Quilt National Artists

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Please visit the Quilt National Artists website to learn more about the best of contemporary art quilting. The image in the top left corner is a detail from my Forest Floor quilt which was part of Quilt National 2013.

SAQA Trunk Show entry

The Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) is putting together a new trunk show that will travel all around the world. It's an interesting concept. They mount the small quilt pieces (all the same size) in plastic sleeves with the information about each artist and techniques used on the flip side. About 50 pieces are included in each of the trunks and then the trunks travel to the various regions and are displayed at Guild meetings, libraries and many other venues. It is a great opportunity to show a vairety of approaches to art quilting and because the pieces are small and protected they can be handled which is very intriguing to viewers.  This is my entry called Angels in Puerto Vallarta. It is digitally printed from photos I took there and then I added more stitching to the collage.

Quilt National 2013 Opening

Here are some photos from this past weekend opening at Quilt National 2013 at The Dairy Barn in Athens, OH. Top photo is Kathy Weaver (Highland Park, IL) speaking about her piece followed by me talking about mine. The others are an assortment of photos of other wonderful pieces. 

Art Quilts at International Quilt Festival in Houston

Here are some photos from the SAQA Seasonal Palette exhibit that was at Houston a week ago. The show will be traveling to Cincinnati, Long Beach a a few other venues over the next 18 months, I hope to go see it in Cincinnati next April. My piece is the water reflection piece at the far right in the first photo. 38 artists were asked to make pieces for the show - each of us were given a particular season and color collection to work from. As well, we each created a notebook documenting our process and work along the way. There is a catalog ($20) available from the SAQA.com site. Photo credits: Gregory Case.

Another exhibit at Houston was A Sense of Scale. Very large pieces were interspersed with groupings of small pieces. This exhibit will also be traveling to other venues and also has a catalog available from SAQA.com. My piece in this exhibit was Mingled Waters - the very large piece shown in photo below.

1000 Artisan Textiles

Yesterday I received a copy of the new book, 1000 Artisan Textiles: Contemporary Fiber Art, Quilts and Wearables. There are several peices of my work in the book. It has a wide variety of art work in the book and I am enjoying going through it. It is published by Quarry Books at http://www.quarrybooks.com/.

500 Art Quilts: An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work

500 Art Quilts: An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work has just been published by Lark Books. Kathy Bresnahan juried the work which showcases the work of 363 contemporary quilters. Martha Sielman, executive director of Studio Art Quilt Associates, describes the book as "an incredible feast for the eyes ... this book is a must-have for every art lover, quilter, and fiber enthusiast." My art quilt, Reflections, Variation 7 is on page 154. The book is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other books sites. There are some incredible peices in the book.