Quilts=Art=Quilts 2015

Oct. 31, 2015, to Jan. 3, 2016

Quilts=Art=Quilts in an international juried quilt exhibition at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York. The exhibit features quilts by 68 artists from across the US, in addition to Australia, Canada, Netherlands and Taiwan. The exhibit opens on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, and will be on view through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016.

The recipients of prize awards in this year’s exhibit include:
Best in Show: Judy Hooworth, Morisset, NSW, Australia
First Prize: Karen Schulz, Silver Spring, MD
Second Prize: Valerie Maser-Flanagan, Carlisle, MA
Third Prize: Betty Busby, Albuquerque, NM
Schweinfurth Award for Design: Gerri Spilka, Philadelphia, PA
Award for Surface Design: Pat Pauly, Rochester, NY
Catherine Hastedt Award for Workmanship: Shin-hee Chin, McPherson, KS
Honorable Mention Awards:
— Helen Geglio, South Bend, IN
— Judy Kirpich, Takoma Park, MD
— Pamela Loewen, Williamston, MI
— Niraja Lorenz, Eugene, OR

Join us for Trunk Shows from 2-3pm. Included with admission on the following days:
— Saturday, Oct. 31: Judy Kirpich, exhibiting artist
— Sunday, Nov. 8: Ruth White, exhibiting artist
— Sunday, Nov. 15: Nancy Bales, Schweinfurth teacher & artist
— Sunday, Nov. 22: Pam Kirch, exhibiting artist
— Sunday, Nov. 29: Cheri Sheridan, exhibiting artist

Below is a full list of exhibiting artists in this year’s Quilts=Art=Quilts:

Jill Ault (Ann Arbor, MI)
Nancy Bardach (Berkeley, CA)
Judi Blaydon (Milford, MI)
Elizabeth Brandt (Holland, MI)
Allegra Brelsford (New York, NY)
Peggy Brown (Nashville, IN)
Mary Buchanan (Richmond, VA)
Bonnie Bucknam (Vancouver, WA)
Betty Busby (Albuquerque, NM)
Elizabeth Busch (Glenburn, ME)
Barbara Bushey (Hillsdale, MI)
Susan Callahan (Silver Springs, MD)
Shin-hee Chin (McPherson, KS)
Linda Chow (Skanaeateles, NY)
Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill (Woodbridge, CT)
Nancy Condon (Stillwater, MN)
Vicki Conley (Ruidoso Downs, NM)
Randall Cook (Rochester, NY)
Nancy Erickson (Missoula, MT)
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry (Port Townsend, WA)
Ann Feitelson (Montague, MA)
Deborah Fell (Urbana, IL)
Diane Franklin (Jamaica Plain, MA)
Helen Geglio (South Bend, IN)
Ayn Hanna (Fort Collins, CO)
Danielle Hansen (Tucson, AZ)
Lotta Helleberg (Charlottesville, VA)
Judy Hooworth (Morisset, Australia)
Kathleen Kastles (Wailuku, HI)
Noel Keith (Manlius, NY)
Patricia Kennedy-Zafred (Murrysville, PA)
Pamela Kirch (Cazenovia, NY)
Judy Kirpich (Takoma Park, MD)
Catherine Kleeman (Ruxton, MD)
Wietske Kluck (Hazerswoude Rijndijk, Netherlands)
Beverly Kondolf (Victor, NY)
Paulette Landers (North Bend, OR)
Pamela Loewen (Williamston, MI)
Niraja Lorenz (Eugene, OR)
Judith Martin (Ontario, Canada)
Valerie Maser-Flanagan (Carlisle, MA)
Sherri Lipman McCauley (Lakeway, TX)
Lorie McCown (Fredericksburg, VA)
Amy Meissner (Anchorage, AK)
Jeannette D Meyer (Portland, OR)
Anne Munoz (Holladay, UT)
Patricia Murphy (Gainesville, FL)
Pat Pauly (Rochester, NY)
Julia Pfaff (Richmond, VA)
Marti Plager (Louisville, KY)
Elaine Quehl (Ottawa, Canada)
Michael Radyk (Kutztown, PA)
Wen Redmond (Strafford, NH)
Cheryl Rezendes (Bernardston, MA)
Denise Roberts (Albright, WV)
Karen Schulz (Silver Springs, MD)
Cheri Sheridan (Cortland, NY)
Lura Schwarz Smith (Coarsegold, CA)
Joan Sowada (Gillette WY)
Gerri Spilka (Philadelphia, PA)
Janet Steadman (Langley, WA)
Carol Trice (Dallas, TX)
Yen-Yu Tseng (Hsinchu, Taiwan)
Nelda Warkentin (Phillips, ME)
Ruth White (Ithaca, NY)
Mary Wieser (Victor, NY)
Hope Wilmarth (Drive Spring, TX)
Charlotte Ziebarth (Boulder, CO)