Dreamlines 3# by Australian textile artist Brenda Gael Smith featured in the QuiltCon 2023 lecture “10 Modern Masterpieces” by David Owen Hastings and Teresa Duryea Wong.
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SAQA Benefit Auction 2020
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 […]
Creative Backstory: Celebrating 20 Years – Year 2012
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 […]
Just Wanna Quilt: talking about copyright and other things
Dr. Elizabeth Townsend Gard is a professor of copyright law at Tulane University in New Orleans. She has been instrumental in building the Just Wanna Quilt community, podcast, research project and publishing arm. There’s also a Just Wanna Quilt Facebook Group. Elizabeth’s curiosity and enthusiasm are infectious. I am excited that she invited me to […]
Art Quilt Quarterly: Issue #15
What an honour to be featured in an Artists to Watch profile in issue #15 of the Art Quilt Quarterly magazine: Brenda Gael Smith’s work is vibrant, dynamic, bold, and resonant. Using her own hand- dyed fabrics, she makes her abstract pieces come alive with the shapes and colors of the world around her. This […]
Special Exhibitor: Sydney Quilt Show 2019
I am honoured to be a special exhibitor at the Sydney Quilt Show 2019 at the International Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour 19-23 June 2019. I look forward to sharing a selection of my artwork including my 2018 monthly art project – Taking Shape: Cues from Nature. I will present a floor talk each day […]
