Reception Friday for New Textiles Exhibit

A fun evening is planned this Friday.

The Olive Hyde Art Gallery’s 47th Annual Textiles Exhibit opens with a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 19.

The exhibit will run through July 18, 2015.

This annual exhibit began in 1968 in recognition of the Art Center’s original benefactor and Textile Art enthusiast, Olive Hyde. Primarily a quilt exhibition in its early years, this annual show currently spans a broad spectrum of the textile arts.

As one of Olive Hyde’s most popular exhibits, this year’s Textile Show will feature the work of artists’ well known in the Bay Area as well as that of several others who have exhibited extensively throughout the United States.

Curator Gloria Kim has selected the work of 21 contemporary Bay Area artists that include Adriane Dedic, Ann May, Denise Oyama Miller, Diane Goff, Emi Tabuchi, Geri Patterson-Kutrs Giny Dixon, Irene Schlesinger, Jeri Bodemar, Joan Dyer, Kay Hille-Hatten, Melba Vincent, Michael Rohde, Miran Lee, Mirka Knaster, Moitreyee Chowdhury, Nancy Bardach, Nancy Ryan, Sandra Wagner, Schatzi Brimer, and Susan Helmer, creating an exhibit featuring the spectrum of today’s Textile Arts.

The Olive Hyde Art Gallery is open Thursday through Sunday, from noon to 5 p.m. The Opening reception is Friday, June 19, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Olive Hyde Art Gallery, 123 Washington Blvd. in Fremont. For more information call 510-791-4357.