Crossing Maintaining

Georgia M. Springer
Prayer Flags I: Life Cycle
In India, Tibet and other Asian countries,
Buddhists use Lung-ta (prayer flags) to
mark one’s passing, to bless the crossing of
a dangerous river, or to commemorate
the words of a wise teacher or Bodhisattva.
These fabric squares hung outside in the
wind bring good fortune to all who share
their breezes. Traditionally, they were
yellow, green, red, white, and blue and
contained words and images invoking
the spiritual. My prayer flags are vibrantly
multicolored. They celebrate the life cycle
of my loved ones, captured in a haiku
written by my daughter, Dana. The text and
symbolism of the haiku is printed on the
flags themselves.
EDUCATION 1990 MPD, Textile Design, NCSU School of Design; 1970 BA Duke University
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS & GRANTS 2005 Expressions of Faith, Interfaith Alliance of
Wake County (Best in Show) l 2004 Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC l 2001, 2004
Fabulous Fibers I and II, Elon University, Elon, NC l 2003 SE College Art Conference Exhibition, NCSU
Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC l 2003 Up Close and Far Away, Surface Design Association
Conference, Kansas City, MO l 2003 Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Arts Council, Rocky Mount, NC l 2002
Functional Fine Art and Craft, Raleigh, NC, Award of Distinction l 2001 Textiles, The Visual Art
Exchange, Raleigh, NC, Best in Show l 2001 Raleigh Red Wolf Ramble, Exploris Museum, Raleigh,
NC l 2001 Raleigh Fine Arts Exhibition, Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Raleigh, NC l 2000 Celebrating the
Spirit: Convergence 2000, Handweavers Guild of America, Cincinatti, OH l 2000, 2003 Meredith
College Professional Development Grants, (for National Surface Design Association Conference,
Kansas City, MO l 1991-2004 Meredith College Faculty Shows, Raleigh, NC l 2000 Lincoln Center,
NYC l 1999 The Legacy of Dino Reid, NCSU Craft Center, Raleigh, NC l 1997 Close Connections,
Raleigh, NC l 1996 The Exquisite Corpse, Artspace, Raleigh, NC l 1996 New Works, Artspace,
Raleigh, NC COLLECTIONS Sperry Corp., Kaiser Permanente, Wachovia Bank, Duke Medical Center,
SAS Institute, Unitarian Church of Raleigh (collaborative work), numerous private collections
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2005 Juror, Primary Colors, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC l 2004
Juror, Art Quilts: Elements (Professional Art Quilters Association–South), Cary, NC l 2003 Juror,
International Textile and Apparel Association Exhibition l 2003 Workshop Presenter, “Digital Printing on
Fabric”, Southeastern College Art Conference, Raleigh, NC l 2002 Juror, Cary Fine Art League Show,
Cary, NC l 2000-2005 Advisor, Meredith College Textile Study Group l 2002-2005 Southeast Fiber
Educators
Georgia M. Springer is adjunct faculty in Color Theory, Surface Design on Fabric at Meredith
College in Raleigh, NC.
The river flowing
With sweet unending care down
Until it is still
Georgia M. Springer
Prayer Flags I, Life Cycle, 2004
cotton, silk
36 Crossing Boundaries
80"w x 12"h
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