Chatelain, Hollis
Hollis Chatelain
Hillsborough, NC USA
Email: Hollis Chatelain
Web Site: HollisArt.com
Quilting Since: 1990
Teaching Since: 1990
Teaches: Locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Offers: Lectures, full-day workshops, half-day workshops, and multiple-day workshops.
Specializes in: Painting images with dyes, quilting as the third design aspect, dye-paint your images/bring them to life with quilting, drawing, color, and marketing.
Hollis Chatelain was born and raised in Pennsylvania, but lived fourteen years of her adult life overseas in Switzerland and in four West African countries. In1996, she moved back to the US. She now lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Hollis’ educational background is in design and photography.. Hollis started her career as a textile artist in Africa. Her interest was sparked by the richness and beauty of African fabrics which are ever so integrated into the everyday life of Africans. Her distinctive use of colors and imagery, as well as her dye-painted scenes of multicultural life, have brought her international recognition. Hollis’ work can be found in public and private collections in Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and North America.
In addition to creating her textile art, Hollis frequently juries art or quilt shows, and she lectures and leads workshops on drawing, color, dye painting, quilting, and West African textiles.
Hillsborough, NC USA
Email: Hollis Chatelain
Web Site: HollisArt.com
Quilting Since: 1990
Teaching Since: 1990
Teaches: Locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Offers: Lectures, full-day workshops, half-day workshops, and multiple-day workshops.
Specializes in: Painting images with dyes, quilting as the third design aspect, dye-paint your images/bring them to life with quilting, drawing, color, and marketing.
Hollis Chatelain was born and raised in Pennsylvania, but lived fourteen years of her adult life overseas in Switzerland and in four West African countries. In1996, she moved back to the US. She now lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Hollis’ educational background is in design and photography.. Hollis started her career as a textile artist in Africa. Her interest was sparked by the richness and beauty of African fabrics which are ever so integrated into the everyday life of Africans. Her distinctive use of colors and imagery, as well as her dye-painted scenes of multicultural life, have brought her international recognition. Hollis’ work can be found in public and private collections in Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and North America.
In addition to creating her textile art, Hollis frequently juries art or quilt shows, and she lectures and leads workshops on drawing, color, dye painting, quilting, and West African textiles.
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