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The mail man left me a rubber banded stack of paperbag envelopes today. I have seven copies of this new magazine from Spain. I am completely flummoxed. My spanish is just barely enough to understand that writer, J. M. León Moriche, has captured my thoughts about person to person conversations among the citizens of many nations. ArtePatchwork serves Spain and Europe. For those of you who are bilingual, have fun with the website.

There are seven additional artists featured with good, four color, images. I have magazines for each of you. I find that leaves not one for myself. I shall have to scan and print for my portfolio. I don’t know who will get the slightly used copy. Here’s the list:

Eve Under Scrutiny, Pamela Allen, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Rebirth, Scott Murkin, Asheboro, North Carolina

Choices I, Peg Keeney, Harbor Springs, Michigan

Trapped, Lisa Chipetine, West Hempstead, New York

The Coat of Old Responsibility, Jane Herrick, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Who’s Counting, Eileen Doughty, Vienna, Virginia

What We Know, Lauralyn Sciretta, Tucson, Arizona

The article is magnificent. León Moriche has grasped the concept of societal commentary.  His appreciation of that concept combined with textile art is evident. When I find assistance for a professional translation I will see to it that the artists receive a copy. In the meantime, I’m over the moon.

I think this publication is suitable for every textile artist world wide. Not only will it serve to tweek your multilingual struggles, the text is exploratory and intelligent. The magazine is probably two thirds editorial reportage. The balance of the information is focused on those of us who are still learning. It is not just patchwork, it is threads, and yarns, and all sorts of learning. Well worth the quality of the printing and the images.

It’s a lesson to bureaucrats in the United States that we, as citizens, should honor our hispanic compadres by matching their efforts to be not only bilingual and multilingual but to become multilingual and multiliterate ourselves as well.