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 I have been invited to be the guest speaker for this year's Festival of Quilts , a fundraising event for Cunningham Children's Home in Urbana, IL.  I will be presenting my 25 min video "A Piece of Me" followed by a question/answer period during which I will show three of my quilts.  Talks will be at 10:30A and 2:30P in the Administration Lounge. Cunningham Children's Home, 1301 North Cunningham Avenue, Urbana, IL   Cunningham Children’s Home’s Festival of Quilts joins the Boneyard Arts Festival this spring as one of more than 90 galleries showcasing the arts in Central Illinois. This year Cunningham is excited to present a collection of show quilts that creatively blur the lines between conventional quilt making and fine art.

  Tuesday, April 14 7:00-8:30PM Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A (1st floor) 123 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, IA Art Quilts of the Midwest  author Linzee Kull McCray, foreword contributor and fiber artist Astrid Bennett and I will each participate in this Prairie Lights bookstore-sponsored event.  Linzee will talk about the genesis of the book, as well as featured artists' motivations and inspirations.  The evening will conclude with a large-screen full screening of my video "A Piece of Me."  with longtime friend, Suzanne Koury  introductions by Maeve Clark, ICPL librarian  Linzee Kull McCray presents Astrid Bennett presents With "One Life" (quilt) With "Map of the World" (quilt) with Suzanne and my quilt (Map of the World)

Friday, March 27 @ 6:00P Home Ec Workshop 207 N. Linn Street, Iowa City, IA Author Linzee Kull McCray and I officially launch her new book  " Art Quilts of the Midwest " at this meet-n-greet and book signing event.   The evening will also include a screening of my video "A Piece of Me." Artist List: Marilyn Ampe, St. Paul, Minnesota Gail Baar, Buffalo Grove, Illinois Sally Bowker, Cornucopia, Wisconsin Peggy Brown, Nashville, Indiana Shelly Burge, Lincoln, Nebraska Shin-hee Chin, McPherson, Kansas Sandra Palmer Ciolino, Cincinnati, Ohio Jacquelyn Gering, Chicago, Illinois Kate Gorman, Westerville, Ohio Donna Katz, Chicago, Illinois Beth Markel, Rochester Hills, Michigan Diane Núñez, Southfield, Michigan Pat Owoc, St. Louis, Missouri BJ Parady, Batavia, Illinois Bonnie Peterson, Houghton, Michigan Luanne Rimel, St. Louis, Missouri Barbara Schneider, Woodstock, Illinois Susan Shie, Wooster, Ohio Martha Warshaw, Cincinnati, Ohio Erick Wolfmeyer, Iowa City, Iowa

American Legion Building 625 31st Street Marion, IA Morning meeting: 9:00AM; "A Piece of Me" presentation at 10:00AM Evening meeting: 7:00PM; "A Piece of Me" presentation at 8:00PM

Unique forms of art on display at Catich by The Buzz staff writer Brooke Schelly Hanging on the walls of St. Ambrose University's Catich Gallery are pieces that are not typical pieces of art.  These pieces are not comprised of brush strokes or captured by a camera.  They don't display well in frames or require intense abstract thinking.  Rather, they celebrate the simple things in life:  fabric and paper. The Catich Gallery in the Galvin Fine Arts Center will display works by Erick Wolfmeyer and Brian Borchardt from Sept. 10 to Oct. 24.  A special artist lecture by Wolfmeyer and Borchardt will take place in Galvin Room 141 on Thursday, Sept. 18, from 4-4:45pm.  Join the artists in the Catich Gallery for a reception following the artist lecture from 5-7pm that same evening. Erick Wolfmeyer designs and creates quilts.  His work is filled with detail and finesse, so it is no wonder that there is more beneath the surface.  Wolfmeyer's journey began at...

   With Allison Filley, St Ambrose Art Department staff Without our connection, this exhibit would not have happened! With fellow exhibiting artist, Brian Borchardt      Thanks to the Catich Gallery former and present staff (Leslie, Kristin, Joseph and Kat) and student (Catherine) for making the installation of "A Piece of Me" such a success.  I really appreciate their sensitivity to the work, professionalism and aesthetic instincts!  The exhibit is in good hands and a beautiful space!  Catich Gallery  518 West Locust Street  Davenport, IA 52803 563-333-6444 Artist Talk/Lecture: Thursday, September 18, 4-4:45PM Opening reception: Thursday, September 18, 2014, 5-7PM Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM My quilts will be exhibited along with the work of bookmaker, Brian Borchardt .  Please join me for the reception and lecture on September 18, 2014.  I plan to hang 5 pieces, 3 of which have never been exhibited prior to this show.

7:00PM - "A Piece of Me" iMovie with Q&A session/trunk show Galesburg Christian School, 746 Hawkinson Avenue, Galesburg, IL 61401. ( Rescheduled from FEB 21, 2013 ).

2:00PM - Please join me for a gallery talk in conjunction with The Sum of Many Parts exhibit.  The presentation will feature my video, A Piece of Me, a Q&A session, and the quilt I'm currently making with the lao bu (handwoven, indigo-dyed fabric) brought back from my trip to Shanghai (September, 2012).  Here is a preview of my video A Piece of Me.    Along with five other quilts, it features  Portmanteau,   my quilt from the exhibit,  The Sum of Many Parts .   Iowa State Historical Museum 600 East Locust, Des Moines Iowa Second Floor Gallery, Oct. 4, 2013 - Jan. 31, 2014 More information about the exhibit from the State Historical Society of Iowa website: Making its North American debut at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, this traveling exhibition featuring works of 25 contemporary quilters from the United States – including two from Iowa. Des Moines is the only city in the United States to host the exhibitio...

1:00PM -  "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show 7:00PM - "A Piece of Me" iMovie (debut presentation!) with Q&A session/trunk show First Congregational Church, 2201 7th Ave, Moline, IL

7:00PM -  "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show Calvary Assembly of God, 432 North Linwood Road, Galesburg, IL 61401 Regrettably, I had to cancel this engangement due to winter storm warnings in both Iowa and Illinois.  RESCHEDULED: THU JUN 19, 2014!!!

7:00PM - "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show Immanuel Lutheran Church, Independence, IA.

7:00PM - "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show Concordia Lutheran Church, Kirkwood, MO.  Thanks again to my friend Hallye Bone for connecting me with Thimble and Thread.  A very special thanks to Serena Crisp for her extraordinary hospitality and kindness (and that yummy snack plate).

7:00PM - "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show Mulford Evangelical Free Church, 2400 Hershey Ave, Muscatine IA The ladies and gentleman of Muscatine Melon Patchers are an exceptionally enthusiastic audience.  It was truly a pleasure to spend the evening with them.  Thank you...especially to the member who mentioned our connection through a mutual (late) friend, Reggie Cihla.  How very special - and what a small world it is.  We are all connected!  Also, thanks to the "Ladder Ladies" who held up my quilts for the guild to see.

7:00PM - "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Court Street & 1st Avenue, Iowa City, IA. So glad my parents could join me for the first time and my Aunt Alice for the second time.  The Old Capitol Guild was a great audience - which included several friends - Linzee Kull-McCray, Stef Rose, Danette Angerer, and Nancy Lackender (owner of Inspirations quilt shop in Hills, Iowa).  Was also pleased to have Dee Grems in attendance.  Dee is a pediatric nurse at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics (UIHC) where she specializes in cleft lip and palate repair surgeries.  For the past six years Dee has joined Iowa's Miles of Smiles on a trip to Guatemala where many lives are changed forever by the philanthropic work they do to repair cleft lips and palates of those who would likely otherwise never receive such services.   Aunt Alice, me, Maxine (Mom) and Larry (Dad) Hanging Smokehaus Rose

7:00PM - "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show First Presbyterian Church, W. Welsh & S. Highland Streets, Williamsburg, IA It was great to present "The Road Home" to the Iowa County Heartland Quilters in Williamsburg, Iowa!  Williamsburg was the first place I lived when I moved to Iowa in 2001.  My quilt career moved forward leaps & bounds while living there.  Living in a small town was rather lonely, but gave me lots of time to create quilts.

I am thrilled to announce that Bruce Carter has invited me to be a guest on his hour-long radio program, Art Talk . Art Talk is broadcast Sundays at 1:00PM on WVIK 90.3FM - Augustana Public Radio, Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. (The program follows another one of my Sunday musts - " On Being " with Krista Tippet). My interview with Bruce will air Sunday, August 7th at 1:00PM and will thereafter be available for listening at the WVIK website for about a year. Meeting Bruce and taping the interview was so much fun! Thank you Bruce and Dave for making it all happen! Congratulations on 20 years of Art Talk, Bruce! Very impressive!

7:00PM - "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show First Unity Church of St. Louis, 4753 Butler Hill Road, St. Louis, Missouri

7:00PM - "The Road Home" presentation with Q&A session/trunk show Home Ec Workshop , 207 N. Linn Street, Iowa City, IA   photo courtesy of Randy Wolfmeyer Thanks to all who attended! Another full house! Special surprise guest - my cousin Randy Wolfmeyer (Platteville, Wisconsin). Was also thrilled to meet Patti Zwick, celebrated Iowa City quilter and fellow former Quincy, Illinois resident. Also met the parents of one of my favorite (formerly local) artists, Meera Gessner. I was very honored when another audience member showed me the quilt her late daughter made, stitched together and quilted with dental floss. An all-around wonderful night - only wish I'd had more time to visit personally with everyone.

7:00PM - "The Road Home" (debut!) presentation with Q&A session/trunk show  Park United Methodist Churh, 2335 Palmyra Rd, Hannibal, MO   With my cousin, Susan Scholz holding a quilt I made as a wedding gift for my neice, Jeny Fausset. The fabric is all hand-dyed and printed in West Branch, Iowa by artist Susan Shinnick . Native Iowa flora and fauna are featured in the designs. Shinnick mostly makes women's clothing with the fabric. The hand-quilting was done by one of the last remaining Amana (Iowa) quilters, Caroline Trumpold. Traditional Amana quilting uses embroidery thread, and quilts are typically whole cloth (no piecing, other than perhaps one or two seams to bind panels of the same fabric into one).     photos courtesy of Ellen O'Bryan I was honored for the Hannibal, Missouri Piecemakers Quilt Guild to be my first official launch site for "The Road Home". About 70 members were in attendance, including extra special guests: Hallye Bone (St. Louis,...