Showing posts with label Patty Hawkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patty Hawkins. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

KoKo visits Auntie Del 04-19-16

I attended the combined board meeting for Surfside QGuild today, followed by a delicious friendship salad and croissants.   And, of course, dessert!  There were about thirty ladies present - quite a crowd even though some officers/committee chairs will continue in their old jobs, there were a number of newcomers.  Always nice to have some younger, newer members get involved in running the guild. 
 
Afterward I picked up KoKo to stay with me a for a few days.  He has just been groomed and doesn't look so much like a puppy now.  He is two years old this month.
 
On Sunday I went to a panel discussion at Visions Art Museum.  There were three artists who have served on the juries for the Visions biennial over the years  - Liz Axford, Sue Benner, and Judith Content. 
They talked a bit about their own work and then discussed the process of jurying, at Visions and other exhibits around the country.  I found it very interesting and was sorry more artists weren't there to educate themselves about something so important. 
In the picture above the quilts are by Patty Hawkins.  The current exhibit "The Jury is In" features the current work of seven former jurors: Liz Axford, Sue Benner, Judith Content, Patty Hawkins, Patricia Malarcher, Jan Myers-Newbury and Kent Williams. Also on display are works by Cas Holmes (England), Gay Lasher and "Geometrics", a Visions Member Challenge. These exhibits all run through July 3rd.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Quilt National - a full day 05-25-13

As you can see, it is much too late for me to be up.  But I wanted to show you a bit of QN '13.


"My Town by the River"  Pamela Allen - Kingston, Ontario, Canada  60"W x 48"L
I like Pamela's work - a lot - although I cannot add some of her quilts to TCQC, because they are too embellished.   She said she is trying to work in more monochromatic values right now.  This is her first time in QNational.   
 

Karen Rips with husband Ted.  Karen's very original quilt "High Water Mark" is hanging and I did take a picture of her with it.  But that will have to wait for another post.
 

"The Conversation"  Mary Ann Tipple - Elyria, Ohio 72"Wx92"L
I met Mary Ann when I came to the QN opening in 2009 and I think her work is exceptional.  A few years ago I added one of her quilts to TCQC, but have yet to post it on my Sunday blog.  The people in the quilt are her dad and his sister.
Mary Ann's quilt won the QSDS and was purchased at the opening.
 

The quilt "Springfield" by Brooke Atherton - Billings, MT., won the Best of Show award.  It is encrusted with many small found items - rocks, glass, pieces of wood, paper - and more.
I don't have an ID on the woman on the right.
 

"Sunlit Canyon" by Patty Hawkins is one of several quilts that sold immediately, but not to me!  The quilt is 52"W x 28"L.  Most of Patty's quilts depict some aspect of aspen trees, she lives in Estes Park, CO.

Tomorrow is the last of the events and I will have to decide on a route to go home.  But I may stay here another night just to reorganize and get a little extra rest.  It is 1am now - much too late.   But I am having a great time.    
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