V I S I O N S
VISIONS is a biennial, juried exhibit of contemporary quilts sponsored by Quilt San Diego, an organization dedicated to promoting quiltmaking as an art form. Since its first exhibit in 1988. Visions, with Quilt National, has become a premier showcase of the latest and the best work from around the world in the field of studio art quilts.

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VISIONS 1996-97:QuiltArt

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Quilt San Diego's fifth biennial exhibition, was held from November 2, 1996 through January 26,1997, at the Museum of San Diego History in Balboa Park. Three jurors, Will Chandler, Penny McMorris and David Walker, selected 80 quilts from 850-plus entries to create a fantastic exhibition that represent the very wide range of quilting styles being practiced today. A full-color catalog was published by C & T Publishing Company.
ARTIST -- QUILT TITLE

Ann M. Adams -- Natural Soul
Deborah M. Anderson -- Shower
Marcia Anop-Romashko -- Frangiapani Marauder
Patricia Autenrieth -- Starry Night
Liz Axford -- Within/Without 3
Roxana Bartlett -- The Wind Does Not Require The Grass To Answer
Elizabeth Barton -- Windows XVII: Oculus
Emilie M. Belak -- In Praise Of Poppies
Sue Benner -- Watchful Eye IV: Ogalu
Rachel Brumer -- Triplets
Elizabeth Busch -- Transformation
Erika Carter -- Epiphany
Mary Ellen Chaisson -- Read The Earth
Gerry Chase -- Sampler IV: Play TV
Jane Burch Cochran -- Coming Home: Kentucky Women Quilt
Linda Colsh -- In The Hot Seat
Cynthia Corbin -- Shape Of Spirit
Barbara Lydecker Crane -- Tree And Leaf
Kathy Davie -- George S. Seurat Meets The Next Generation
Jane Dunnewold -- Seeking Order
Ellen Anne Eddy -- Twilight Pond
Leslie Gabrielse -- Arras (France)
Virginia Gaz -- Royal Palms Of Paia
Carol Hemphill Gersen -- Zig-Zag Log Cabin
Helen Giddens -- Al
Kiyoko Goto -- Log Cabin II
Veronica Haberthuer -- Color Exploration
Tim Harding -- Sunset Reflection
Dixie Haywood -- Soho Sunday
Sharon Heidingsfelder -- Paradise By Design
Jane Herbst -- The Sonoran Desert
Midge Hoffman -- Fall Into Winter
Bonnie Bucknam Holmstrand -- Moons Of Jupiter
Melissa Holzinger -- Patch Of Blue Ground
Wendy C. Huhn -- Joy Of Ironing
Melody Johnson -- Eternal Horizons
Vicki L. Johnson -- On The Way Home
Ann Johnston -- Balancing Act 3
Patricia Kennedy-Zafred -- Innocenza Presa
Susan Webb Lee -- Missy's New Clothes
Libby Lehman -- Haywire
Joan M. Lintault -- The Other Messengers
Linda MacDonald -- Portrait Of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Terrie Hancock Mangat -- Barbara Johnson, Over The Rhine
Paula Nadelstern -- Kaleidoscope XV: Eccentric Circles
Rise Nagin -- Drop Cloth
Constance Norton -- Zinnias For Iris
Hallie H. O'Kelley -- Peruvian Primitive
Ritsuko Oikawa -- Wintry Blast
Ellen Oppenheimer -- Labyrinth #5
Jill Pace -- The Way Through
Marylou Pepe -- Colors Of High Resolve
Julia E. Pfaff -- Twilight Serenade/Music In The Tombs
Elaine Plogman -- African Crosses
Toot Reid -- Madre de Deus
Jan Rickman -- SPF 25
Rebecca Rohrkaste -- The Dance
Jane A. Sassaman -- Tree Of Life - Spring
Joan Schulze -- Escape
Robin Schwalb -- Hear The Difference
Rebekka Seigel -- The Gospel According To The Choir
Sally A. Sellers -- When You Are Very Still
Jonathan Shannon -- 95-3: Blue
Susan Shie & James Accord -- Fiesta Ware Quilt
Pat Sims -- Forest And The Trees
Fran Skiles -- Thread Bare II
Mildred (Millie) Sorrells -- Monsho
Dorle Stern-Straeter -- Formation
Marilyn Stewart Stothers -- Thanks For The Memories
Becky Sundquist -- Arctic Light
Barbara Sweeney -- Violence Against Women
Liselotte (Lisa) Tan -- My Sweet Mistletoe
Heather W. Tewell -- Vignettes Of Dewey Beach: Beach Rocks
Anne Triguba -- Markers
Me We Hu Tzing -- It's All Pink On The Inside
Laura Wasilowski -- Blue Book On Blue Chairs
Barbara W. Watler -- Catch A Falling Star
Kathy Weaver -- Guns Are Us, Funerary Piece Three
Diana Whitmer-Francko -- Many Moons Over Serpent Mound
Angie Dawson Woolman -- Terrazzi

Jurors

Will Chandler is proprietor of Chandler Art Consulting Services in San Diego, California. His consultancy includes personal property appraisal, art preservation and architectural history research. A 1973 graduate of UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design (B.A. Design: Textiles and Design History), he was Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at the San Diego Museum of Art from 1976 to 1988. While at SDMA he provided technical analysis and conservation for the Binney Quilt Collection, and was curator of that collection's touring exhibition, "Homage to Amanda," for the Smithsonian Institution's Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition was seen by more than 600,000 people in fourteen museums across the United States.

Penny McMorris is currently a consultant to Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation for 1,000-piece Projects: a collection of contemporary paintings and prints, as well as for two major contemporary quilt collections. She is a partner in The Electric Quilt Company, a software firm producing computer software for quilt design. She is curating collections of contemporary quilts for the Museum of the American Quilter's Society, Paducah, KY, as well as the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. She has advised and guest-curated several contemporary quilt gallery exhibits. Penny, who has an M.A. in Art History, has produced and hosted two PBS series on quilts, and authored two books, Crazy Quilts and The Art Quilt.

David Walker has exhibited his work at dozens of venues, including Quilt National, Athens, OH; Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Lancaster, OH; Art Quilt International '94, Mountain View, CA; Quiltfest USA, Louisville, KY; and Visions 1992: The Art of the Quilt, San Diego, CA. He has presented lectures and workshops at numerous symposia and shows, most notably for several consecutive years at Quilt/Surface Design symposium. He has been published in many quilting and other fiber-related as well as interior design magazines. David has received awards and recognition by several arts organizations, including Quilt National, the National Quilting Association, the Rockefeller Foundation, the "Best of 1988" by the Ohio Designer Craftsmen, and an Individual Artist's Fellowship for 1995 from the Ohio Arts Counsel.

Advisory Committee

Thayes Hower, Executive Director, Quilt San Diego
Janet Roger
Merlyne Hickman
Gay Sinclair
Lee Ann Decker
Christen Brown
Stevii Graves
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