Hamburg artist Martha Ressler mounted her solo art exhibition Berks in Stitches at Art Plus Gallery in West Reading for the month of December. Berks in Stitches consists of 87 small, framed quilts. Ressler spent a year and a half visiting all of the townships and boroughs in Berks County and then created a small art quilt in response.
âThe thread starts in Pittsburgh in 2013. That was when I visited an exhibit by artist friend Ron Donoughe. In â90 Neighborhoodsâ he sought to capture the unique character of each neighborhood of Pittsburgh in 90 plein air paintings. The idea of visiting places stuck with me,â said Ressler.