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Give and Take: Education and the Quiltmaker

May 3 – July 8, 2007

Organized by Quilt Surface Design International, Ltd and the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Department of Textiles, Clothing & Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,

Give and Take features art quilts by 35 artists working in the U.S. and abroad. This exhibition celebrates the importance of the teacher-student relationship among artists and the contribution of the annual Quilt Surface Design Symposium, which brings together the very best instructors in the art quilt medium with students from around the world for two weeks of workshops and lectures. Each artist featured in Give and Take has been an instructor, a student or both at QSDS.

Give and Take is features the following artists: Heather Allen-Swarttouw, Asheville, N.C.; Sue Benner, Dallas, Texas; Niki Bonnett, Asheville, N.C.; Caryl Bryer-Fallert, Paducah, Ky.; Elizabeth Busch, Glenburn, Maine; Hollis Chatelain, Hillsborough, N.C.; Rosemary Claus-Gray, Doniphan, Mo.; Georgie Cline, Columbus, Ohio; Jane Burch Cochran, Rabbit Hash, Ky.; Nancy Cordry, Federal Way, Wash.; Rosalie Dace, Durban, South Africa; Debra Danko, Grand Blanc, Mich.; Eti David, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel; Dorothy Flynn, Columbus, Ohio; Niza Hoffman, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel; Michael James, Lincoln, Neb.; Cathy Jeffers, Centerville, Ohio; Beth Kennedy, Austin, Texas; Judy Langille, Glen Ridge, N.J.; Denise Linet, Center Harbor, N.H.; Terrie Hancock Mangat, Valdez, N.M.; Therese May, San Jose, Calif.; Jan Myers-Newbury, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Rise Nagin, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Elizabeth Owen, Newcastle, Maine; Leslie Rego, Sun Valley, Idaho; Emily Richardson, Philadelphia, Pa.; Arturo Sandoval, Lexington, Ky.; Sally Sellers, Vancouver, Wash.; Susan Shie, Wooster, Ohio; Ginny Smith, Arlington, Va.; Janet Steadman, Langley, Wash.; Laura Wasilowski, Elgin, Fla.; Barbara Webster, Burnsville, N.C.; and Janet Wildman, Rockville, Md.

Join us for an opening reception Thursday, May 3, 5-7 p.m. All food and drink for this event is provided by a private donor.

The Riffe Gallery is supported by Ohio Building Authority. Media sponsors for this exhibition include Alive, CityScene, Ohio Magazine and Time Warner.

Go to the full press release.

Tour some of the works that will be on display!

There are 17 images contained within this archive that are intended for personal/educational use only. These images are protected by a photographic copyright that belongs to the Ohio Arts Council. They, therefore, are not in the public domain. Please contact the Ohio Arts Council directly if you wish to inquire about obtaining reproduction permission.


Janet Wildman Twisted Juniper 2003 machine applique and machine free-motion embroidered 31 x 40"	Nancy Cordry Color All Around 2006 hand-dyed cotton by the artist, machine pieced and quilted 43 X 51"	Leslie Rego Autumn Tones 2005 machine pieced and quilted, embroidered variety of threads (metallic, silk, hand-dyed cotton and trilobal polyester) 11.5 x 11"

Rosemary Claus-Gray Facade XVII 2004 fiber: scrim, mesh, silk, polyester on a tulle base, with machine stitching 34 x 28"	Georgie Cline Whole XIII Scioto River Antler Tree 2006 hand-dyed cotton, overdyed, painted with thicken dyes, tulle, acrylic paint, machine applique, machine quilted 43 x 32"	Jane Burch Cochran Moonlight 2007 fabrics, recycled fabric items, beads, buttons, paint, machine pieced, machine appliquéd, hand appliquéd using beads, hand embellished with beads and buttons, hand quilted and tied with embroidery thread 77 x 61"

Cathy Jeffers Orange Shoes 2006 cotton, cotton blends, commercial fabrics and hand dyed, fusible, cotton batting, embellishments, beads and buttons, metal accents 68 x 51"	Therese May Yes Dress fabric, acrylic paint, polymer clay, buttons, beads, embroidery, machine quilted 58 x 43"	Susan Shie The Punch Bowl / Star 2006 painted white cotton fabric with paint markers, airbrush, airpen and fabric paint, machine crazy grid quilted, one row of hand sewing inside edge of border, one Green Temple Buddha Boy bead, one Peace Cozy appliqué 84 x 63"

Sally Sellers When We Think About Spring 2006 cotton, silk, beads 25.5 x 35.5 "	Heather Allen-Swarttouw Inward Spiral 2006 whole cloth, cotton, silk, dye, embroidery as quilting 36 x 60"	Hollis Chatelain The Gift 2006 cotton fabric, wool/polyester batting, hand dye-painted with thickened fiber-reactive dyes 48 x 53"

Michael James Four Square Series 3: Flex 2006 digitally developed and digitally printed, cotton, reactive dyes, machine pieced and quilted 70.5 x 70.25"	Denise Linet Summer’s End II-Pondview 2005 fiber: hand-dyed cotton and silk organza, screen printed, rust printed, dye discharge shibori and wax batik 40 x 46"	Jan Myers-Newbury MOOG 2006 Kona cotton, hand dyed with Procion dyes using shibori techniques, machine pieced and quilted 68 x 72"

Barbara Webster HighFalls 2007 cotton printed with a Mimaki dyejet printer, machine quilted by Rachel Reese and Barbara Webster 27 x 19.5"	Elizabeth Busch Imbalance 2006 canvas, purchased fabric, acrylic paint, textile paint, airbrushed, hand painted, hand and machine quilted by artist 48 x 42"	Janet Steadman Motivation hand-dyed cotton, machine pieced and quilted 58 x 54″

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