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Location: Dunedin Fine Art Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Date: May 10, 2019
From: Dunedin Fine Art Center
Contact: Ken Hannon @ 727.298.DFAC, x230

It’s Wall-to-Wall Quilts and Textiles This Summer at the Dunedin Fine Art Center

Nearly everyone remembers sleeping under a quilt made by their mother or grandmother, and many of those quilts were made from time-honored traditional quilt designs. Today’s quiltmakers take those designs as departure points for works that are often inspired by nature, personal or world events. June 7 through August 18, 2019, the Dunedin Fine Art Center (DFAC) is delighted to present SIX quilt textile exhibits that showcase the breadth of work being done with fabric today as well as a few added treats for all quilts and textile lovers.

Primary local support for these exhibits is provided by Rainbow’s End Quilt Shoppe. Additional support comes from Nancy & David Bilheimer, Syd & Irwin Entel. Mike and Amanda Bowman, Deane Horne, Cathy & Stan Simms, Holiday Inn Express of Dunedin. State of Florida- Division of Cultural Affairs, and the City of Dunedin. The Platinum Media Sponsor is the Tampa Bay Times. Additional media sponsors are Creative Loafing and Tampa Bay Magazine.

6/7/19 – 8/18/19
New Quilts From An Old Favorite: Bow Tie
Quilters around the world share innovative interpretations of a traditional pattern in this 24th Annual Competition coordinated by The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. Quilters modified “Bowtie” block designs in imaginative ways, providing a wonderful look at the skills, techniques and creativity of today’s quiltmakers.

6/7/19 – 8/18/19
Jane Sassaman
Jane Sassaman’s love for historic decorative arts can be seen in all facets of her work. After a varied career in the design world, Jane began to quilt in 1980. Her art quilts have been shown in numerous national and international exhibits. Her designs are oversized and colorful and have been coined as “William Morris on anti-depressants”.

6/7/19 – 8/18/19
Lorraine Turner
Textile artist and illustrator, Turner creates multi-textured, one-of-a-kind textile art incorporating repurposed materials and objects that are stitched, felted and otherwise melded together to tell a visually vibrant story honoring the natural world and its glorious creatures.

6/7/19 – 8/18/19
Sheila Frampton-Cooper
Known for her bold, graphic colorful work, Frampton-Cooper incorporates elements of surface design—painting with thickened dyes, discharging and batik to create her award-winning art quilts. A passionate teacher who has shared her techniques in workshops around the world, Frampton-Cooper lives and works in the South of France.

6/7/19 – 8/18/19
Tribute to Rainbow’s End
Celebrating three decades of community partnership, DFAC honors the support and inspiration of Dunedin’s legendary Quilt Shoppe.

6/7/19 – 8/18/19
Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild
Surface Design is the coloring, patterning, structuring and transformation of fabric, fiber and other materials. Tampa Bay’s Surface Design Guild supports individual artistic creativity while promoting an attitude of mutual respect and exchange in its members and the community. Come See and Learn!

Admission for these quilt & textile and MORE exhibits is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors $5 for students with ID. DFAC members and children under 12 are admitted FREE. Group rates for eight or more are available by calling DFAC.