Quilt Art at 25 - Change to Exhibition Dates and Venue

Quilt Art at 25 Exhibition

In a change to the previously announced dates and venue, the Quilt Art at 25 Exhibition will now be taking place from:

Thursday 18th October - Friday 16th November 2012

Off Site at Raggle Taggle Gallery, Sarsfield Street, Limerick

Jane Enticknap "Needle and Thread" Exhibition

“Needle and Thread” is a solo exhibition by Jane Enticknap, a textile artist originally from Waterford. Jane is a full time secondary school art teacher teaching at St. Marks Community school, Tallaght. During her H.Dip year, 1986 she became very interested in Textiles. In 1998 she started a part time City and Guilds course part 1 and part 2 in Creative Embroidery, it took six years to complete. In 2004 the group who completed the course held an exhibition of their work and since then have exhibited biannually under the name of 04’ textile group.
Jane's solo exhibition in the Helix at DCU, Dublin for the month of July 2012. The venue is opened from 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

Exhibition Details.

International Quilting Festival of Ireland

 

For anyone who would like more details on the quilt exhibition schedule please click here

If you would to find out more about being a volunteer at the quilt festival click here

Note: If you can organise the delivery and collection any of the quilts to Galway, there will be no entrance fee for the submitted quilts. The quilts have to be in the IQFoI office by April 15th.

An Grianan weeked - Susan Briscoe write-up

Uk based quilter Susan Briscoe gave a talk and workshop at the recent An Grianan residential weekend.

She's after writing a very nice article about the weekend on her blog.


Here's a link to the write-up on her blog:   Susan Briscoe

Irene MacWilliam Exhibition Opening 16th Feb Tower Museum Derry.

Events of the Year Quilts and Testimonies of Survival Exhibition 

at the Tower Museum, Derry, Northern Ireland,
on Thursday 16th February at 12.30 pm.

An exhibition of year quilts by Irene MacWilliam spanning over the last 25 + years.

There will also be a panel of Chilean arpilleras made by women in the late 1970s.

Textile specialist Anne Montgomery will speak at the opening about Irene’s prolific and versatile work.

Guest Curator: Roberta Bacic
Light refreshments will be served.
The exhibition will be open from Thursday 16th February until Saturday 24th March 2012

RSVP:
Email: tower.reception@derrycity.gov.uk
Tel: 028 7137 2411