Quilt National '91
The whole collection is documented in New Quilt 1 published by Taunton Press.
Five hundred ninety four artists submitted 1178 works. Jurors Tafi Brown, Esther Parkhurst and Rebecca A. T. Stevens selected 73 quilts by 69 artists. The exhibitors represented twenty-six states and four foreign countries. There were three awards granted.
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Best of Show Risë Nagin Exile, House and Mountain, ©RN 82 by 54 inches. Various fabrics, some of which are stained and painted. Hand pieced, appliquéd and quilted. Artist's statement: This work is part of an ongoing series of works that take as their subject issues concerning domesticity, shelter, security, loss of innocence, betrayal, and patterns of power in relationships between men, women and children. |
| Award of Excellence Pam Studstill Quilt #91, ©PS 74 by 74 inches. Cotton fabrics; machine pieced and hand embellished with textile paint; hand quilted by Bettie Studstill. Artist's statement: This quilt is an attempt to capture the diversity and monotony of existence through repetition and variation. |
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Domini McCarthy Memorial Award Carol Gersen Squares and Bars, ©CG Artist's statement: Inspiration for this quilt came from the 1988 Presidential election campaign, moving to a house with a flagpole and to a state with a wonderful flag, 4,000 tiny squares remaining from a previous project, and the use of our flag in American folk art. |
| People's Choice Award Dimensional Portal, ©KPM 83 by 83 inches. Cottons, blends, and lamé fabrics. Machine pieced, reverse-appliquéd and hand quilted. Artist's statement: The idea for this quilt came from a suggestion from my husband to do a piece with round poles that turn and interlock. Many months later, this is what happened. I tried to create the feeling that the viewer could climb around inside this structure with its different levels. |
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