Celebration!  20th Anniversary National Quilt Museum

Curator’s Statement: 

When invited to be the curator for the National Quilt Museum’s 20th Anniversary, I welcomed the opportunity to assemble an international exhibition by today’s foremost art quilters. I set out with stacks of catalogs and my laptop ready to search artist websites, the SAQA Professional Artist Member Gallery and online exhibitions.

The obvious path was to include 20 works. To illustrate the state of the art quilt today, I asked ten prominent artists to submit a pair of art quilts. Working within the layered and stitched form of quilt, these artists express developed and defined ideas through their work.

My goal in working with the invited artists was to find two related artworks that permit a rare view into the connectivity and evolution of how mature artists’ develop a series or cohesive body of work. The connection between the two art quilts could be thematic and/or visual.

As we discussed possible selections, the artists and I talked about visual dialogues, common themes and artistic goals. The artists sent brief statements along with their artwork explaining the relationship. These statements, presented here with the artworks, give viewers a glimpse into their thought processes as well as how they work with materials and techniques.

 

Linda Colsh
linda.colsh@gmail.com
www.lindacolsh.com
(Residence: Everberg, Belgium)

 

List of artists and artworks; links to images and statements made available by the artist.

ARTIST TITLE
   
Deidre Adams Façade II

Façade VIII


Pamela Allen Three Women at the Salon-Medieval

Three Women at the Nursery-Moghul


Elizabeth Barton St Ives

Rainy Rainy Night


Jette Clover White Wall 2

White Wall 6


Judith Content Oasis

Desert Pools


Susan Else Gaining

Autobiography


Valerie Goodwin City Grid IV

archiTEXTural cARTography


Deborah Gregory Choices and Pathways IV

Choices and Pathways VI


Marilyn Henrion Soft City:Kelley & Ping

Soft City:Red Dragon


Ann Johnston Countless

Fallen


Peg Keeney Generations

Early Morning


Cathy Kleeman Sky Writing

Echoes


Denise Linet Folio III

Autumn Reverie


Dominie Nash Big Leaf series #16

Big Leaf series #17


Dan Olfe Color Bloom

Celebration #2


Clare Plug Antarctica Series: Warning

Antarctica Series: Warning 2


Joan Schulze Invitation

Classic


Nelda Warkentin Deep Harbor Light

Grand Canyon


Barbara Watler Birches

Stillness


Jill Rumoshosky Werner Convoluted

Overflowed


Linda Colsh, curator Sweet diptych