Elements from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters

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October 21, 2008 - November 30, 2008

11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m

at the Museum - 101 E. Broadway, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
A program of Exhibits USA with The Missouri Arts Council and The National Endowment for the Arts
The Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives is proud to host a cutting-edge art quilt exhibition. Members of the Front Range Contemporary Quilters, one of the oldest art quilt guilds in the United States, will have on exhibit 40 quilts. These quilts show a wide range of creativity that melds ideas of home and hearth with cutting-edge technologies of the digital age.

The Front Range Contemporary Quilters is made up of artists, both women and men, from Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Kansas. You will not want to miss this opportunity!

For additional information call 816-630-0101 or email: emuseum101@hotmail.com
A distant cousin of the decorative but practical handiwork of previous generations, art quilts are contemporary permutations of a traditional craft that has moved from the bed to the wall. Many contemporary quilt artists incorporate highly unconventional materials in their work, such as paint, paper, beads, metal, and wood. Today’s art quilts show a wide range of creativity, melding ideas of home and hearth with cutting-edge technologies of the digital age.

Elements from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters is a dazzling survey of some of the most innovative quilt work being done today. Juror Robert Shaw, author of The Art Quilt, selected 40 new works by members of the Front Range Contemporary Quilters, one of the oldest art quilt guilds in the United States. The group is made up of male and female artists from Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Kansas, and has sponsored annual juried exhibitions since its inception in 1988. The exhibition is curated by Lorri Flint, Exhibitions Chairman of the guild.

The members of Front Range Contemporary Quilters share a common interest not only in the art of quilting, but also in a prevailing theme surrounding the elements themselves. The natural elements—earth, air, fire, and water—intertwine with the locality and geography of the group to provide both poetic and practical subject matter.

Many of the artists in the exhibition have garnered national and international attention, such as Judith Trager, Carol Moe, and Sandra L. H. Woock. Other members of the guild include Betsy Cannon, Barbara D. Cohen, Jan Magee, Charlotte Ziebarth, Diana Bunnell, and Patty Hawkins.

The Phunn - October 2008, p. 1

The Punn - October 2008, p. 3

Thank you to all the people who have allowed us to display their quilts!
  • Sandra Austin "Eye of God" made after the picture taken by the Hubble telescope
  • Carol Bailey - several quilts, including Pineapple Cactus, Carolina Lilly, Crazy Quilt, and Fox & Geese
  • Patricia Berg - Sampler Lap Quilt
  • Racene Bolin - several quilts, including Dogwoods After the Storm, Weddiing Ring Quilt, Mystery Quilt, Autograph Quilt, and Iris in Vase
  • Vera Brunke -Dove in the Window, Bible Quilt, and Blue Stars Quilt
  • Barbara Chisler - Eastern Star Quilt
  • Daryll Couts - Friendship Quilt
  • Cheryl K. Davis - Silk Fall Antique Quilt, Square in a Square
  • Gailya Davis - Nine Patch Doll Quilt and Friendship Quilt
  • Mary Kathryn Davis - Pine Burr and Sun Bonnett Sue
  • Carol Dildine - Jacobs Ladder
  • Helen Duncan - embroidered baby quilt
  • Jane Farrenkopf - Cathedral Window
  • Jamie Fondren - Cross Roads, Kansas Troubles, and Serenade
  • Joyce Glenn - Double Wedding Ring, Grandmother's Flower Garden, and Small Double Wedding Ring
  • Judith Hatcher - Wedding Ring Quilt and Sunflower Quilt
  • Arlene Holtzclaw - small crib quilt and old fashioned pattern with boats quilt
  • Terry Jones - Denim & Flannel
  • Edith Koehler - Lone Star
  • Pat Lamb - Coverlet made in the early 1900's
  • Glenda Liecht - Withering Heights by 3 Sisters
  • Diane Montague - Grimm's Fairy Tale Block Quilt
  • George Moon - Hand tied made of suits; Crochet Coverlet
  • Marcia Petty - Whole cloth quilt, Crayon Quilt, and Daddy's Iris Quilt
  • David Rhodes - Chapel Window
  • Sharon Senger - Family Tree Quilt
  • Lisa Smalley - Grandmother's Flower Garden
  • Mary Summers - Grandmother's Flower Garden and Pansy Quilt
  • Genevieve Watson - Long May She Wave
  • Sharon Williams - Lone Star

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