{"id":170,"date":"2010-04-26T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2010-04-26T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T14:00:00","slug":"the-archie-brennan-project-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":">The Archie Brennan Project Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>><\/p>\n<p>Almost two years ago, I began transcribing Archie Brennan\u2019s life story which I asked him to write, as well as his many essays and articles written over the course of his 60+ years of weaving tapestries.&#160; He is an excellent record keeper, and going through his files is an exciting adventure!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/S9Wcbru7wgI\/AAAAAAAAB7A\/72NQg2hYBLc\/s1600-h\/Wed.%20Group%20Kingston%20openingArchie%20%28Medium%29%5B3%5D.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"Wed. Group Kingston openingArchie (Medium)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Wed. Group Kingston openingArchie (Medium)\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/S9WccD81UjI\/AAAAAAAAB7E\/ODFKI1QY0Rg\/Wed.%20Group%20Kingston%20openingArchie%20%28Medium%29_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"306\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Several years ago I edited and published a book which took a couple of years to assemble.&#160; The \u201cArchie Project\u201d is considerably larger and is progressing nicely, with about 75 pages of text so far! I am committed to putting together a book about Archie that covers his life story, shares his probing, often humorous, thoughts on many aspects of tapestry weaving in various cultures, and showcases as many of his 450 woven tapestries as space will allow.<\/p>\n<p>The blog is<font color=\"#0000ff\"> <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archiebrennanproject.com\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">here<\/font><\/a>!&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Two other Wednesday Groupers are helping with this project!&#160; Barbara Burns is working on creating a retrospective exhibition of Archie\u2019s work, and she and Sarah Doyle and I are also cataloging all of Archie\u2019s photographed works into a catalog raisonne which will be an appendix to the book.&#160; Hopefully, we can also create a DVD of works to be included in the book.&#160; It\u2019s a big project, and we are all volunteers!&#160; <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m seeking input, in the form of contributions of photos or stories, or advice or connections. A<em>nything at all<\/em> that you think pertinent to this project will be enthusiastically accepted.&#160; Check out the blog and contact me!&#160; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>> Almost two years ago, I began transcribing Archie Brennan\u2019s life story which I asked him to write, as well as his many essays and articles written over the course of his 60+ years of weaving tapestries.&#160; He is an excellent record keeper, and going through his files is an exciting adventure! 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