Texas Tech University

Today's Quilts: Art in Stitch

November 2017 – February 2018

The exhibition Today's Quilts: Art in Stitch showcases recent work by the members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates from Texas will be exhibited at the Museum from November 22, 2017 thru February 18, 2018. More than 30 pieces by 22 quilt artists are included. The exhibit was curated by Gay Young and juried by Brenda Wyatt both members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQS) whose mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development, documentation and publications.

Horizontal landscape art quiltBe Still and Know by Jean C. R. Grimes

art quilt of blocks thread painted in rowsComport-Mentalize: Avoid, Deny, Ignore by Barbara Oliver Hartman

square art quilt in blues with small bowl in centerNourished by Deborah Boschert

art quilt with small bowl and wheat stalk Provisions by Deborah Boschert

art quilt of an angelAngel of Mercy by Jules Rushing

Art quilt in west Texas colors with cowboy on bucking bronco horse and red pick up truckConscience Doth Make Cowboys of Us All by Ellie Kreneck

Art quilt in vertical orientation in the colors of olive, sage green peach and soft yellowMoonrise at Morro Bay by Carolyn Skei

vertically oriented art quilt with images of Texas buildings such as the Alamo and Capital sitting on the oil rich sub layers of dirt.Texas Terrain by Jean C. R. Grimes

Art quilt of aspen treesAspen Light by Gay Young

Art quilt of West Texas landscapeAutumn in Caprock Canyons by Nancy Baldwin Woods

art quilt with vertical orientation and space divided with geometric images and quilt blocksEverything that Converges Must Rise by Marika Pineda

Vertically oriented art quilt with green background and embellished squareTears for Sandy Hook by Carolyn Skei

art quiltArt Glass Quilted by Stephanie H. Dahl 

art quilt in horizontal orientation with image of a milkweed plant and hummingbirdsMilkweed & Hummingbirds by Sara Sharp

Art quilt in vertical orientation with teardrop shape in which yellow and red floral images are stitchedGaudi Gaillardia by Suzann Thompson

vertically oriented art quilt with water catails plant and heronCatch of the Day by Hope Wilmarth