Exhibits

Gallery - Wish You Were Here... - 2006

The Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters is proud to present our traveling exhibit of 46 quilts based on the theme "Wish You Were Here...". The exhibit highlights the imaginative potential of the quilt as an art medium, including expressions and construction techniques of unlimited variety.

Participants were asked to create a "picture postcard" in fabric, featuring real or imagined people, places, things, events or ideas. Quilters used an intriguing mix of images, techniques and styles — from traditional to contemporary — in their interpretation of the theme. The results ranged from beautiful to thought-provoking to hilarious, and will give viewers a unique opportunity to enjoy and appreciate the best in contemporary quilt art.

The quiltmakers for this invitational exhibition were invited randomly, based on membership in APNQ, with geographic representation. No jurying was done. The quilters invited to create 24" by 36" works for this project practice their art in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada. As members of the Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters, each has assisted the organization in the realization of its mission: the promotion of quilters and quiltmaking in the Northwest. This is the Association's fifth traveling exhibit.

This project was sponsored by the Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters and coordinated by Judy Dafoe Hopkins and Gwen Brustad.

Photos by Mark Frey.

Click on any image below to see a larger image and the artist's statement.


Shirley Jo Rimkus-Falconer
Shirley Jo Rimkus-Falconer

Linda Andrus
Linda Andrus

Janice Lee Baehr
Janice Lee Baehr

Katie Banister
Katie Banister

Gwen Brustad
Gwen Brustad

Laine Canivet
Laine Canivet

Jan Cannon
Jan Cannon

Sandra K. Carr
Sandra K. Carr

Sally Catlin
Sally Catlin

Connie Chaplin
Connie Chaplin

Nancy Lee Chong
Nancy Lee Chong

Bunny St. Clair
Bunny St. Clair

JaNita Claremont
JaNita Claremont

Sharyn Floriani Cole
Sharyn Floriani Cole

Shirley Connolly
Shirley Connolly

Melody Crust
Melody Crust

Dawn Delong
Dawn Delong

Marilyn Dorman
Marilyn Dorman

Sue A. Duthweiler
Sue A. Duthweiler

Ruth Lynne Van Dyke
Ruth Lynne Van Dyke

Diana L. Ericson
Diana L. Ericson

Eva May Fox
Eva May Fox

Bean Gilsdorf
Bean Gilsdorf

Trish Grant
Trish Grant

Charleen Hakala
Charleen Hakala

Debra Jo Hardman
Debra Jo Hardman

Ginnie Hebert
Ginnie Hebert

Dionne Hersh-Matthies
Dionne Hersh-Matthies

Judy Dafoe Hopkins
Judy Dafoe Hopkins

Linda Johansen
Linda Johansen

Daphne W. John
Daphne W. John

Janet E. Johnson
Janet E. Johnson

Jean McDaniel
Jean McDaniel

Jean McDaniel
Jean McDaniel

Ria Shanon Meszaros
Ria Shanon Meszaros

Suzanna J. Moore-Sandoval
Suzanna J. Moore-Sandoval

Marie Murray
Marie Murray

J. Marie Norris
J. Marie Norris

Brenda Oakes
Brenda Oakes

Joseph L. Pepia
Joseph L. Pepia

Hester A. Rodgers
Hester A. Rodgers

Vera R. P. Rogers
Vera R. P. Rogers

Lou Sawyer
Lou Sawyer

Sarah Ann M. Smith
Sarah Ann M. Smith

Elizabeth Spannring
Elizabeth Spannring

Nan Williams
Nan Williams

Brenda Hermundstad Yirsa
Brenda Hermundstad Yirsa