As a curator, I understand the challenges in planning and administering an exhibition especially a touring exhibition covering multiple venues. That’s why I value the exhibition opportunities offered by Ozquilt Network Inc, Australia’s organisation for art quilters. Neptune’s Necklace #2 (40x40cm) is back from its 10-stop tour with Australia Wide Four and last week I […]
Inspiration
Out and About: Mount Penang Gardens
Combine a glorious day with family visiting from overseas and it was time to go exploring. After discharging our civic duty and voting in the federal election (complete with sausage sizzle), we headed to the newly opened Gosford Classic Car Museum and then onto Mount Penang Gardens. The gardens are set in 8 hectares and are divided into […]
Textiles at the Ashmolean Museum
This post comes from a damp and gray England where the Laundry King, his sister and her husband and I are spending the holidays. Our home exchange house is situated near St Albans to the north of London and makes a great base for day trips. Our first excursion was to Bletchley Park, the central […]
Unsuspected Possibilities: Blanket Stories by Marie Watt
While I was in Santa Fe, I viewed the Unsuspected Possibilities exhibition at SITE gallery. This project is a collaboration between three artists. My attention was firmly on the monumental installation comprised of 11 blanket works by Marie Watt. The installation is “configured to evoke a partial longhouse, a form of architecture built by the […]
1000 Quilt Inspirations
1000 Quilt Inspirations: Colorful and Creative Designs for Traditional, Modern, and Art Quilts (affiliate link) is a new book by Dr Sandra Sider (independent curator and former president of Studio Art Quilt Associates) and published by Quarry Books. This is not a how to book but a 320 page visual reference of patterns, colour and […]
A Garden Day
On my last day in New Zealand, I took an excursion to the Auckland Botanic Gardens in Manurewa with my mother and grandmother – three generations of first born daughters. The rose gardens were a little past their prime but still full of colour. Appropriately, this floribunda variety is called My Mum: And there were […]
