Connie Bloom has opening at new digs

BJ Alums got this email from former BJ staffer Connie Bloom:

Hi --

You are invited to the opening of my new quilting art studio in downtown Akron this weekend.

Enjoy a giant cookie and share in animated conversation in my studio on the third floor of Summit Artspace Saturday (5-9 p.m.) and Sunday (noon-4 p.m.), Dec. 4-5.

My studio is sweetly tucked into an array of other studios and galleries, so there is plenty to see and lots of shopping options. Saturday is also Artwalk night, which means you can hop Lolly the Trolley for free and take her to visit other nearby artist studios in the downtown art district.

Parking is free behind the building, which is next to the Akron Art Museum, 140 E. Market St., Akron.

Please feel free to call me at 330-472-0161 if you need anything.

Hope to see you there,

Connie Bloom

Connie announced her move as resident quiltmaker at Summit Art Space in September. The fabric art star has a 350 square foot studio.

Connie moved from her Red Light Galleries, 111 N. Main Street, next door to Luigi’s.

She is publisher/editor of QSDS (Quilt Service Design Symposium), a quarterly online magazine abut fabric art. Click on the headline to see samples of her quilt magazine.

Connie took a BJ buyout in 2008, ending 34 years in its newsroom which included writing a pets column and being among many graduates of the late Craig Wilson's Action Line staff.