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Current Exhibits
15janAll Day06aprSchool Block Challenge
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School Block Challenge is an annual quilt block competition and exhibit, sponsored byModa Fabrics, for children grades K-12 nationwide. Moda generously provides three challenge fabrics that must be included in
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School Block Challenge is an annual quilt block competition and exhibit, sponsored byModa Fabrics, for children grades K-12 nationwide.
Moda generously provides three challenge fabrics that must be included in every block entry. Students can put their math skills & creativity to work in creating a quilt square of their own design.
Entries are judged in the following categories: K-4th grade, 5th–8th grade, 9th–12th grade. Cash prizes are awarded to the teacher/parent of the winning students for arts/quilt education. All entries are included in the exhibition at The National Quilt Museum.
Time
January 15 (Friday) - April 6 (Tuesday)
12marAll Day08junSew Many Quilts: Celebrating 30 Years of The National Quilt Museum!
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On the day the museum opened in 1991, the entire collection included 85 quilts that were on loan from the founders, Bill and Meredith Schroeder. Over time, the collection has
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On the day the museum opened in 1991, the entire collection included 85 quilts that were on loan from the founders, Bill and Meredith Schroeder. Over time, the collection has expanded both in quantity and diversity and today the museum’s collection exceeds 600 works of art and continues to grow.
This exhibition, of collection quilts representing 30 years, celebrates the significant impact of The National Quilt Museum on the quilting and arts community since its founding.
Time
March 12 (Friday) - June 8 (Tuesday)
26marAll Day01junPattern Fusion by Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
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Pattern Fusion explores quilt motifs using recycled materials for the vertical and horizontal elements. Repurposed 35 mm microfilm has an innate graphic pattern created by the microfilm text and photos.
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Pattern Fusion explores quilt motifs using recycled materials for the vertical and horizontal elements. Repurposed 35 mm microfilm has an innate graphic pattern created by the microfilm text and photos. The addition of various colored Mylar, machine stitching, embroidery, and layers of netting creates several fused patterns when these materials are joined together by interlacing. Some of the results are subtle and others bold.
Whether using a floor loom, sewing machine, interlacing, or simply combining recycled or new materials in collage or assemblage processes, Sandoval pursues the cutting edge in his chosen art medium.
Time
March 26 (Friday) - June 1 (Tuesday)
09aprAll Day27julModern Quilt Guild Retrospective
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Modern quilting has existed in many forms for much of the 20th century. It wasn't until the 2000's that quilts with a modern aesthetic, the use of bold colors and
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Modern quilting has existed in many forms for much of the 20th century. It wasn’t until the 2000’s that quilts with a modern aesthetic, the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work began to appear in greater numbers and quilters began to describe themselves as modern.
This exhibition is a collection of quilts made by members of The Modern Quilt Guild over the first ten years of the organization.
Time
April 9 (Friday) - July 27 (Tuesday)
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May
04may2:30 pm4:30 pmJunior QuiltersYouth Education
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The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 - 4:30
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The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.
Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.
Time
(Tuesday) 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm CST
Location
The National Quilt Museum Classroom
215 Jefferson Street, Paducah, Kentucky
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