Elements

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.

Schedule

April 28-June 2, 2009, Texarkana, Arkansas

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