Contemporary Quilts

2021 Highlights

31 December 2021 Filed Under: Art Quilt Australia, Contemporary Quilts, Exhibitions, QuiltNSW, Zoom Workshops

Australian textile artist Brenda Gael Smith reflects on 2021 highlights. For everything there is a season.

The New Quilt 2021

21 February 2021 Filed Under: Australian Art, Contemporary Quilts, Exhibitions

The New Quilt 2021 is a juried, survey exhibition presented by QuiltNSW. It showcases the art of quilting and reflects the richness and diversity of contemporary expressions of the quilt medium in Australia. The exhibition opened on 6 February 2021 and continues until 11 April 2021 at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW. As part of […]

Australia Wide Seven Preview

17 October 2020 Filed Under: Australia WIde Seven, Contemporary Quilts, Exhibitions

Australia Wide Seven is a touring exhibition showcasing the work of Ozquilt Network members. The exhibition will premiere at the Belconnen Arts Centre from 30 October until 18 December 2020 and continue on tour until 2022. My artwork Acuity #6: In a Twinkle of an Eye comments on how the world changed so quickly with […]

SAQA Benefit Auction 2020

22 September 2020 Filed Under: Contemporary Quilts, Exhibitions, Profile, Season After Season

Bidding is now open for the second section of the SAQA Benefit Auction 2020 which includes my contribution In a Whisper of Time. Can you spot it in the line up below? I selected A Whisper in Time, a thread painting from my back catalogue, as a gentle antidote to 2020 and hope that it […]

Australian Textile Art Award 2020

3 September 2020 Filed Under: Australian Art, Contemporary Quilts, Exhibitions, Travel

Back on 20 March 2020, the inaugural Australian Textile Art Award opened at the Embroiders Guild gallery in Melbourne sponsored by Art Wear Publications. The gallery closed that evening due to COVID-19 and has not reopened since. A catalogue arrived in the mail but my mind was on other things. In short, it seemed like […]