Arts & Entertainment

Museum Features Quilts for Upcoming Exhibit

"The Artistry of Quilts" will be available at the Harbor History Museum from Oct. 22 through Dec. 4.

Quilts aren't just for keeping you warm during those chilly nights. They're art.

The , in conjunction with the Gig Harbor Quilters Guild, opens a new exhibit “The Artistry of Quilts” at the museum on Saturday, Oct. 22. This exhibit will be open to the public through Dec. 4.

Showing both historic and contemporary works “The Artistry of Quilts” includes quilts selected for display by the museum and the Gig Harbor Quilters Guild. Five members of the guild: Kathy Arroyo, Ken Berg, Lynn Burkhardt, Delaine Gately and Andrea Outryve, recently had their quilts chosen for display at the Association of Pacific West Quilters international juried show in Tacoma.

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Acclaimed quilter Gately will be sharing stories of her passion for quilts on Nov. 19, 1 p.m., at the museum. 

A self proclaimed “quilt-a-holic” Gately said of the exhibit, “When you visit the Artistry of Quilts exhibit, we want you to feel the same excitement that these quilt makers have today. We have so much available to work with, the styles and the colors…so much to tempt our imagination. This is not a dead hobby, it’s alive and well. It is a true folk art.”

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Acclaimed author and widely recognized American Folk art expert Robert Shaw writes of quilters, “Whether they tell stories, paint pictures or combine color and pattern, the best of their quilts can capture our imaginations and touch our feelings in the same way all good art does.”

Information courtesy of City of Gig Harbor.


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