Yesterday, I received my Jan/Feb issue of Quilting Arts. On occasion I will read Robbi's column to get a laugh. However, this time Robbi writes that her quilts were turned down as part of an art portfolio by the Chicago Institute of Art. She will have to take all the art and design courses to get college credits and try to reapply with a new portfolio for her MFA, Masters of Fine Art. This is an excellent example of why the North Carolina Piedmont Art Quilt Guild was formed. You get the courses brought to you that give you the information along with workshops and lectures on art quilt techniques to turn your art quilts into legitimate pieces of art. There is an enormous amount of quilts referred to as art quilts that simple do not follow art and design principles. This guild acknowledges what is and what is not art. In our Art Gallery there are two wall hangings posted. Neither one is a work of art. Instead they are contemporary designs of graphic art, not unlike clip art. If you get Quilting Art magazine, look in the back for Robbi Eklow''s column and read for yourself the problems and solutions she will have to go through to get into a MFA program. |
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