听Tere D'Amato of Mashpee, Mass. was awarded 3rd for her quilt听鈥淟iberty Day鈥.
October 19, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze
Courtesy photo听submitted
Shafer Art Gallery to host National Quilt Museum exhibit
Unlike painting and drawing, which are quickly associated with art, quilting is associated with warmth and comfort. However, quilting is an incredible form of art and The Shafer Gallery will show the community just that with the amazing quilts featured in its upcoming exhibit.
鈥淭he Quilts in the Gallery are from the finest quilt making competition in the country and they are always drop jaw beautiful,鈥 Shafer Art Gallery Director Dave Barnes said.
The National Quilt Museum鈥檚 annual traveling show 鈥淣ew Quilts from an Old Favorite鈥 this year is titled 鈥淣ew York Beauty.鈥 The exhibit will be up Oct. 24 through Dec. 9. The Shafer Gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is free.
鈥淥ne of the roles of a museum is not only to preserve the past, but also to link the past to the present and to the future,鈥 Curator of the National Quilt Museum Judy Schwender said. 鈥淲ith that knowledge at heart, The National Quilt Museum holds an annual contest and exhibit called New Quilts from an Old Favorite. Created to acknowledge our quilt making heritage and to recognize innovation, creativity and excellence, the contest challenges today鈥檚 quilt makers to interpret a single traditional quilt block in a work of their own design.鈥
The New York Beauty block offers quilters a freedom from rules that are found in other quilting styles. Common rules such as straight sets, sashing and straight lines are allowed to be broken. Quilters are also freed of using identical quilt blocks. Being restricted can create challenges with creativity but being freed from those restrictions brings a whole new type of challenge. 听听
鈥淣othing speaks the language of American experience better than the quilt,鈥 Barnes said.
Finalist quilts featured in the exhibit include:
鈥淓xotic Enchantment鈥 by Jean Brueggenjohann of Columbia, Mo.
鈥淣apenthes鈥 by Misty M. Cole of Bonie, Md.
鈥淟iberty Day鈥 by Tere D'Amato of Mashpee, Mass.
鈥淏roadway Beauty鈥 by Mary Kay Davis of Sunnyvale, Calif.
鈥淏e a Part of It!鈥 by Vel Garrick of Vacaville, Calif.
鈥淥n Monday, Broadway Goes Dark鈥 by Robin Gausebeck of Rockford, Ill.
鈥淕otta Dance!鈥 by Cathy Geier of Waukesha, Wis.
鈥淣ew York Fiesta鈥 by Julia Graber of Brooksville, Miss.
鈥淪puyten Duyvil鈥 by Patricia Hobbs of Macomb, Ill.
鈥淣ew York's Beauty鈥 by Linda Hamel Laurie Kelly of Collegeville, Pa.
鈥淐arol鈥 by Hui-Fen Lin of Tainan, Taiwan.
鈥淥cean Deep鈥 by Toby Lischko of Beaufort, Mo.
鈥淣YB state of Mind鈥 by Sandi Snow of Lutz, Fla.
鈥淒o These Stripes Make My Butt Look Big?鈥 By Sue Turnquist of Tifton, Ga.
鈥淣ew Mexico Beauty鈥 by Karen Watts of Mayhill, N.M.
鈥淏eautiful Flight of Fancy鈥 by Julie Wells of Cadiz, Ky.
鈥淒iamonds & Pearls... Dresses That Twirl鈥 by Cinzia White of Gerringong, New South Wales Australia.
鈥淣ew York Clambake 6: Digger's Dozen Too鈥 by Ruth A. White of Ithica, N.Y.
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Support for the contest is provided by MODA Fabrics and Janome America, Incorporated.听
Quilters wishing to enter future 鈥淣ew Quilts from an Old Favorite鈥 contests can request an entry form by visiting the museum鈥檚 website at quiltmuseum.org. Upcoming themes are 鈥淔lying Geese鈥 in 2017 and 鈥淏ow Tie鈥 in 2018. 听The National Quilt Museum is a non-profit institution located in downtown Paducah, Ky. and is supported in part by the Kentucky Arts Council.