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Rockport Center for the Arts鈥� second exhibit of the fall season features fabric art by two artists Caryl Gaubatz and Anne Katrosh.  Gaubatz, who resides in Garden Ridge, designs wearable art that tells a story.  Katrosh, who lives and works in Rockport, has been expanding her skills in surface embroidery for more than a decade.  

Caryl Gaubatz has been sewing and making fabric art all her life. A retired Army nurse and a Gulf War veteran, Gaubatz travelled the world for 20 years in service to her county before she established a life in Texas. It was then she took a class in fabric dyeing and began dyeing in addition to sewing fabric art.  She enjoys the unpredictability and surprises that come with hand-dyeing fabric. Gaubatz obtained a certificate in Fibers from the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio. 

Originally trained as a sculptor, Katrosh began incorporating a life-long interest in textiles into object making, resulting in a hybrid genre that reflects an ongoing interest in intimate and everyday events. A transition into the utilization of found objects has strengthened her works鈥� connection to the cultural environment from which she takes inspiration.  Using images imbedded in stitching, challenges conventional notions about hand embroidery.