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is proud to offer the following international, juried exhibition as a touring exhibit for rental to venues across the United States:

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Quilt National is a biennial juried competition dedicated to the

promotion of the contemporary art quilt. It is a showcase for

new work produced in the two year span prior to the exhibition.

Its focus is to provide the viewer with a visual presentation

of innovative trends in the medium of layered and stitched fabric.

In the late 1970s Athens, Ohio, was home to numerous talented artists. Included among this group were Nancy Crow, Françoise Barnes and Virginia Randles. These and other area artists were using fabric to create works that were pieced, layered, stitched and stuffed. These works were “quilts” by virtue of their structure, although they were intended to be viewed on a vertical plane. The original designs and use of innovative techniques and color combinations made them unacceptable to the organizers of traditional quilt shows who were most interested in beautifully crafted bedcovers with recognizable patterns. The only exhibit opportunities for these artists were in mixed media fiber shows alongside baskets and weavings.

Crow and Barnes recognized the need for an appropriate showcase for what are now known as “art quilts.” They were just two of a dedicated corps of volunteers who decided to organize an exhibit devoted entirely to this relatively new breed of contemporary quilt.

Fortunately, this need coincided with the efforts of area artists and art lovers to preserve an abandoned dairy barn. Built in 1914 as part of a farm complex situated on grounds belonging to the state-owned mental health facility, the barn had served as part of the activities therapy program. Artists and others in the Athens community felt that the barn had the potential for a second life.

Quilt National was intended to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the world of quilting. Its purpose was then, and still is, to carry the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what it always has been -- an art form.

The works in a Quilt National exhibit display a reverence for the lessons taught by the makers of the heritage quilts. Many of the works hold fast to the traditional methods of piecing and patching. At the same time, however, the Quilt National artist is intrigued by the challenge of expanding the boundaries of traditional quiltmaking by utilizing the newest materials and technologies. These innovative works generate strong emotional responses in the viewer while at the same time fulfilling the creative need of the artist to make a totally individual statement.

Helping to co-ordinate the jurors for the first Quilt National in 1979 is Nancy Crow,

standing in the center, one of the people responsible for beginning the exhibition.

An early Dairy Barn interior; by its size and the breadth of its representation,

Quilt National ‘79 immediately assumed the status of a milestone in the history of American art quilting.

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Each biennium, the 80+ piece Quilt National ’13 exhibition is divided into three touring collections. The purpose of dividing the exhibition into smaller groups is to provide smaller venues the opportunity to display the Quilt National works. The three collections may be rented individually or in combination for one week or a group of weeks as available. The following is a listing of the artists and works assigned to the three Quilt National ’13 Collections.

COLLECTION A 21 PIECES Approximately 87 linear feet of workARTIST WORk SIzE (HORIzONTAL x VERTICAL)

Cynthia FriedmanA Man Among Giants

COLLECTION B

Deidre Adams Tracings III 60" x 60" Natalya Aikens The City 56" x 40" Pamela Allen My Town By The River 48" x 60"Dale Barry Yellow Ladder 52" x 39"Susan Callahan 2Top 30" x 24"Jette Clover White Wall 14 52" x 52"Cynthia Corbin Threadbare 36" x 61"Dianne Firth Storm 56" x 26 "Laura Fogg Jammin' 53" x 43"Sylvia Gegaregian Bow Tie 53" x 53"Sara Impey Bitter Pills 58" x 38" Patricia kennedy-zafred Descent Into Darkness: 43" x 63" The Boys of the MinesLorie McCown My Grandmother's Dresses 39" x 46"Jan Myers-Newbury Tilt-A-Whirl 63" x 89"Elin Noble Fugitive Pieces II 65" x 45"Dan Olfe Texture Experiment #21 54" x 39"The Pixelaldies American Still Life - 60" x 60" The Weight of the Nationkaren Rips High Water Mark 46" x 29"Joan Schulze 8 Meditations 30" x 55"Robin Schwalb Jive Boss Sweat 63" x 48"Mary Ann Tipple The Conversation 92" x 72" COLLECTION B 26 PIECES Approximately 113 linear feet of workARTIST WORk SIzE (HORIzONTAL x VERTICAL)Molly Allen No One Knows, Not Even Poets, How... 69" x 58"Elizabeth Barton Legacy 62" x 44"Leslie Bixel Decay 54" x 42"Brienne Brown Moonset 40" x 40"Benedicte Caneill Grieffiti 65" x 31"Chris Fee Contemplating Self 27" x 21"Cynthia Friedman A Man Among Giants 39" x 53" Carol Goossens As Summer Slowly Fades... 34" x 44"Patty Hawkins Sunlit Canyon 28" x 52"Catherine kleeman Post No Bills 25" x 45"katherine knauer Solar City 86" x 86"Brigitte kopp Hands off! - Hau ab! 52" x 42"John Lefelhocz Mona Lisa in the Age of Social Butterflies 64" x 64"kathleen McCabe Agave in Black & White 24" x 24"Rita Merten Plastic Trees #5 65" x 83" Olive Grove in Ampolla, Spainkathy Nida Spread Out on the Pavement 67" x 72"Bonnie Peterson Kora (Pilgrimage) 68" x 70"Judith Plotner Urban Melody 24" x 56"Susan Polansky No One but You 49" x 65"Leslie Rego Four Seasons at the Beaver Pond 28" x 50"Susan Shie Dragon Sushi; 9 of Pyrex Cups 60" x 86" in the Kitchen TarotSidnee Snell Riveted 30" x 31"Joan Sowada Push 25" x 38"Sandra van Velzen Behind the Facades 46" x 42"Nelda Warkentin Bella Woods 60" x 48"Charlotte ziebarth Reverberations: Yellowstone Waters 42" x 62"

Robin SchwalbJive Boss Sweat COLLECTION A

Jan Meyers-NewburyTilt-A-Whirl

COLLECTION A

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COLLECTION C 32 PIECES Approximately 133 linear feet ARTIST WORk SIzE (HORIzONTAL x VERTICAL)

QUILT National ‘13 ToURINg ExHIBITS

RENTAL FEE SCHEDULE Group “A” Group “B” Group “C” 21 works 26 works 32 works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 week $ 750 $ 935 $1120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 weeks 1275 1590 1900. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 weeks 1800 2245 2688. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 weeks 2250 2805 3360. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 weeks 2625 3275 3920. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 weeks 2925 3645 4370 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 weeks 3150 3930 4705. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 weeks 3300 4115 4930. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 weeks 3375 4210 5040. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10+ weeks 375/ week 467/week 560/week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Repeat Host Venues are entitled to a 10% discount on the total rental fee.

Brooke Atherton SpringField 32" x 97" Susan Brooks Together 66" x 39"Peggy Brown Soliloquy II 50" x 35"Rachel Brumer Large Regional Still Lives 60" x 72"Marianne Burr Thru the Lens 46" x 39"Christine Chester Layers of Memory 44" x 39"Sue Cunningham NetWork I 39" x 67"Sheila Frampton-Cooper From a Seed 55" x 41"kate Gorman Bernadette in Artichokes 60" x 30"Sandy Gregg Listen to the Rhythm 54" x 41" of the Falling RainLeslie Hall Casual Query #3 58" x 41"Judy Hooworth Creek Drawing #8 48" x 64"Lisa kijak El Cortez, Las Vegas 38" x 56"Paula kovarik Round and Round It Goes 54" DSusan Lenz Circular Churchyard 86" x 53"Linda Levin Central Park West Sunrise 45" x 58"Denise Linet Letters to Myself - Page 4 41" x 31"Eleanor McCain, kevin Womack Swaddling to Shroud - 72" x 72" Birthing BedMiriam Nathan-Roberts Salt and Pepper 39" x 56"katie Pasquini Masopust Dolente (Sorrowfully) 54" x 71"Mary Rowan Quinn High Expectations 39" x 56"Luanne Rimel Enigma with a Flower 42" x 23"Pam RuBert Seattle - Wish You Were Hair 65" x 41"Dinah Sargeant Old Child 52" x 43"Anne Smith Gabriel 72" x 63" Lura Smith Passage 24" x 23"kate Themel Morgan's Flight 38" x 38"Martha Warshaw Textiles Nine Patch 8 24" x 24"Carol Watkins Vintage 26" x 22"kathy Weaver Biomechatronics Development 48" x 53" Lab 2 v2Marianne Williamson Hidden Falls 65" x 40"Marian zielinski Goodnight, Sweet Prince 59" x 44"

John LefelholzMona in the Age of Social Butterflies

COLLECTION B

Marianne WilliamsonHidden Falls

COLLECTION C

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CURRENTLY SCHEDULED ToUR VENUES QUILT National ’11

The Dairy Barn Arts Center Athens, OH May 27–September 5, 2011

The Foundry Art Centre St. Charles, MO October 20 – November 4, 2011 ABC

San Jose Museum of Quilts San Jose, CA February 14 – April 29& Textiles AB

Doris Ulman Galleries Berea, kY June 11 – August 10, 2012Berea College A

Dishman Art Museum Beaumont, Tx September 23 - November18, 2012Lamar University A

Fredericksburg Area Museum Fredericksburg, VA October 1 – December 31, 2012& Cultural Center B

Oceanside Museum of Art Oceanside, CA October 21, 2012 – Februaru 12, '13C

Ohio Craft Museum Columbus, OH February 3 – March 24, 2013B

Dunedin Fine Art Center Dunedin, FL May 31 – August 11, 2013B

17th European Patchwork Meeting Alsace, France September 15 – 18, 2013Selections from Collections A & C

QUILT National '13 The Dairy Barn Arts Center Athens, OH May 25 – September 2, 2013 ABC St. Louis University Museum of Art St. Louis, MO September 20 – October 27, 2013ABC

San Jose Museum of Quilts San Jose, CA May 6 – July 20, 2014& Textiles AB

The Riffe Gallery Columbus, OH January 15 – April 13, 2014C

Historical and Cultural Society Moorehead, MN August 14 – September 28, 2014of Clay County B

Elizabeth BartonLegacy

COLLECTION B

Lorie McCownMy Grandmother's Dresses

COLLECTION A

Lisa kijak El Cortez, las Vegas

COLLECTION C

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