Thu, Feb 15
|Zoom Presentation
Maria Shell: Traditional, Art, Modern—Notes from the Field
Are you interested in the current state of affairs in the larger quilt world? Join us for this fun and informative lecture by Maria Shell that is a combination of Gonzo Journalism, humorous memoir, and history in the making.
Time & Location
Feb 15, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
Zoom Presentation
About the Event
PLEASE NOTE: MCQ and Minneapolis Modern Quilt Guild (MMQG) are co-presenting the lecture with Maria Shell. This meeting will be on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 7 pm, which is the regular MMQG meeting time. The lecture will NOT be recorded.
Are you interested in the current state of affairs in the larger quilt world? Join us for this fun and informative lecture by Maria Shell that is a combination of Gonzo Journalism, humorous memoir, and history in the making. Maria will share her personal journey along with interesting moments in all three quilt genres. What does it mean to be a 21ST Century Quilter?
Maria’s work is grounded in the tradition and craft of American quilt making. She strives to take the classical components of a traditional bedquilt and manipulate them with the hope of creating surprising combinations of pattern, repetition, and color for the viewer.
Maria is the recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation 2011 Winter Award, a Rasmuson Foundation Project Award and two Rasmuson Fellowships (2009, 2013, 2017). She has had several solo and small group shows featuring Right Lines & Circles, Line + Shape and The Pieced Canvas at arts centers and museums in Ohio, Florida, and California. A solo exhibition in 2022, Off the Grid, was on view at the Shelburne Art Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. Her first book Improv Patchwork—Dynamic Quilts Made with Line & Shape was published in 2017.