These events coincide with the exhibit
“Full-Spectrum: Natural Fibers, Quilts & the Textile Arts”
Quilt Appraisals, Tour and Lecture with Gerald Roy
Quilt Appraisals, October 23 & 24, 2009
Gerald is a professional artist, quilt maker, teacher and historian. He also was among the first board members of the Quilt Appraisal Program at the American Quilter's Society (AQS) where he helped establish the guidelines for its quilt certification program, the only one of its kind. Gerald has always had a specific interest in color which started in undergraduate school when first introduced to the color theories of Joseph Albers. His has taught art professionally for over 30 years and his specific areas of expertise are color, design, and composition.
Gerald Roy and Paul Pilgrim co-designed the interior of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky, and co-curated and co-authored many exhibitions and publications that utilized their vast collection of antique quilts. Since 2004 Gerald’s column "This Old Quilt” has been a regular feature in Funs and Porters’ Love of Quilting magazine. This series of articles also feature quilts from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection.
Gerald will meet every 30 minutes, starting at 9:30 am and ending with the last session beginning at 4:30 pm. You will have a half-hour to discuss your quilt while Gerald writes its appraisal. An appraisal for each quilt is $50. To schedule a 30-minute session with Gerald, email pilgrimroy@tds.net or call him in New Hampshire at (603) 456-6281.
A private tour with Gerald Roy, curator of the exhibit "Vibrations: Color Resonance in Antique Quilts 1860–1940"
Friday, October 23, 2009, 11 am
Gerald will discuss the quilts from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection in his curated exhibit “Vibrations: Color Resonance in Antique Quilts, 1860-1940.” This is the first time this exhibit has been displayed since it made its debut at the New England Quilt Museum last summer. Most of the quilts were made by Amish and Mennonite women in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The University Art Museum will open early to accommodate Gerald’s tour for which a donation is suggested, but please email pilgrimroy@tds.net to ensure your place.
Lecture by Gerald Roy, "In Full Color"
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 11 am–12 pm
Gerald will discuss the impact of color in quilts, including why color plays such an important role in the Amish and Mennonite quilts, and why the quilts in “Vibrations: Color Resonance in Antique Quilts, 1860–1940” were selected from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection to exemplify this.
$5 may be paid at the door, but please email pilgrimroy@tds.net so the University Art Museum can reserve the appropriately sized room.
Workshop with Sue Holdaway-Heys, "How to Use Fabric Paints/Washes and Pencils in Your Quilts"
October 29, 2009, 12:30 pm–4:30 pm
Sue is an award-winning professional quilt artist and teacher from Ann Arbor, MI. Her work has been shown in AQS, IQA, Visions: The Art of the Quilt, Visions: Quilt Expressions. Sue’s quilts have won awards at many other prestigious shows, including the American Quilt Society Show, The Ella Sharpe Museum, and The Ann Arbor Art Center. Her work also is represented in many public and private collections, including a doll in the White House collection.
In this four-hour workshop students will explore various water-based paints and pencils to see how they can be used in their quilts. After experimenting with these products, they will tap into their creativity by using these newly learned tools and techniques to create their own original 10” x 12” floral fabric project.
$50 includes a supply kit of fabric flowers, leaves and stems for fusible appliqué, and background fabric. Paints, pencils, paper cups, paper palette and brushes also will be supplied.
Materials to bring: small sharp scissors, pencil sharpener, enthusiasm!
Sending a $20 (non-refundable) check made payable to Sue will reserve your place in the class:
Sue Holdaway-Heys
2605 Powell Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
For more information, feel free to email Sue at shhart@aol.com or call her in Michigan at (734) 971-4980.
Lecture with Marilyn Henrion, "Cloth Poems - The Evolution of a Quiltmaker"
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 1:30–3 pm
Marilyn Henrion recently was honored by the Smithsonian Institution by being invited to submit her papers and sketchbooks for inclusion in the Archives of American Art. The award-winning works of this Cooper Union graduate and lifelong New Yorker are included in museum, corporate and private collections worldwide and have been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad. Marilyn’s art quilts have also been featured in numerous publications, including Women Designers in the U.S., 1900-2000 (Yale University Press, 2001). In 1996 the Artslink Partnership awarded Marilyn a grant for fostering excellence in the arts between the U.S. and countries of the former Soviet Union. In 2005, she was awarded a Fellowship by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Marilyn will present a combination trunk show and lecture with a PowerPoint presentation showcasing the development of her work and her career as a fiber artist.
$5 may be paid at the door, but please email marilynhenrion@me.com so the University Art Museum can reserve the appropriately sized room.
Free Demonstrations
Louise A. Tiemann, president of the Common Thread Quilters, will give a free ongoing demonstration on:
Redwork Embroidery, November 14, 2009, 12–4 pm
There will be live demonstrations on:
Shearing sheep, goats, and rabbits decked in their natural fibers. Some of our visiting alpacas might also get a trim.
Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4, 2009, 10 am–4 pm (coinciding with Alumni Weekend at Binghamton University)
