Pushing the Surface
NEWS RELEASE
Date: May 21 –
July 31, 2005
Hours:
12:00 – 5:00
P.M. daily
The
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum will present Pushing the Surface, an
invitational exhibition of 25 art quilts, May 21 – July 31. Notable
artists from across the United States as well as Australia, Ireland,
Japan and South Africa will contribute works that are contemporary
interpretations evolving from the traditional quilt. Broad and
inclusive in scope, a range of techniques is represented, including
traditional and machine quilting and embroidery, photo montage,
painting, dying, appliqué, and laser printing. Styles vary from
content-oriented and landscape forms to abstract. This is the fourth
year Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum has presented Pushing the Surface,
a biennial event sponsored by the Montgomery Foundation.
This will be the second
year Anne Hubler of Dayton, Ohio, has exhibited in Pushing the
Surface. Her work, High Clouds 1 is part of a series created
in 2003 to celebrate the Centennial of Powered Flight. It is pieced
from commercial cottons and blends and incorporates hand stitching and
machine quilting using synthetic iridescent threads. The quilt provides
a feeling of flight by depicting a bird’s eye view of distant vistas.
Etsuko Endo from Japan, will exhibit
Waves #8.
This quilt is a work from the
Waves series designed with a hint of the Japanese traditional
pattern of waves called Mon-yo. Drawn first as a full-sized pattern on
the whole cloth, bias strips are then sewed directly to the backcloth by
machine, using a method of string pressed piecing. Quilting was also
done by machine.
In conjunction with the exhibit,
Reynoldsburg, Ohio, quilt artist, Vikki Pignatelli will conduct a
workshop on July 15—16. Vikki’s works frequently have a spiritual
dimension that evokes an emotional response in the observer. Beyond
being beautiful to behold, her quilts are often composed of flawlessly
executed curves and her signature free-motion stitching. These are
techniques that she explores with her students in the workshop setting.
In addition to JH
Museum’s special exhibit gallery, it also has four permanent exhibition
galleries: Historic Ohio, American Indian, Asian, and American and
European Decorative Arts. Pushing the Surface will be on exhibit
May 21 through July 31. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this
organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,
educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
Johnson-Humrickhouse
Museum is located at 300 N. Whitewoman Street, in historic Roscoe
Village, in Coshocton, Ohio. A restored canal-era town sited along the
former Ohio & Erie Canal, Roscoe Village offers many attractions.
Costumed interpreters lead tours through the restored buildings, and
numerous shops as well as restaurants and lodging are available in the
Village. The Museum is open daily from noon to 5:00
P.M.
May through October. For more information, contact JHM at 740-622-8710
/ email:
jhmuseum@sbcglobal.net
or visit our website www.jhm.lib.oh.us.
