Book Launch + Closing Reception
09/22/11, 6-9pm
Girls’ Club
117 NE 2 Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
www.girlsclubcollection.org

In conjunction with the solo exhibition Frances Trombly: Paintings, Girls’ Club is pleased to announce publication of Frances Trombly: Paintings, the exhibition catalog. The public is cordially invited to attend a book launch event and closing reception for the exhibition, which closes permanently September 30, 2011. The artist will be present, and copies of the book will be available to view and to pre-order. Also on view is one of a limited edition book (a total of ten in the edition) bound in Trombly’s hand-woven cloth.

Designed by Miami graphic designers Fulano, Inc., the catalog features full color photos of works in the exhibition and recent and related works of conceptual needlework by Trombly, an artist born and raised in Miami. Catalog texts include essays by MoCA North Miami Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater, critic and art historian Jenni Sorkin, conceptual fiber artist Elaine Reichek, and a work of fiction by Girls’ Club Writer-in-Residence Denise Delgado. The catalog is 108 pages, cloth bound, $40, and is available on the Girls’ Club web site shop page – www.girlsclubcollection.org/store.

The exhibition Frances Trombly: Paintings was made possible with funds from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and private donors.