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Out & About: Coverlet gallery exhibit links textiles and computers

Shirley McMarlin

Did you know that there is a link between 19th-century woven coverlets and modern computers?

The link is explored in “Technological Textiles: Computing History and Decorative Textiles,” the current exhibition in the Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery at Saint Vincent College.

Some of us still remember that early computers used punch cards to store information. Long before then, Joseph-Marie Jacquard developed a loom that was controlled by similar cards that were used to create highly complex woven patterns.

Curator Lauren Churilla explained the process during a Jan. 17 opening reception for the exhibition, which runs through June 12. She also said the show is a forerunner of the first show planned for the college’s new art gallery, scheduled for an April opening.

Art gallery curator Andy Julo said the inaugural exhibition will feature works by Roman Verostko, co-founder of the Algorists, a group of artists who create code-generated imagery known as algorithmic art.

A Tarrs native, the 90-year-old Verostko is a former monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey and former teacher at Saint Vincent. He lives and works in Minneapolis.

Seen at the reception: Corey Churilla, Ishmael Solomon, Jim and Mary Ann Dunlap, Frank Costa, Pam Curtin, Bruce Shirey, Stephen Churilla, Fred Dawson and Kate Ferri Dawson and student greeters Catherine Votovich and Logan Seybold.

Shirley McMarlin is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Shirley by email at smcmarlin@triblive.com or via Twitter .

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A close-up of a coverlet by weaver Philip H. Anshutz on exhibit Friday during the opening reception for “Technological Textiles: Computing History and Decorative Textiles,” held at The Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery in the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College in Unity.
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Bruce Shirey of Unity observes the exhibit “Technological Textiles: Computing History and Decorative Textiles.”
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Corey Churilla and Pam Curtin, education coordinator for Hanna’s Town.
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Saint Vincent College history and secondary education students Logan Seybold of Derry and Catherine Votovich of Montclair, Va.
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Lauren Churilla, curator of The Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery at Saint Vincent College, joins Andy Julo, curator of the Verostko Center for the Arts at Saint Vincent College
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