GAY McNEAL – TEXTILES AND SMALL WORKS Craft Atelier Space Exhibition August 1 – August 29, 2025 2nd Saturday Opening Reception: Saturday, August 9th, 3-5 PM Location: Gallery at Marina Square, 601 Embarcadero, Suite 10, Morro Bay, CA 93442 Gallery Hours: 11am to 5pm daily Contact: 805-772-1068 jane@galleryatmarinasquare.com Artist Statement: Gay’s love of textiles and the fiber arts started when her mother taught her to sew when she was ten years old. Gay received a BA in Art with an emphasis in Interior and Textile Design from C.S.U. Long Beach. She continues to take classes in order to explore and experiment with all aspects of the fiber arts. Gay possesses an appreciation of the multifaceted role that fiber has played in the art and material cultures of many ethnic societies, and her creative high comes from the actual process of trying out the multitude of techniques, both old and new available to textile artists today.