortlandt Fiber Arts: A Contemporary Survey, featuring our own Marilyn Bottjer’s works among them, is on view through February 1, 2024. Marilyn’s work there includes our own recently Resident-Website-featured “Thriftilla,” crafted from upcycled fabrics ranging from t-shirts to tea towels and combined with new materials. Marilyn transforms the discarded materials beyond their original purpose.
Marilyn has been a traditional rug hooker for over 50 years. Indeed, she’s taught at the American Folk Art Museum, Connecticut’s Brookville Craft Center, and the Croton Cortlandt Center for the Arts. And she’s led the Hudson River Rug Hookers, centered in Croton, for 30 years, along with exhibiting widely in the US, Canada, & Japan. Her work has been published in fiber arts books, seen on TV, & is in private collections, as well. Among the other of her works in the Cortlandt show are:
Mermaid Tales
Red Comet
Palisades Sunset
For directions to the show at Cortlandt Town Hall, click here