Water and Trees
North Star or satelite? The earth roars as it moves. Screens scream out their monetized mythologies, Everywhere. Water and trees Sing nature’s fecund harmonies. I dive in deep And swim in the dew of my lover’s eyes.
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April 9, 2016 – Cunningham Children’s Home Benefit, Urbana, IL
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 […]
Read MoreJuly 15-October 11, 2016, Art Quilts of the Midwest; National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky
As part of it’s year-long focus on the role of place in quilt making, the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky will host a collection of quilts from Linzee Kull McCray’s book Art Quilts of the Midwest. I plan to exhibit One Life, as neither of my quilts featured in the book (Venus Transit, […]
Read MorePoppy Field (aka Cross-Quarter Embrace)
March 2014 I was recently thumbing through a book about weaving when I came across a design that really excited me as a potential quilt idea. I wouldn’t make the quilt in black and red, but this is just a simple way of remembering that basic concept so that I can later have the fun […]
Read MoreJanuary 5-March 5, 2016, Art Quilts of the Midwest; International Quilt Study Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Drawn from the recent book, Art Quilts of the Midwest, by Linzee Kull McCray, the quilts selected for this exhibition hint at the ways in which the Midwest’s geography, weather, people, and culture influence the work of quilt artists from the region. The exhibition will be presented in two rotations between January 5 and May […]
Read MoreApril 14, 2015, “Art Quilts of the Midwest” book talk; Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, IA
Tuesday, April 14 7:00-8:30PM Iowa City Public LibraryMeeting 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’ […]
Read More“Face of a Stranger” (self portrait)
Project started: August 2014 This is my latest, and most ambitious project to-date. It is a large-scale (6′ x 8′) self portrait quilt made of 1″ squares. When finished, the quilt will contain more than 7,000 pieces – all scraps from my fabric collection. This is my progress as of February 27, 2015. July 11, […]
Read MoreMarch 27, 2015 – “Art Quilts of the Midwest” book launch & signing event, Home Ec Workshop, Iowa City, IA
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 […]
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2015 – Eastern Iowa Heirloom Quilt Guild, Marion, IA
American Legion Building625 31st StreetMarion, IA Morning meeting: 9:00AM; “A Piece of Me” presentation at 10:00AMEvening meeting: 7:00PM; “A Piece of Me” presentation at 8:00PM
Read MoreBlack Hills, South Dakota – October 2014
Lakota prayer flags at the top of Bear Butte Sunset at the base of Bear Butte Looking south from halfway up Bear Butte Sawmill, Hill City Child’s profile, Bear Butte Roughlock Falls, Spearfish Canyon Hike to Roughlock Falls, Spearfish Canyon Stroppel Inn, Midland, South Dakota
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