Carnegie Center Presents 3^rd Annual "Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie" Exhibit

January 13 - March 18, 2006

The 2006 Winners Are:

Best in Show "Cascading Boxes" Leslie Riley Skokie, IL 38" x 42"	Jurors' Choice Award "Pickets #9" Tommy Fitzsimmons Romeoville, IL 51" x 31"	Merit Award "Night Trumpets" Katherine K. Allen Fort Lauderdale, FL 28" x 39"
Merit Award "Structures #45" Lisa Call Parker, CO 28" x 28"	Judge's Honorable Mention "Opening #5" Marina Kamenskaya Wauconda, IL 37" x 34"	Judge's Honorable Mention "Torn Progression II" Judy Langille Glen Ridge, NJ 31" x 34"

The Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana is pleased to announce the opening of the 3^rd annual "Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie" exhibit. This national juried show of contemporary quilt art features 47 works by 47 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. Awards including a $1000 Best in Show will be determined by judge Lida Gordon, Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the Hite Art Institute of the University of Louisville. Several $100 Merit Awards presented by local sponsors will also be awarded. "Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie" will be on display January 13 through March 18, 2006. This exhibition includes work by the following artists:

Virginia Abrams, Hockdessen, DE Bob Adams, Lafayette, IN Deidre Adams, Littleton, CO Katherine K. Allen, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Linda Beach, Chugiak, AK Jeanne Beck, Canandaigua, NY Liz Berg, Castro Valley, CA Diane Bielak, Williamsburg, VA Peggy Brown, Nashville, IN Maureen Squires Capshew, Lanesville, IN Lisa Call, Parker, CO Beth Carney, Yonkers, NY Rosemary Claus-Gray, Doniphan, MO Nancy Cook, Charlotte, NC Jane Davila, Ridgefield, CT Helene Davis, Paducah, KY Marjorie DeQuincy, Sacramento, CA Linda B. Dunn, Cambridge, MA Tommy Fitzsimmons, Romeoville, IL Michele Hardy, Mandeville, LA Sue Holdaway-Heys, Ann Arbor, MI Marina Kamenskaya, Wauconda, IL Catherine Kleeman, Ruxton, MD Liz Kuny, Mendham, NJ

Judy Langille, Glen Ridge, NJ Eileen Lauterborn, Farmingdale, NY Judy Zoelzer Levine, Bayside, WI Stephanie Levy, Brunswick, ME Denise Linet, Center Harbor, NH Tricia McKellar, Fuquay-Varina, NC Sandee Winrow Milhouse, Bloomington, IN Carol Myers, Indianapolis, IN Leslie Riley, Skokie, IL Maria Rubingh, Cincinnati, OH Judy Rush, Bexley, OH Barbara Schneider, McHenry, IL Cathy Shanahan, Portola Valley, CA Iris Simmons, Wilmington, NC Karen Soma, Seattle, WA Margot Stage, Westford, MA Janet Steadman, Clinton, WA Pat Sturtzel, Louisville, KY Sylvia Sutherland, Mountain View, CA Yvonne Swearingen, Lancaster, OH Carol Taylor, Pittsford, NY Linda Taft Walburn, Elkton, MD Kathleen Wilkins, Cincinnati, OH

There will be an opening reception for this exhibit on Friday, January 13 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 presented with support from The Arts Council of Southern Indiana, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, as well as the Carnegie Center, Inc.

Lida Gordon, Judge Title : Elusive Memories MIXED MEDIA : Gesso on Hand Pieced Hemp 41" x 55 1/2"

Judge Lida Gordon has been head of the Fiber Area in the Department of Fine Arts at the Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville since 1983, teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses. Gordon received her MFA from Indiana University in 1976 and has been part of countless invitational and juried exhibitions across the country and beyond, in addition to numerous solo and two-person exhibitions. She has received both project and research grants from the University of Louisville as well as a number of artist’s fellowships. Her many teaching awards include the University Wide Award for Distinguished Teaching at the Graduate Level in 1996-1997. Gordon also received the Award of Recognition for Lifetime Contributions to the Field and Performance as a Role Model and Mentor from LAFTA, the Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists, in 1998. Gordon’s professional roles continue to include those of juror, panelist, exhibition curator, exhibition consultant, and much-published writer.

 

"Golden" Maria Rubingh Cincinnati, OH 12" x 13"

"Mirage" Marjorie DeQuincy Sacremento, CA 48" x 43"

 

"Nuts and Bolts #5" Carol Taylor Pittsford, NY 32" x 48"

"Relics" Sue Holdaway-Heys Ann Arbor, MI 26" x 17"