Jack Brockette

Artist's Statement

Each artist is not a special kind of person but each person is a special kind of artist.

This statement exemplifies my life as an artist and art educator. Art, for me, is my ongoing attempt to engage others in the work that I create. If I can leave the viewer wondering about the many possibilities of the work, I believe I have been successful. My work is not my attempt to show or to lecture on what is, but to nudge, suggest, and to stimulate a response from the inner life of the viewer. When viewers look at my work, I would like them to become fully engaged, and to be more cognizant of their own ideas and feelings about my creations. In the end, my work is a stimulus for self-reflection and awareness, for the discovery of our own unique qualities as thinking and feeling human beings.

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I am a native Texan, a retired educator of forty years, and the recipient of Teacher of the Year for Irving HS and the Irving ISD; Texas State Teacher of the Year for Administrators of Special Education; and the Robert Rauschenberg Award for Teaching (2002) presented at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
My art-making career began at a very early age. I was a weaver after receiving a Master’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and discovered quilt making in 1989. Since then, I have exhibited my award-winning quilts and garments worldwide. My work is included in several corporate and private collections in the US, Europe, and the Middle East.
I have been working with silk organza and one-eighth inch French seams for the past ten years. The silk is hand dyed, de-gummed, stamped, and screen-printed. The seams create patterns of lines and geometric shapes. With three layers of the silk organza, embroidered and machine quilted create a Transparent Quilt. The Yellow Dragonflies is the first of a series of the Transparent Quilts.

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Mission Statement:
The North Dallas Artist Studio Tour is an educational art event that invites the public into working studios of North Dallas artists, allowing an intimate view of the creative process. The Tour seeks to raise public awareness of the quality and diversity of artwork being produced by local artists and to demonstrate that art adds meaning and richness to community life.