JANE SASSAMAN GALLERY
Distinguished for their meticulous craftsmanship, bold graphic style and bright colors, Jane's "fabric constructions" are unique. Each quilt is made to be mounted on the wall and viewed as a painting would be. EXHIBITS AND HONORS Exhibits Awards Collections Publications OTHER PAGES Ethnic and Folk Arts Resident Artists Book Store Private Collections Collector's Corner				AVAILABLE WORK Visual Index of Her Work Tree of Life-Spring Collage Crown of Thorns Willow's Weeds Brambles
			Artists Statement After exploring many art mediums, I discovered quilting in 1980. Quilting provided all the important elements: color, design, craftsmanship and fabric. I love fabric. It is very tactile and very human. I feel an intimacy with fabric and thread that nothing else supplies. It is a delicate, yet powerful medium. So now, fabric has become the primary language through which all my ideas are translated. Most of my quilts are symbolic statements about the cycles and spiritual forces of life. By using colorful fabrics cut into dramatic shapes, I try to express the energy and mystery of our amazing universe---from the miraculous beauty of a single blossom to the complicated powers of the soul. I want to dazzle the viewer. I want snap them out of a mundane routine and remind them that they are part of a bigger "cosmic" picture. Exhibits VISIONS: ART QUILT, QUILT SAN DIEGO, Museum of San Diego History, CA 1996 ARTIST AS QUILTMAKER VII, Firelands Assoc. for the Arts Gallery, Oberlin, OH 1996 CELEBRATING THE ENVIRONMENT: NATURE QUILTS, invitational, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden CO 1996 QUILT NATIONAL '95, The Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Ctr, Athens, OH 1995 AMERICAN QUILTER'S SOCIETY, Executive Inn Convention Center, Paducah, KY 1995 FORM AND FREEDOM, invitational, Quilt Mart, Houston, TX 1995 CONTEMPORARY QUILTS FROM THE GREAT LAKE STATES, invitational, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 1995 and many others. Awards 1996 DESIGN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, recognizing outstading alumni, College of Design, Iowa State University. ARTIST AS QUILTMAKER VII, Firelands Assoc. for the visual Arts Gallery, 1996, First Prize. THE ART QUILT: CELEBRATING WOMEN'S VISIONS AND ENERGIES, 1995, The Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Most Powerful Visual Expression. AMERICAN QUILTER'S SOCIETY, 11th Annual Exhibit and Contest, 1995, First Place, Professional Wall Quilt Division. Corporate Collections ARTHUR ANDERSON, Corporate Headquater, Chicago, IL HYPERION, Glendale, CA Publications FIBERARTS, Summer 1996, Altamont Press CHICAGO SUN TIMES, April 28, 1996 LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL, Arts Section, January 14, 1996 CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Friday Section, January 19, 1996 QUILT NATIONAL: CONTEMPORARY DESIGNS IN FABRIC, Lark Books, 1995 DIVERSITY: ART QUILTS FOR THE NEXT CENTURY, Stuio Art Quilt Associates, C & T Publishing and many others.
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