The Dooryard Gallery--Goetzinger

Join the artist for the opening of "Vanishing Point," a collection of mixed media textile
constructions, Saturday, May 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. The exhibition continues through June 2.

Karen Goetzinger is an award winning artist, teacher, and lecturer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Design
with a minor in Fine Arts. Since 2004 she has taught at the Ottawa School of Art and is an instructor in the school’s Fine
Contemporary Craft Mentoring Program.

Karen is known and sought after for her finely detailed mixed media textile works that are influenced by her roots in
traditional quilt making, couture construction, and her life-long passion for the urban landscape. Her works have been
exhibited by public and private galleries in Canada and the United States, in museums, at regional art exhibitions
throughout North America, hang in private collections internationally and are featured in the recently released book “500
Art Quilts” (Lark Books a division of Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.).

"In a world increasingly enthralled with high speed technology and quantity over quality production goals, I employ
techniques that compel me to savor the process of creating; from the exhilaration of selecting colors and textures to the
rhythmic lullaby of stitching by hand. It is through this slow reordering of materials that I am able to contemplate and
expand my ideas for each work. Layers of new meaning are often revealed with each unhurried step. I create not to
clothe bodies or cover beds, but to engage viewers in an interaction with a visual art form that can indeed communicate
emotion, meaning and a lasting message."