Good news! There will soon be 2 opportunities in different parts of the country to see my original artwork. The Bedtime Stitches touring exhibition will be in South Carolina and 4 pieces from Pocketful of Posies will be included in a group show in Illinois.

Salley Mavor: Bedtimes Stitches, the touring exhibition of original illustrations for MY BED, keeps chugging along. Since its debut in 2020 at the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit, MA, five large boxes packed with the show’s framed artwork and information panels have crisscrossed the country about a dozen times. Every time they’re shipped off, I hope and pray that everything arrives safely! I feel that it’s worth the risk because how else are people from different locations going to have the experience of seeing the detail and 3-dimentional quality of my original pieces?

The next opportunity to see Bedtime Stitches is coming right up! The exhibition will be on view March 2 – May 5, 2024 at the Upcountry History Museum in Greenville, SC. This is the third time that my work has been exhibited there and they always put together a beautiful display.

I’ve spent much of this month in Rob’s workshop, customizing new extra sturdy, multi-layered cardboard boxes for shipping the framed pieces. The first set of boxes were reused so many times that they were practically held together with multi-layers of tape. These new boxes should hold up for a few more trips back and forth. Doing this kind of work isn’t as peaceful as sitting and stitching, but making sure my art is packed safely is an important part of the job!

If you have time to get totally lost in the wee world, please visit this page, which lists dozens of links to posts about the process of making the artwork for MY BED. The book is available worldwide where books are sold. Signed copies are for sale on my shop.

The Bedtimes Stitches exhibition has been such a success that I’m open to extending the tour into and perhaps beyond 2026. I do not send proposals, but inquiries and invitations from museum directors and curators are welcome. Upcoming locations for Bedtime Stitches are listed below.

SALLEY MAVOR: BEDTIME STITCHES Touring Exhibition Schedule
March 2 – May 5, 2024, Upcountry History Museum, Greenville, SC
July 27, 2024 – mid-Feb. 2025, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY. Bedtime Stitches and Social Fabric will be displayed together.
April – July, 2025, Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center, Peterborough, NH
Aug. 25 – Nov. 20, 2025, Concordia’s Marxhausen Art Gallery, Seward, NE
Sponsored by Plum Creek Literacy Festival/ Concordia University Nebraska.

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A is for ART: Highlights from Past Exhibitions
Feb. 25 – April 28, 2024

Four original bas-relief illustrations from Pocketful of Posies will be included
in a special 50th anniversary recap exhibit at the
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
2600 Richview Rd.
Mount Vernon, IL

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