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Exhibitions

My exhibitions are designed with specific general goals. Most important is to attract and educate a wide audience of viewers to the beauty, history, and possibilities quilts can offer to discover the human lives of those who made them.

I select a theme that coordinates with the mission statement and objectives of the host institution. Working with a defined budget, the quilts I seek develop this theme. Uppermost in consideration is the intended audience and how to address the presentation to their interests and needs. Every attempt is made to include local quilts, either historical or contemporary as a means of expanding the attendance and interest.

Each exhibit opens with a curator's statement explaining the purpose by providing background information. Then, each quilt is fully documented by including a photograph of the maker, an artistic statement, if available, or how the historic quilt reflects the time and place it was made. Often, generalizations and conclusions are provided for greater understanding.

Additionally, often visual aids including videos, slides, photographs, maps, artifacts, and booklists are provided as supportive educational materials. These serve to provide additional connections for the viewers.

I supervise and mount each of the exhibits. Prior to the show openings, I work with the host institution to provide supportive activities such as gallery tours, opening events, special events like symposiums and classes .

I also serve on the Visual Arts Committee for First United Methodist Church and periodically hang quilt exhibitions in the fellowship hall.

I can also provide marketing ideas, contact information, and fundraising possibilities.

I look forward to discussing exhibition possibilities with interested parties.

Please contact me directly for more information.
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personal photo Previous Exhibitions

Below are titles and statements of purpose for a number of the exhibits I have curated which I believe could easily be reproduced by a host museum, historical society, school, or other institution

Quilts as visual records of human experience.

Women's Work: A Study of Quilts
Quilts: Stitched Records of Human Experience
Blue and White Traditions
Quilts in Our Lives

The role of needlework in women's activities

The Role of Needlework in Education
The Tie that Binds: Quilts Made by and for Methodists
Quilts: Heirlooms from the Homefront
The Subject is Needlework

Quilts as art

Representative Works: Quilts by the Columbia-Willamette Quilt Study Group
Quilts: ON the Wall
Quilts by Cover-to-Cover Book Quilt Group
Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Sapporo-Portland Sister City Ties
Feast Your Eyes on
Garden Vegetable Quilts

Interpretation of quilt patterns and styles

Reconstructing the Log Cabin
Stitched and Quilted Fabric Gardens
Cross and Crown Quilts
Quilts by ethnic groups
Quilts by school groups

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Exhibitions