To mark the 20th anniversary of my first baby quilt, I have been reflecting on what I have learned along the way. Creative Backstory is a series of blog posts each highlighting a different year. I invite you to share your creative backstory. Each day, I will post an optional prompt. Leave your response as […]
Australia Quilts Exhibition
The Art of Curating
The art of curating brings three distinct imperatives: to select; to organise; and to look after the items in a collection or exhibition. Drawing on my experience with Australia Quilts, Beneath the Southern Sky and Living Colour!, I reflect on the challenges and delights of these imperatives in an extended article in Issue #119 of […]
Return of Australia Quilts
After an unscheduled sojourn in a Sydney warehouse, while the shipping company sorted out their paperwork, the Australia Quilts exhibit finally returned to Copacabana early on Wednesday afternoon. Phew! The boxes are a little battered but the contents are safe and sound: And I have the all-important ATA carnet so that I can get the […]
European Patchwork Meeting 2014
As curator of Australia Quilts, the extra-European guest country of honour exhibition at the 20th Carrefour Européen du Patchwork/ European Patchwork Meeting, and one of the members of the Twelve by Twelve Colourplay challenge, naturally my priority was to attend these exhibitions and be available to provide additional background for viewers. And boy was it […]
En route
After a fabulous time at the European Patchwork Meeting, the Laundry King are on our way back to Australia. The wifi at our B&B was pretty flaky (and non-existent for the last 24 hours) so I have been offline. Not that there has been much time for blogging anyway. Here is a quick selection of […]
Australia Quilts Opening Day
The Australia Quilts exhibition is delighting viewers at the European Patchwork Meeting. I am so proud to represent Australian textile artists in this exhibition. And I give thanks to my French teachers from High School : Ian Butterworth, Jon Ackroyd, Louise Price Mabbett and Hilary Lamb 🙂
