Quilts from the Carolinas
dal 25/4/2002 al 8/9/2002
Segnalato da
25/4/2002
Quilts from the Carolinas
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Fourteen quilts were selected by director Mark Leach from 120 entries in a juried Carolina Quilt Invitational, ranging from those applying traditional fiber techniques to current design, material and construction innovations.
The work of quilt artists in North and South Carolina will be featured at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte, NC in recognition of the National Quilt Association's 33rd Annual Meeting and Quilt Show to be held June 27 - 30 at the Charlotte Convention Center. Fourteen quilts were selected by director Mark Leach from 120 entries in a juried Carolina Quilt Invitational, ranging from those applying traditional fiber techniques to current design, material and construction innovations. Quilts from the Carolinas opens April 26 and will be on display through September 8 in the Jones gallery.
"The diversity, colors, material and design of contemporary quilts are truly extraordinary," stated Melissa Post, MMC+D Curator. "It's fascinating to compare them with several of the historic American quilts from the Fleur and Charles Bresler Collection that are on display in the permanent collection galleries."
Appealing qualities of quilts include technique and sources of inspiration. Like its craft counterparts in ceramics and glass, quilt design has undergone experimentation and technical innovations with amazing results. Barbara Webster explained that her Beet Greens quilt was created from fabric custom printed with reactive dyes from a digital photograph of beet greens growing in her garden. The quilt was designed on computer. The printed fabric was cut apart and assembled into the final design.
Susan Webb Lee's Hello Darkness is a whole-cloth quilt composed of fabric batik-printed with wax, folded and submerged in a bleach solution to form the pattern. Claudia Reynolds' Autumn Colors is machine pieced and appliquéd with free form machine quilting. Jo Ann Amidon's Somewhere Along the Way I Went Crazy was "intended to be something entirely different," stated Amidon. "But when I quit struggling with it, it 'went crazy'. Each time I thought I was through, it wanted another bead or two. Crazy it was, crazy it became."
Quilting can be a mixture of creativity and therapy. Gail Ferrick stated of her quilt Warriors of the Light, "Grief is life's opportunity to grow by embracing your dark side - anger, pain, abandonment, loneliness. The growth comes as you work towards wisdom and enlightenment. These masks are the elements of my dark side - my warriors in the fight for wisdom and enlightenment."
Sherri Wood (You're Title Here #1) adds, "I have come to believe that powerful art requires a balance between thought and action. This requirement can be met through intuitive, improvisational process, like a gift that is at once both received and found."
Join many of the quilt artists for a Gallery Walk-Through at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design on Sunday, April 28th at 2 pm.
Exhibition Checklist
Heather Allen 32B Warwick Asheville, NC
JoAnn Amidon Somewhere Along the Way Columbia, SC
I Went Crazy
Stephanie Ballentine If Ye Abide in Me Charlotte, NC
Susan E. Brown Hot Stripes Durham, NC
Gail Ferrick Warriors of the Light Columbia, SC
Patti Frinzi Savannah Shadows Charlotte, NC
Ann Harwell North Carolina Botanical Garden Wendell, NC
Patricia Kilburg Romanesque VII Taylors, SC
Susan Webb Lee Hello Darkness Weddington, NC
Claudia Reynolds Autumn Rhythm Charlotte, NC
Bernie Rowell Mountain Diptych/Golden Oaks Candler, NC
Christine Tedesco Architectural Squares Pendleton, SC
Barbara Webster Beet Greens Burnsville, NC
Sherri Wood Your Title Here #1 Durham, NC
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The Mint Museum of Craft + Design is located at 220 North Tryon Street in downtown Charlotte