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| "Fruit Salad" by Maria Shell, Anchorage, Alaska |
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mark Goodkin, Gallery Owner Phone: 718-501-4155
e-mail: mark_goodkin@yahoo.com
Gallery EOSS / Watermark Gallery Featuring Contemporary Quilts
East Providence, RI— Most people recognize a quilt when they see one, but a new wave of contemporary quiltmakers is making a huge splash, and their work looks nothing like your grandmother’s patchwork quilts. Modern quilting, a new branch of American quiltmaking, represents the latest evolution in the nation’s longest unbroken tradition of women’s creative expression.
Gallery EOSS will host an exhibition at the Watermark Gallery, “Textiles:
Contemporary American Quiltmaking” featuring ten award-winning artists whose
elegant and offbeat contemporary quilts successfully jump from the beds to the
walls. The exhibition will be guest curated by Bill Volckening, a longtime quilt
collector and author in Portland, Oregon who attended Rhode Island School of
Design in the 1980s.
Featured artists will be: Melissa Averinos of West Barnstable, Massachusetts; Teresa Coates of Portland, Oregon; Lynn Harris of Chelsea, Michigan; Mandy Leins of Saratoga Springs, New York; Tricia Royal of Chicago; Maria Shell of Anchorage, Alaska; Denyse Schmidt of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Gail Weiss of Portland, Oregon; Victoria Findlay Wolfe of New York City; and Sherri Lynn Wood of Oakland, California.
Denyse Schmidt, whose appearance on the Martha Stewart Show helped fuel the
Modern Quilting movement, studied graphic design at Rhode Island School of
Design. Schmidt, Melissa Averinos Lynn Harris, Mandy Leins, Victoria Findlay Wolfe and Sherri Lynn Wood have all
penned bestselling books. They are among the biggest stars in the world of
contemporary American quiltmaking, and they approach quiltmaking as fine art.
“Textiles: Contemporary American Quiltmaking” will be on display from March 18th
to April 10th, 2016, hosted by Gallery EOSS at the Watermark Gallery. A reception
will be held March 18th, 5pm to 9pm. For more information, please contact Mark
Goodkin, Gallery EOSS, phone: 718-501-4155; e-mail: mark_goodkin@yahoo.com.
Contact: Mark Goodkin, Gallery Owner Phone: 718-501-4155
e-mail: mark_goodkin@yahoo.com
Gallery EOSS / Watermark Gallery Featuring Contemporary Quilts
East Providence, RI— Most people recognize a quilt when they see one, but a new wave of contemporary quiltmakers is making a huge splash, and their work looks nothing like your grandmother’s patchwork quilts. Modern quilting, a new branch of American quiltmaking, represents the latest evolution in the nation’s longest unbroken tradition of women’s creative expression.
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| "Red" by Teresa Coates, Portland, Oregon |
Featured artists will be: Melissa Averinos of West Barnstable, Massachusetts; Teresa Coates of Portland, Oregon; Lynn Harris of Chelsea, Michigan; Mandy Leins of Saratoga Springs, New York; Tricia Royal of Chicago; Maria Shell of Anchorage, Alaska; Denyse Schmidt of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Gail Weiss of Portland, Oregon; Victoria Findlay Wolfe of New York City; and Sherri Lynn Wood of Oakland, California.
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| "Centerline" by Denise Schmidt, Bridgeport, Connecticut |
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| "Big Box Stars" by Victoria Findlay Wolfe, New York, New York |
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