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Shepherd art gallery to host quilt art exhibition Oct.8-Nov. 4 ISSUED: 28 September 2005 Editor's Note: Click on the thumbnail below for a printable image.
Shepherdstown, WV--Pittsburgh quilt artist Shawn Quinlan will be exhibiting his work October 8 through November 4 at the Frank Center Gallery at Shepherd University. A reception and gallery talk will be held Saturday, October 8 from 6-8:30 p.m. On Sunday, October 9, Quinlan will give a sewing demonstration on his 1949 Singer sewing machine from 2-4 p.m. Quinlan received the Carnegie Museum of Art Purchase Award, exhibited his quilts at the Andy Warhol Museum, participated in a PBS program about Pennsylvania quilters, and was part of group show at Indiana University of Pennsylvania that went on to be exhibited in Germany. Quinlan's quilts are titled "What Would Jesus Drive," "Pandora's Box," "The Almighty Dollar," "Who Would Jesus Bomb," and ³The Quilt that Won't Comfort.² Critics and writers have used words like provocative, cheeky, potent, playful, and political to describe Quinlan¹s quilts. In "What Would Jesus Drive," a haloed infant Jesus sits at the wheel of a John Deere tractor surrounded by a spiral of vehicles. Quinlan's quilts are made from found and altered wall hangings and are hand painted, appliquéd, photo transferred, and intricately machine stitched. For more information about the exhibit contact gallery director Benita Keller. For more information about Quinlan, visit www.shawnquinlan.com. -30-HORST |
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