Clay, wood, stained glass, fabric, photography, folk art, painting, etchings, drawings, landscapes, abstracts, humor, gravity, history, mystery, self portraits, and even a lamp fashioned from a clock face: the "quilt" created by 36 artists in celebration of the Attic Gallery's 35 years in exisitence has all of it, much like the gallery. Each artist was assigned a year as a starting point for their piece, and their separate 12 inch square pieces now assembled into a grid, manage to tell the big story of the past 35 years while hinting at numerous subplots: some personal, some global. The first thing one sees is a candle, symbolizing among other things the gallery's unofficial inception at the fifth birthday party of the co-creator of this first piece, Deborah Silver, daughter of the owner Lesley Silver. The candle also brings to mind the fragile flickering into existence of the Attic in 1971 when Lesley first climbed into the dark space above her husband's gift sto

Our 35 Anniversary show is shaping up. Click links below to see the 36 pieces created for this celebration as they come in... 1971 Deborah Silver & Alex Boerner - Stuart, FL 1972 Dale Rayburn Roswell, GA 1973 Mamie Joe Roswell, GA 1974 Jean Blue Vicksburg, MS 1975 Randy Jolly Vicksburg, MS 1976 Deanna Douglas Hattiesburg, MS 1977 Keith Alford Port Gibson, MS 1978 Andy Young Jackson, MS 1979 Daniel Boone Vicksburg, MS 1980 Lois Simbach Marshall, NC 1981 Jimmy Pitts Oxford, MS 1982 Vidal Blankenstein Jackson, MS 1983 Geraldine Nash Port Gibson, MS 1984 Lesley Silver Vicksburg, MS 1985 Fletcher & Carol Cox Tougaloo, MS 1986 Ron Lindsey Clinton, MS 1987 Chad Poovey Vicksburg, MS 1988 Earl Simmons Bovina, MS 1989 Patt Odom Ocean Springs, MS 1990 Elayne Goodman Columbus, MS 1991 Kathy Gergo Vicksburg, MS 1992 Dr. Bob Memphis, TN 1993 Bebe Wolfe Jackson, MS 1994 David Baum Phoenix, AZ 1995 Chris Clark Birmingham, AL 1996 Janet Urrate Mandeville, LA 1997 Ellen L