Connie Bloom with Diary of an Aging Hippie (left), Steam Heat (right)

Connie Bloom turns on the heat!

Former Beacon Journal Features Department editor/columnist Connie Bloom, recognized throughout Ohio as an art quilts guru -- fiber art that looks like paintings, far advanced from just quilting -- posted this note:

“Getting ready for Akron Art Walk 5-10 p.m. Saturday. See and experience Steam Heat -- temps expected to be hot, hot, hot outside my studio, too.”

Steam Heat is the name of her fabric art. She also, after a long time working on it, completed a fabric art that she calls Diary of an Aging Hippie, which I assume is a reference to her younger days.

The free Artwalk venues include galleries in the Northside District, North High Street and East and West Market Street. You can ride free on Lolly the Trolley to all the venues.

Connie has a 350 square foot studio as the resident quiltmaker in Summit Artspace on the third floor at 140 E. Market Street. It’s next door to the Akron Art Museum.

Her phone number is (330) 472-0161. Or you can email her at connie@conniebloom.com

Years ago, Connie had her Red Light Galleries at111 N. Main Street, next door to Luigi’s.

She is publisher/editor of QSDS (Quilt Service Design Symposium), a quarterly online magazine about fabric art. 

She married Bob Shields in 2008.