Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, April 25, 1993                   TAG: 9304250017
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C6   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: TAZEWELL                                LENGTH: Short

FOLK WEAVER TO GIVE `ARTTALK' AT MUSEUM

The presentation is free.

Garretson is a folk weaver and artist, with works on display at the museum until June. The exhibit includes hand-woven tapestries and textile art she created in her studio at Abingdon's Arts Depot.

The museum's historic log and stone buildings, dating to 1805, in Pioneer Park have been furnished authentically during the winter and now are open for visitors. A community open house is set for May 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., when guides in pioneer costumes will interpret each building.

The museum is getting an $8,000 grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy for its textiles curator, Kathleen W. Harman of Abingdon, to research the region's antique woven coverlets and other textiles as part of a study of life in Southwest Virginia in the 19th century. - Southwest bureau