Layered & Stitched: Fifty Years of Innovation - "Listen to Your Mother" a Quilt by Jean Ray Laury

We continue our feature on quilts from the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) exhibit, Layered & Stitched: Fifty Years of Innovation, as featured at the Texas Quilt Museum. The exhibit is described as:

Studio Art Quilt Associates presents Layered & Stitched: Fifty Years of Innovation at the Texas Quilt Museum in Galleries I and III. These studio art quilts, dating from 1968 to 2016, represent the extraordinary range of talented artists working in contemporary quilt art. Featuring a balance of abstract and representational styles, Layered & Stitched includes several foreign artists, with a wide geographic distribution of makers in general. The curatorial vision of this exhibition embraces diversity and excellence, including three-dimensional works. Juried by Nancy Bavor, Director of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles; Martha Sielman, Executive Director of SAQA; and Dr. Sandra Sider, Curator of the Texas Quilt Museum, who says, "Jurying this spectacular exhibition was one of the highlights of my career! It is an amazing show of historic significance."

The exhibit has also been collected in a companion book as well, titled Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation by Nancy Bavor, Lisa Ellis, Martha Sielman, and edited by Sandra Sider. The book is described as:

Published by Schiffer Books, Art Quilts Unfolding offers full-color images of 400 masterpieces along with engaging interviews and profiles of 58 influential artists, key leaders, important events, and significant collections. Organized by decade, an additional 182 international artists' works are featured.

An introduction by Janet Koplos, former senior editor of Art in America, and a conclusion by Ulysses Grant Dietz, emeritus chief curator of the Newark Museum, help us to understand the impact and the future of the art.

"Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation" by Nancy Bavor, Lisa Ellis, Martha Sielman, and edited by Sandra Sider

The exhibit will be on display at:

(Due to the current situation around the country, dates for the exhibit have changed.)

Ross Art Museum, Delaware, Ohio: May 14, 2021 - July 2, 2021

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles: October 10, 2021 - January 9, 2022

Please enjoy the thirteenth quilt from the exhibition.

Title of Quilt: Listen to Your Mother

Quilter's Name: Jean Ray Laury

Photos by Mary Kay Davis

Comments

#3 bethelbee 2020-06-16 21:06

Wow! A quilt about my mother!!!! ;) One saying I remember before driving anywhere was,"drive safely,fasten your seat belt, and don't pick up any strangers".

#2 Anna Atkin 2020-06-16 11:18

I also attended Jean Ray Laury's Quilt. Camp. Every day was a new adventure in learning. Great fun meeting new friends from all over the country.

#1 Susan A Hammon 2020-06-14 13:33

I was lucky enough to attend Jean Ray Laury's Quilt Camp for 12 summers at Shaver Lake CA. She has definitely been a great influence in my life (personal and quilting). She was always so caring and sensitive to all no matter who you were... she is greatly missed.

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