February 2013 - Athens State University

Poster Design: Guy McClure
Athens State University / Feb 2013

Heritage Hall Museum Exhibition: More Than "Just A Craft"

Needlepoint             "fire flies"      © Debra Eubanks Riffe

Last week was ca-ra-zy!
The past five days have been tornadic.

I, generally, like to have a little more control over my calendar: who I need to meet, where I have to be at any given moment. It's important for me to pause every once in a while and assess whether or not I'm making progress. It was virtually impossible to pause, at the end of each day last week, and feel a sense of accomplishment. Staying on top of email messages, driving to appointments, carving blocks. All of it collided and by day three I had a real moment of clarity. Creating and selling my art is now a full blown business.

Today I'm back in my happy place. I'm in my studio working on new linoleum cuts and drinking caffeine (my ONLY vice). The phone is turned OFF!  The television is turned OFF!  I'm listening to Radio Classics on SiriusXM Radio and lovin' it. I'm in Debbe's World.

Moving forward . . . I've been invited to exhibit at the Heritage Hall Museum in Talladega, AL located at 200 South Street, East. Titled: MORE THAN "JUST A CRAFT": Needlepoint and Printmaking Art of Debra Eubanks Riffe - the artist reception will be Sunday, February 10th from 2:00 - 3:30PM.  You're invited. Attached is the front of the invitation/card that was mailed to patrons.

If you're not on my mailing list and you'd like to be notified about future exhibits contact me at: debra.riffe@gmail.com. See you next Sunday.

Bluff Park Permanent Collection Purchase Award

"the birds of gideon roam the sky"

I AM AN ARTIST !

Freedom Rides Museum - Road to Equality

Yesterday, I stood on hallowed ground . . . the old Greyhound station in Montgomery, Alabama which is now a museum dedicated to the Freedom Riders.

I am one of five Alabama artists selected to participate in the Freedom Rides Museum exhibition: "ROAD TO EQUALITY - The 1961 Freedom Rides." The exhibit will be on view for one year and is an exhibition of art inspired by the Freedom Rides. The museum is located in the historic Greyhound Bus Station located at 210 South Court Street (corner of Court Street and Adams Avenue).













You can read the history about the Freedom Riders here. Fifteen years ago, I was employed with Black Belt Press, a small publishing house. The building where I worked, the Moore Building was and still remains located directly across the street from the bus station. At that time, the bus station had been long abandoned and was boarded up. I thought that it was just another old structure that would be demolished in short order. Little did I know that it was the historic bus station where civil rights activists, who rode interstate buses in defiance of Jim Crow laws which forbade segregated seating on public transportation, were met by a white mob and were beaten with baseball bats and iron pipes while local police stood by. The rest is history.

I met a few of the Freedom Riders who attended
the exhibition opening. It was a very humbling experience to talk with individuals who had put their lives on the line . . . for me.

The other artists participating in this exhibition are giants in their respective disciplines.
From left to right: Darius Hill, Joe Minter, Debra Riffe, Charlie "Tin Man" Lucas and Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.  

Parnell Memorial Library Exhibit

Poster Design: The Type Shop, Inc., Montevallo AL

2011 KENTUCK Festival of the Arts

"Art in the Gardens" , June 5-6, 2010

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Aldridge Botanical Gardens (2009) 7th Annual Art in the Gardens

I've just received my notification and exhibition space assignment for the 7th Annual Art in the Gardens show.

I hope that you'll make plans to attend. Stop by and say hello.

I'll be looking for you!

Four Linoleum Blocks

Art Festival Schedule Update

Those of you who have looked at my web site have discovered that my art festival schedule for this season is not posted. Don't ask why. Here is my schedule for the next few months:

August 6 - September 13th
NEEDLEPOINT - "A Point to Remember"
Birmingham Public Library, 4th Floor Gallery

August 4 - September 3rd
Hoover Public Library
Bluff Park Art Show Preview

September 5 - 6th
ArtWalk
I'll be located at Brantley Engineering 2401 2nd Avenue North.

September 7th
Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Show
Opening reception 12 Noon-3pm

October 4th
Bluff Park Art Show
Always the First Saturday of October!

October 18 - 19th Kentuck Festival of the Arts***
I am on the official "wait" list having made the cut for my category.
Still waiting to be contacted for participation.

November 7th - December 19th
Cobb Lane Art Gallery
Opening reception November 7th, 5-8pm

December 5 - 7th / Linoleum Block Printing Class
Alabama Folk School at Camp McDowell, Nauvoo


That's it for now. Keep checking my blog for updates.