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When we think of the women’s suffrage movement, we often think of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the leaders of the movement. Beyond these two fascinating women, many other women were doing their part to fight for a universal-suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Join us and four quilt artists from the “Deeds Not Words: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage” exhibit and learn more about:
Our virtual webinar will take place on February 15, 2022 at 12 PM Central Time.
Featured Quilt Artists:
Joan Schulze was awarded the 2017 Distinguished Woman Artist by the Council of 100, Fresno Art Museum, California, Joan Schulze has other singular honors, including a 2016 solo exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum; 2018, Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing, China; 2010, her retrospective exhibition Poetic License, The Art of Joan Schulze at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. Her work is held in public collections, including recent acquisitions by The Newark Museum, Racine Art Museum, and Fresno Art Museum. Schulze maintains studios in San Francisco and Sunnyvale, California.
Robin Schwalb studied painting at the State University of New York at Binghamton, where she received her BA in 1974, and has worked as an archivist and media tech at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for more than thirty years. Her quilts have been widely shown in both juried and invitational exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Her work also has appeared in numerous publications, including The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw, American Craft, The New York Times, Canadian Surfacing Journal, FiberArts, The Detroit News, and Patchwork Quilt Tsushin, and is represented in the collections of the Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan, the Visions Art Museum in San Diego, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum as well as in corporate and private collections, including the John M. Walsh III Collection of Contemporary Art Quilts. Schwalb was awarded a grant by the Empire State Crafts Alliance in 1989 and received the Quilts Japan Prize at Quilt National '05, which was awarded and given by Japanese publisher Nihon Vogue and allowed her to visit and teach a workshop in Japan. The experience of traveling to Japan resulted in several quilts, as had earlier trips to China and Russia.
Hope Wilmarth created her first art quilt in 2009, responding to a juried gallery call. The experience led her into the world of fiber artists, which continues to challenge, educate, and open new opportunities to explore surface design. Wilmarth’s professional background is that of a Registered Nurse, during which time she enjoyed traditional quilting, calligraphy, embroidery, and other media that she now applies to her art. She is a published fiber artist, exhibiting nationally and internationally, and a Juried Artist Member of Studio Art Quilt Associates.
Adrienne Yorinks is a fiber artist whose work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and around the world. Described as an abstract expressionist, she is known for her bold sense of color and movement. She has created numerous private and public commissions, many depicting historical or commemorative themes produced via photo transfers. Yorinks has authored and illustrated several books, including The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog, an essay written by Eugene O’Neill in 1949.
Suffragists: Beyond the Bloomers
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Suffragists: Beyond the Bloomers
Time: February 15, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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