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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 / by Sam Strike
There may be a quilt on your bed, but there's an international art quilt show practically in your back yard.
ArtQuilt Elements, a juried international art-quilt show held at the Wayne Art Center every other April, is running through Wednesday, May 19.
This year's show features work from 50 artists – seven of whom come from abroad – and techniques that range from simple needle and thread to the digital transferring of images.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Friday, April 23, 2010 / by Victoria Donohoe
Wayne is hosting an astonishingly good quilt show.
Certain cities and cultural institutions develop relationships with regularly held group exhibitions, which can take on mythical dimensions.
Venice has its Biennale, Pittsburgh its International. And suburban Wayne's ambitious neighborhood arts center is rapidly moving in that direction with its current "ArtQuilt Elements 2010" international competitive exhibit, featuring 50 quilts from 25 states and four other countries.
These quilts were selected from hundreds of applicants by a blue-ribbon jury. Already, this is the only biennial East Coast exhibition devoted exclusively to the art quilt, having grown out of the former ArtQuilts at the Sedgwick, which first organized a quilt show for a community festival in 1999.
It's well known that quilt shows of all kinds have a broad public appeal, and the current display boldly creates architectural beauty in the larger of the two main rooms where the biggest quilts hang.
The show's goals are twofold: presenting top-quality design, craftsmanship, and technique, and striving to educate viewers and the art world about the place art quilts occupy on the contemporary scene. This involves showing such technical processes as digital manipulation, printing on fabric, and new paints and drawing methods now applied to textiles.
Another interesting aspect is the growing number of former painters, architects, and designers now attracted to this field. So, while your grandmother's quilt-making hasn't been completely edged out of existence, it's definitely been marginalized in favor of these new enthusiasts. Evidence of professional artists' engagement can be seen in their celebration of quiltmaking as an art form, not to mention the presence of socially conscious images.
An incredibly rich range of lively subjects awaits the viewer in a display that testifies eloquently to the skill and sensitivity of artists for whom technical process seldom intrudes upon personal expression.
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Quilting Arts Magazine
April/May 2010 Issue
"ArtQuilt Elements,”
which began at
Philadelphia’s Sedgwick
Cultural Center in 1999
as part of a community
arts festival, has since
expanded into a biennial
juried exhibition
displaying contemporary
art quilts of the highest
caliber. This year, jurors
Jason Pollen, Robin
Schwalb, and Deborah
Warner chose 50 quilts
from a pool of over 600
international submissions.
All of the selected artworks
demonstrate innovative
techniques, superb
craftsmanship, original
design, and a unique artistic
vision. For the second
time since its inception,
this exhibit is being held
at the Wayne Art Center
in Wayne, Pennsylvania;
it will be on display from
April 17 to May 19, 2010.
Nancy Campbell, Executive
Director at the Wayne Art
Center, states, “We are
honored to work with this
very special community of
fiber artists and share their
incredible talents with our
community as well as those
guests who travel from parts
of the U.S. and abroad to
attend this special event.”
The following pages offer
a glimpse at the variety,
ingenuity, and masterful
artistry that this year’s
exhibit contains...
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Press Release
Wayne Art Center is proud to present ArtQuilt Elements 2010
For immediate release WAYNE, PA – April 13, 2010
ArtQuilt Elements, 9th International Juried Quilt Exhibition, will be on display at the Wayne Art Center from April 17 – May 19, 2010. This eagerly anticipated exhibition, celebrating its ninth year, is dedicated to enhancing the public's awareness of art quilts while providing a venue for established and emerging artists to share their creative endeavors. ArtQuilt Elements has earned a rapidly growing reputation as one of the nation’s most recognized art quilt exhibitions. The finest works are featured, supporting the Center’s mission of expanding the public’s awareness of fine contemporary craft, and significantly benefiting all educational programs for children and adults. “We are excited to continue to present artists from all over the United States and abroad as far as Australia, Belgium, United Kingdom and Canada” said Nancy Campbell, Executive Director.
The jurors of ArtQuilt Elements are Jason Pollen , Kansas City, MO, Robin Schwalb, New York, NY and Deborah C. Warner, Philadelphia PA.
Jason Pollen is an internationally recognized artist and teacher known for his fiber art and use of innovative techniques. He exhibits in major fine art galleries in Europe, Asia and the United States. A native New Yorker, Jason has lived and worked in Paris, London, Zurich, India and Tibet, and he has taught at the Royal College of Art in London, the Pratt Institute in New York, and the Parsons School of Design in New York. He is currently the chair of the Kansas City Art Institute Fiber Department and president o the Surface Design Association.
Robin Schwalb, a native of New York City, Schwalb studied painting at the State University
of New York at Binghamton, receiving her BA in 1974. Schwalb's quilts have been widely shown in both juried and invitational exhibitions in the United States, Europe and Japan, including Talking Quilts (2004); Language Arts: Text as Imagery (2003); Six Continents of Quilts: The American Craft Museum Collection (2002); Seeing Yellow (1999); 9 x 9 x 3; Edge to Edge: Selections from Studio Art Quilt Associates (1998); Visions: Quilt San Diego (1996); Five Perspectives: American Art Quilts in Moscow (1996); Artists + Language (1993); Tactile Architecture 1992, Citiquilts (1991); Quilts Redefined (1991); Innovative Traditions (1990); Needle Expressions '88; and Quilt National '87 - '97, '01, '05. She curated the 1991 Manhattanville College exhibition Essences and Presences: Art Quilts and wrote the catalog for this six-artist show. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including American Craft; The New York Times; Canadian Surfacing Journal; Fiberarts; The Detroit News; and Patchwork Quilt Tsushin. The artist received the Quilts Japan Prize from Quilt National '05, the Award of Excellence from Quilt National '89 and Jurors' Choice from Tactile Architecture 1992. She was awarded a grant by the Empire State Crafts Alliance in 1989.
Deborah Warner is a professor and Chair of the Textile Design Department at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has been a member of the faculty for thirty eight years. Professor Warner has a B.S. in Art Education from Moore College of Art and Design, a M.Ed in Art Education from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and an MFA in Crafts, Major in
Fiber from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Deborah Warner has been exhibiting her work for over thirty five years and has participated in over 80 group exhibitions both nationally and internationally and has had seven solo exhibitions. She has been the recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts Artist Fellowship, a Leeway Foundation Grant, five Faculty Development Grants, and a Lindback Distinguished Professor Award. She is in the Who's Who in America as well as the Who's Who of American Women.
Ms. Warner is represented in numerous private and public collections including the Daphne Farago Collection, the Lloyd Cotsen Collection, SmithKline Beecham, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Wayne Art Center received 257 applications, a total of 606 quilt images representing 26 states and 5 countries, the jurors selected 50 quilts over three days for the 2010 exhibition. The opening reception will be from 6:00 – 9:00 pm on Saturday, April 17th in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries.
Gallery Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, 12:00 – 4:00 pm. There is a suggested $5.00 contribution to view ArtQuilt Elements 2010. Full color catalogs are available for purchase, $25, at the Wayne Art Center.
The Wayne Art Center thanks the major sponsors of ArtQuilt Elements 2010: The Bryn Mawr Trust Company, Wayne Hotel, The Radnor Hotel, P&B Textiles, Mistyfuse, Steve’s Sewing Vacuum Quilting Center, Car Sense and Star Print Mail, Inc. and benefits Wayne Art Center’s educational programs.
Wayne Art Center will continue to offer Special Events related to ArtQuilt Elements 2010:
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 17, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
SAQA Regional Symposium at WAC: Saturday, April 17, 9:00 am – 5:00 p.m. Call for registration.
Gallery Tours: Saturdays, April 24 – May 15, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Free.
Two Craft Collectors Private Tours & Lunch: December 6, 11:30 am – 3:30 pm. Call for ticket information.
AQE Education Day: Saturday, May 1, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm. Call for registration.
The Wayne Art Center has been enriching the cultural needs of the community since 1930. From its modest beginnings as the first art center on the Main Line, the Center has grown into a dynamic nonprofit organization, providing instruction in all phases of the visual and performing arts. Nearly 500 classes and workshops are offered annually to more than 4,000 students of all ages and abilities. The Center’s high caliber and committed faculty support the fine reputation the Center has achieved through the years. The new Davenport Gallery and the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery attract nearly 15,000 visitors a year for exhibitions, lectures, and special events.
To accommodate and better serve our community, the Wayne Art Center recently completed a $5.5 million renovation and 30,000 square foot expansion project that includes improved art studios, expanded exhibition areas, increased space for Center staff and faculty, and provided additional handicapped access. The Wayne Art Center is located at 413 Maplewood Avenue in Wayne. For further information, call 610-688-3553 or visit the website at wayneart.org.
Wayne Art Center
April 17 – May 19, 2010
Davenport Gallery, ArtQuilt Elements 2010
Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, ArtQuilt Elements 2010
Nancy Campbell, Executive Director
Karen Louise Fay, Director of Special Projects
413 Maplewood Avenue
Wayne, PA 19087
Monday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
610-688-3553
www.wayneart.org
www.craftforms.com
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