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This spring, the Texas Quilt Museum debuts two incredible new exhibits: one that celebrates the still-unfolding career of a quilting icon, and one that’s a little “spicy.” Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Light, Color, and Motion and Along the Spice Route will be on display from March 30-June 25, 2017.

Fallert-Gentry will give a free lecture on April 1 at 3 p.m. Museum admission will be free beginning at 2 p.m.

Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry is one of contemporary quilting’s true superstars. As an artist, teacher, author, and designer, her distinctive visual style and innovative quilts have enthralled quilt lovers since 1976. She is known internationally for her unique artwork, which has won top prizes in major competitions.

Her teaching has taken her to 11 countries on five continents. Other honors include having a piece named one of “The 20th Century’s 100 Best American Quilts” (Corona #2: Solar Eclipse), and receiving the International Quilt Festival’s lifetime achievement Silver Star Award.

Fallert-Gentry’s geometric color studies and curved-seam abstracts are inspired by visual impressions she has collected in her travels, everyday life, and her very inventive imagination. This exhibit gathers many quilts from over the decades. “I first saw Caryl’s work in the 1990s, and each decade has renewed my amazement in her accomplishments,” notes Museum Curator Dr. Sandra Sider. “And her works have such a joyful energy.” The exhibit is partially sponsored by Gene Reynolds & Associates.

Along the Spice Route, which is curated by Ann Reardon and Paula Golden, features art quilts on the theme of spices, celebrating the marvelous flavors that make our food interesting and appetizing. As visitors to the Museum will learn, many of these spices have also been used for other purposes—including “curing” baldness, reducing indigestion, acting as antibacterial agents, and to ward off evil spirits.

In addition to depicting the spices themselves as both seeds and flowers, quilts in Along the Spice Route offer a glimpse into spice markets, shipping routes, and caravan trails. Accompanied by a map of the Spice Route, this exhibition is a journey of the mind to distant lands and into the past.

“From the Taj Mahal to a desert caravan, this exhibit showcases the exotic colors and flavors of the East, from the Holy Land to China, in a fascinating variety of materials and techniques,” Dr. Sider offers.

The Texas Quilt Museum is located at 140 W. Colorado St., La Grange, TX 78945. It is open Thurs.-Sat. from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and on Sun. from Noon-4 p.m.

Star Members can learn about Caryl in Show 1308: Techniques, Tips...and a Very Special Tour for Quilters.