THE ART OF THE QUILTER
The Art of the Quilter, a juried quilt show, opens on Saturday, January 22, 11AM to 3 PM, at the WOWSPACE, 114 Vinal Street, downtown Wittenberg. The show continues on Saturdays and Sundays, 11 AM to 3 PM, through February 13.
Bed quilts, wall hangings, and wearable art, the artistic creations of more than 25 Wisconsin quilters, delight the eye with a riot of color and design accompanied by fine stitchery.
Linda Krueger, owner of Pinery Patches, a Tigerton quilt shop, judged the show. She said, “The quality is wonderful, a great variety from artsy appliqué to traditional patterns. I’m almost sorry I offered to judge. It won’t be easy”. $675 in prizes has already been awarded with the $100 People’s Choice award to be given at the conclusion of the show on February 13.
Sharon Rotz, Mosinee, entered “We See, They See”, a breathtaking wall hanging of red and blue quilted cranes She says “I love the color, the texture and the pattern designs of fabric. It is exciting to drown myself in fabric and come up with different combinations.”
Patchwork and appliqué quilts are a uniquely American art form, with the earliest examples dating from the mid-1700’s. City residents could afford and had access to imports of materials and designs from Europe; however, women in rural America had to rely on limited materials and their own imagination for their masterful designs. The names of patterns reflect these origins: Feathered Star with Flying Geese, Flower Garden, Virginia Lily, Log Cabin and Drunkard’s Path.
Families treasured these quilts; however, wider recognition and appreciation of their contribution to the decorative arts was late in coming. No museum displayed this work until 1924 when The American Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City gave major display space to the decorative arts, including quilts.
Today, there is a major resurgence of interest in quilting. Museums and art galleries regularly present quilt exhibitions; quilt guilds and quilt shops are common in not only rural America but also cities.
The enthusiasm for quilts has extended to the Shawano 4-H project of placing quilt murals on barns in Shawano County. The Gresham Area Advancement Association is sponsoring quilt murals on businesses in Gresham. “The Community Quilt” is one of the 17 outdoor murals in Wittenberg, a project sponsored by the Walls of Wittenberg.
Visit “The Art of the Quilter”; vote for the People’s Choice Award for the best quilt: celebrate a uniquely American art form—quilting!
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THE ART OF THE QUILTER
The Art of the Quilter, a juried quilt show, opens on Saturday, January 22, 11AM to 3 PM, at the WOWSPACE, 114 Vinal Street, downtown Wittenberg. The show continues on Saturdays and Sundays, 11 AM to 3 PM, through February 13.
Bed quilts, wall hangings, and wearable art, the artistic creations of more than 25 Wisconsin quilters, delight the eye with a riot of color and design accompanied by fine stitchery.
Linda Krueger, owner of Pinery Patches, a Tigerton quilt shop, judged the show. She said, “The quality is wonderful, a great variety from artsy appliqué to traditional patterns. I’m almost sorry I offered to judge. It won’t be easy”. $675 in prizes has already been awarded with the $100 People’s Choice award to be given at the conclusion of the show on February 13.
Sharon Rotz, Mosinee, entered “We See, They See”, a breathtaking wall hanging of red and blue quilted cranes She says “I love the color, the texture and the pattern designs of fabric. It is exciting to drown myself in fabric and come up with different combinations.”
Patchwork and appliqué quilts are a uniquely American art form, with the earliest examples dating from the mid-1700’s. City residents could afford and had access to imports of materials and designs from Europe; however, women in rural America had to rely on limited materials and their own imagination for their masterful designs. The names of patterns reflect these origins: Feathered Star with Flying Geese, Flower Garden, Virginia Lily, Log Cabin and Drunkard’s Path.
Families treasured these quilts; however, wider recognition and appreciation of their contribution to the decorative arts was late in coming. No museum displayed this work until 1924 when The American Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City gave major display space to the decorative arts, including quilts.
Today, there is a major resurgence of interest in quilting. Museums and art galleries regularly present quilt exhibitions; quilt guilds and quilt shops are common in not only rural America but also cities.
The enthusiasm for quilts has extended to the Shawano 4-H project of placing quilt murals on barns in Shawano County. The Gresham Area Advancement Association is sponsoring quilt murals on businesses in Gresham. “The Community Quilt” is one of the 17 outdoor murals in Wittenberg, a project sponsored by the Walls of Wittenberg.
Visit “The Art of the Quilter”; vote for the People’s Choice Award for the best quilt: celebrate a uniquely American art form—quilting!
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