The Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana is pleased to announce the opening of the 4^th annual "Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie" exhibit. This national juried show of contemporary quilt art features 42 works by 42 artists from across the United States. The show was juried by River City Fiber Artists, the group of award-winning local fiber artists Pat DaRif, Kathleen Loomis, Marti Plager, Joanne Weis, Valerie White and Juanita Yeager. Cash awards for Best in Show and Merit will be determined by judge Penny Sisto, an internationally known fiber artist residing in Floyds Knobs, Indiana. "Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie" will be on display January 12 through March 8, 2007.

2007 Winners
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Best in Show Leslie Bowman-Friedlander Reisterstown, MO Room for Squares 2 36 x 36	Jurors' Choice Desiree Vaughn Suttons Bay, MI Square One 35.5 x 36	Louisville Area Textile and Fiber Artists Merit Award Sarah Bearup-Neal Empire, MI Figure Ground #1 43.25 x 61
Today's Woman Merit Award Mary Ruth Smith Waco, TX Apron Under the Influence 22 x 27	Forget Me Knot Quilt Shoppe Merit Award Debra M. Danko Grand Blanc, MI Black Eyed Susans 43 x 42	Arts Council of Southern Indiana Merit Award Patricia Mink Johnson City, TN Wall Quilt #35 47.5 x 36
Award for Social and Political Commentary, given by Kathleen Loomis Claire Waguespack Fenton Houma, LA Prayer Flag 46 x 45	Judge's Honorable Mention Judy Langille Glen Ridge, NJ Formations on Yellow 32 x 31

 

 

This exhibition includes work by the following artists:

Bob Adams, Lafayette, IN Elizabeth Barton, Athens, GA Leslie Bowman-Friedlander, Reisterstown, MD Sarah Bearup-Neal, Empire, MI Leslie C. Carabas, Sonora, CA Beth Carney, Yonkers, NY Mary Allen Chaisson, Harpswell, ME Kathie Cook, North Pole, AK Tricia Coulson, LeClaire, IA Debra M. Danko, Grand Blanc, MI Karen R. Davis, Louisville, KY Claire Waquespack Fenton, Houma, LA Linda Filby-Fisher, Overland Park, KS Karen Flamme, Oakland, CA Jo-Ann Golenia, Venice, FL Linda Witte Henke, Aurora, CO Pamela Hoffman, Blowing Rock, NC Terry Jarrard-Dimond, Clemon, SC Marina Kamenskaya, Wauconda, IL Lynn Krawczyk, Plymouth, MI Natasha Kempers-Cullen, Topsham, ME

Betty Lacy, Ukiah, CA Judy Langille, Glen Ridge, NJ Eileen Lauterborn, Farmingdale, NY Barbara Martinson, Roseville, MN Tricia McKellar, Fuquay-Varina, NC Barbara Barrick McKie, Lyme, CT Patricia Mink, Johnson City, TN Joanna Monroe, Hudson Falls, NY Margit Morawietz, San Antonio, TX Kathy Nida, El Cajon, CA Elizabeth Poole, Garrison, NY Maria Rubingh, Cincinnati, OH Cathy Shanahan, Portola Valley, CA Mary Ruth Smith, Waco, TX Janet Steadman, Clinton, WA Joan Sowada, Gillette, WY Carol Taylor, Pittsford, NY Jo Van Patten, Greenbank, WA Desiree Vaughn, Suttons Bay, MI Kathleen Wilkins, Cincinnati, OH Charlotte Ziebarth, Boulder, CO

There will be an opening reception for this exhibit on Friday, January 12 from 6-8 pm. While exploring the galleries visitors can enjoy refreshments and a chance to meet many of the artists featured in this show. This event is free and the public is invited to attend. This exhibit is sponsored by the Carnegie Center, Inc.

Artist Penny Sisto was born in the Orkney Islands off the northern tip of Scotland. She began learning how to sew at age 3, taught by her grandmother. As an adult, Sisto worked for the British Ministry of Overseas Development, using her skills as a midwife to aid health clinics for the Maasai, LuBukusu and Kikuyu tribes of East Africa. Her time in Africa inspired her to combine the quilting, embroidery and appliqué techniques she learned from her grandmother with the beading and collage methods of her African friends, resulting in the distinctive style seen in her work today.

Sisto’s work has been exhibited in New York as well as Edinburgh, Scotland and Nairobi, Kenya, and her pieces can be found in the collections of Texas Oil, Gettysburg College, Spalding University, and the Thomas Merton International Studies Center, among others. Visit www.pennysisto.com for more information on this remarkable artist.