#1 Curator Talk with Nancy Crow

Sunday, October 4, 2:00 pm
$10/$5 member in advance | $15 at door

In this curator talk, Color Improvisations 3: Curating a Major Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts, Artist Nancy Crow will give an informative talk illuminating with photos what it took to curate a large exhibition over a six- to 10-year period. This process involved 38 invited artists – all of whom work in the medium of contemporary quilt making. A Q&A session will follow.

#2 Color Improvisations: An Artist’s Perspective

Saturday, October 25, 2:00 pm
$10/$5 member in advance | $15 at door

In this presentation, artist Jennifer Fons will share her journey of going deeper to find her voice as an artist, exploring how her roots in traditional quilting have shaped the development of her own body of work. Drawing on the enduring presence of cloth in our lives – from beginning to end – she will reflect on the personal meaning, history and possibilities of working with textiles as an artist.

#3 - Perspectives from the Past: Examining Quilts from the 19th Century to Present 

Sunday, November 1, 2:00 pm
$10/$5 member in advance | $15 at door

Quilt historian Ellice Ronsheim observed the beginnings of the art quilt movement and has been curious about the transition from traditional bedcovers to works of art on the walls ever since. In her talk, she will examine their many similarities and conversely, their obvious differences through time, as well as their remarkable changes in culture, technologies and needs over the past 200 years.