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| Rise and Shine, Inner City, 75" x 95" |
My quilt is in China! It
is an honor to have my quilt "Rise and Shine, Inner City" selected as
a part of The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers in 21st-Century America, a program conceived and sponsored by the
United States Embassy-Beijing. The exhibition and its tour throughout the
People’s Republic of China has been jointly developed and managed by ArtsMidwest and South Arts, with additional assistance from the Great
Lakes Quilting Center at Michigan State University.
The exhibition will tour to five
venues throughout China, beginning September 7, 2012:
- Shanghai Museum of Textile and Costume at Donghua University in Shanghai
- Yunnan Nationalities Museum in Kunming, Yunnan Province
- Guangxi Museum of Nationalities in Nanning, Guangxi Province
- Venue TBD in Changsha, Hunan Province
- Dalian Modern Museum in Dalian, Liaoning Province
Links have been set up
with more information and pictures of all the quilts:
Partial funding provided by the U.S.
Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Additional
support from Alabama State Council on the Arts, Illinois
Arts Council, Illinois Office of Trade and Investment, Iowa
Arts Council, Kentucky Arts Council, Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Mississippi
Arts Commission, North Dakota Council on the Arts, Ohio Arts
Council, and South Dakota Arts Council.
12 comments:
Way to go, Martha! Congratulations! This is so very exciting.
Good for you, Marilyn! Isn't that your quilt pictured on the promotion picture (is it a postcard)? How exciting to think that your quilt will be viewed and admired by so many people.
Comment from library colleague Elayne Lockett: "That quilt is absolutely gorgeous! What a gift your mother has. Brag all you can and want, it's the only mama you'll ever have. Never apologize for that. You have God's permission to brag.'And her children rise up and call her blessed.' Prov. 31."
Comment from library colleague Ann Branton: "Yoorah! And I love the visual impact of the quilt, Rise and Shine. It moves!"
Comment from library colleague Paul McCarver: "Linda, what a beautiful quilt and what an honor for your mother."
Thanks to all who commented here and on my email. This quilt has had many adventures--hung in several shows, including Houston and Paducah, and published in several books and articles. But a trip to China . . . what a thrill. I finished it in 1997 and it has taken on a life of its own! I grouped my Y's by color to simulate neighborhoods with the sun coming in to wake up the city. It was hand-quilted with changing designs as I changed neighborhoods.
Martha: Congratulations!! Really a very high honor for you....and you deserve it. I've always loved and appreciate your art.
Greg
The quilt is absolutely stunning! I am so proud of and for you!!! Is that an original pattern? I stand amazed! Thank you so much for sharing. Can't wait to see it "in person" one day!!
Tanzie Brown
Thanks! There is more information about the quilt on my website under Gallery, Large, Inner City. http://marthaginn.com
Well deserved by a tremendously gifted artist - congratulations Martha !!
Congratulations, Martha. That is a stunning quilt and represents American quilt making at its finest!
Martha, that is a beautiful quilt. I love the light edge in the upper corner in particular. It's wonderful that it's traveling in China and representing U.S. quilters.
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