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The community of Oberlin and beyond will celebrate
The Artist as Quiltmaker XV with QuiltConnection:
a summer-long series of events, including additional exhibitions, tours,
demonstrations, workshops, lectures, gallery talks, and more.
For full details, click on the links at the top of the page.
The blue links will download the PDF files for easy printing.
FAVA'S 15th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts
May 13 - July 29, 2012
This is the summer for The Artist as Quiltmaker, the second-longest-running art-quilt
exhibition in the world. The exhibition was founded in 1984 by quilt historian
Ricky Clark. Noting the success of Quilt National, the first and
longest-running art-quilt exhibition, which takes place at the Dairy Barn
Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, Clark wanted to guarantee that an outstanding
exhibition of art-quilts takes
place in Ohio every year. Each show is biennial; Quilt National shows in
odd-numbered years and AQM, held in Oberlin, in even-numbered years.
The Artist as Quiltmaker XV exhibiting artists come from 21 states and one Canadian province. Of the 39 artists represented in the show, ten are repeat AQM exhibitors and 24 are first-time entrants.
Personal narratives, social and political statements, representational imagery and purely abstract compositions are included. The artists chose equally diverse fiber techniques to execute and express their singular visions.
XV Juror: Jean Druesedow,
Director, Kent State University Museum, Artist as Quiltmaker XV Juror
Jean Druesedow has been the director of the Kent State University Museum since
1993. The museum collection focuses on costumes and decorative arts, but its
exhibitions present a more global perspective on the artistic achievements of
people across time and place. Druesedow has served as curator or organizer of
more than forty exhibitions and has enlarged the museum's collections through
judicious acquisitions. Before coming to Kent she was the associate curator in
charge of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1984 to
1992. She has taught at numerous universities throughout the U.S., lectures
widely, and publishes frequently.
XV Coordinator: Ruta Marino, artist and curator
artistasquiltmaker@gmail.com
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