The Mansfield Art Center Presents:
"THE DISHTOWEL QUILT PROJECT EXHIBITION"
June 6 - July 11, 1999.
Above is the poster Danny Butts designed, to be the main sign for our show.
The effect of these quilts hanging together is inspiring. I will try to give you a little sense of what the show feels like, with my photo diary of it. Hope you like it!
Daniel Butts, III, Director of The Mansfield
Art Center, poses with the sign and the one dishtowel remaining in original
shape, after he hung the exhibition! My notebook, with lots of info about
the artists and their quilts, is on the pedestal.
From left: Quilts by Sue Alvarez, Patricia
Ciricillo, Judith Vierow, Jane Burch Cochran, Susan Shie and James Acord,
and Therese May.
Quilts from left by: Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart and Anita Corum.
Our Turtle Art Campers Sara Lechner and Jane
Beckwith are the first to view the show. Quilts from left by: Suzanne Fisher,
Cyd Engel, Bridget O'Connell, Linda Dolack, and Susan McMillen.
Quilts from left by: Marykay Yannotti, Andrea
Stern, and Tafi Brown.
Quilts from left by: Anne O'Malley, Miriam
Nathan Roberts, and JoAnne Webster. Behind the women's heads is the quilt
by Kathleen Sharp.
Below are pix of the artists who came to the show's reception. There's a picture of Jimmy and me and our quilt, along with a couple of other show shots, on the July 4, 99 Turtle Trax Diary, too.
Andrea (Andi) Stern poses in front of
her quilt, "Mom's Psyche Deli." She won the prize for bringing
the most family members to the reception! Her husband Marty, four children,
and mother-in-law, Sandy, all made it to Mansfield! Andi and co. live outside
Athens, OH, and Sandy lives in Baltimore, MD.
Betsy Cave and her husband John are beside
her quilt "Yum Yum Land." Betsy is the REAL local artist, living
in Mansfield, and being actively involved with the art center. She is also
a member of AQN, Art Quilt Network, along with other artists in this show:
Sue Alvarez, Jane Burch Cochran, Anita Corum, Michele Merges Martens, Elizabeth
Cherry Owen, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart, Judy Vierow, and Jimmy and me.
Patricia Ciricillo and Anne Warren were members of AQN for several years
each.
Susan McMillen, of Shreve, OH, stands
with her quilt, "Sara Laweasel's Dogwood." Susan is a local artist
friend of ours, and is a member of WAGE, our artists' group, Wayne Artists'
Group Effort. She has been making art quilts for about five years now.
Mary Helen Fernandez
Stewart and her husband Ken pose with Mary's quilt "My Pie Guy."
It is really an installation of various parts, including a quilted shirt
of Ken's. Mary Helen and Ken came up from Newark, OH for the reception.
Marykay Yannotti poses
with her quilt "Twelve Months of Bitchin' Was Heard in Mom's Kitchen,
OR Every Co-Dependent I Know Has a Really Big But." MaryKay came to
the reception from New Jersey, though she is fast to tell you that she's
from Philadelphia.
Her quilt's diary is covered in pink fake fur, purchased on one of those notorious Turtle Art Camp midnight hauls at Wal-Mart.
All photos © 1999 Susan Shie.
Mansfield Art Center. 700 Marion Avenue, Mansfield, OH. 44903. 419-756-1700. mansart@richnet.net.
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