Are you familiar with the term "abstract landscapes?" Hmm. Sounds like an oxymoron, you say? That's what Shirley Gisi thinks, too, yet she admires some oil paintings of the Southwest that are referred ...
Mary Mathews has come a long way since her first log cabin crazy quilt in 25 years. She started improvising and learned to see her art with a different lens. Duluth abstract quilter Mary Mathews ...
Thick beige-and-brown colored fabrics pad the walls of Ukrainian Village storefront space Fernwey. They’re not decorative—these four six-foot-tall quilts, which look more like topographic maps than ...
Discussion of and recreation of the exhibition Abstract design in American quilts, originally held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, N.Y., July 1-Sept. 12, 1971, held 1991-1992 at the ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. “Journey to Japan,” is the fourth and final part of the seminal exhibition “Abstract Design in American Quilts” now on display at ...
After a year of shows that combined folk and self-taught artists (a.k.a. “outsiders”) with M.F.A.-groomed “insiders,” we’re finally starting to recognize quilts as powerfully contemporary artworks.
The highlight of the show will be the spectacular array of quilts crafted by the members of the Cactus Quilters. Attendees can expect to see an eclectic mix of pieces, ranging from traditional designs ...