Quilts in Times Square
This is so cool! Nine quilts from the exhibition Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by Barack Obama will be featured on the Jumbotron (don’t you just love that name) in Times Square next week. The exhibit is curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi and opens today at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio, and runs to December 18, 2010. There 95 quilt...
Read MoreModern Materials reviews and other news
“Conceptual craft” is explained by Jill Rumoshosky Werner, curator of the Modern Materials exhibition at the Artspace at Untitled gallery in the audio interview that accompanies this slideshow that appeared yesterday on the Oklahoma City newspaper and website. The site also features a video of the exhibition and gallery space and this article with comments from the Artspace executive...
Read MoreModern Materials and friends
Last weekend at the opening of Modern Materials: The Art of the Quilt was a real treat. The [Artspace] at Untitled gallery was my kind of space — mix of old and new and art galore. Flavored largely by the art collection of eye of [Artspace] Founder Laura Warriner, the gallery sits on the edge of hopping Bricktown and only three blocks from the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The show has...
Read MoreThe Franken-Quilt
I’ll tell you a little secret about my quilt that’s going to be in the upcoming Quilt National — I call it a Franken-quilt (as in Frankenstein). I was trimming it to prepare for the binding (at about four in the morning — a ghastly time to do such a critical task) and I trimmed too much. When I pinned the binding on, I found it would hit the edge of the flower shop at a...
Read MoreQuilt National 09 alerts
When I received the new Quilt National postcard, it reminded me the opening is soon — next weekend. And hey, I just checked and there’s a new QN website to explore — here’s a list of all the QN09 artists. I can’t remember if I mentioned one of my quilts was accepted, but I’m on the list! It’s not a PaMdora quilt, because I sort of wanted to see what would...
Read MoreInstallation of my show at William Woods University
Here I am with my installation pants on — one side pocket holds my spy camera and the other my phone. Although I was dressed for it, I didn’t really do much of the work because I had so much help! And the good photos were taken by Russ. (Photo by Russ RuBert of course.) The last few days have seemed like, a fast-moving blur! I didn’t have a lot of notice for this show...
Read MoreThe Banana Pose is in American Style!
Hey, there’s my quilt on page 58 of the January-February issue of American Style magazine. Yay, AmStyle did a big big section on “studio quilts” and artists, and Martha Sielman executive director of SAQA mentioned my work in her interview. Thanks Martha! This quilt is called “Yoga 101: The Banana Split Pose,” and there’s also a great photo that Russ took of me...
Read MoreOh no, another moth-eaten sweater
Code name for this project is “Moth Eaten”, sounds like it would be a good spooky movie, eh? But actually the full name is “Oh No, Another Moth Eaten Sweater†and it’s only 12“ x 12â€. I made it for Art Gallery in a Box that will be auctioned at the next Quilt National banquet to raise money for Studio Art Quilt Associates. There are eleven other artists...
Read MoreCall for entries: A Sense of Humor
I’ve been asked to be juror for a exhibition called Sense of Humor, sponsored by SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) that will be shown in a gallery space at the International Quilt Festival in Houston next October and will published in one of SAQA’s handsome catalogs. The postmark deadline is January 30, 2009. You may submit up to 3 entries measuring H=26″-60″ and...
Read MoreIt’s all about energy
Lately it seems that the word-making part of my brain has gone on early holiday. Or maybe it’s honing so many short tweets has hampered my ability to string together a paragraph. Oh well, less words, more room for photos? Not really true on the web, but here’s the photos: View of my studio as I was working on the Wish You Were Hair series of quilts. These are quilt tops pinned to...
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I'm an artist who makes humorous quilts and drawings and shares a studio in an old peanut butter factory with my husband who is also an artist and sculptor. You can also see more of my art at PamRuBert.com
