The New Quilt 2010: Contemporary Quilt Textiles exhibition continues at Manly Art Gallery & Museum until Sunday 25 July (open Tuesday-Sunday 10am - 5pm). For extra insights into the exhibition, you are invited to join the artist floor talks at 3pm on Sunday, 18 July and 3pm, Sunday 25 July 2010.
The following activities take place each day this weekend Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20 June at the Sydney Quilt Show:
The New Quilt 2010 is an exhibition of contemporary Australian quilt textiles presented by The Quilters' Guild of NSW Inc in partnership with Manly Art Gallery & Museum. The exhibition will be launched officially on Friday 18 June at 6pm by its curator, leading textile artist and art academic Dr Dianne Firth, Associate Professor & Head of Landscape Architecture in the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Canberra.
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A Manly Art Gallery & Museum exhibition in partnership with The Quilters’ Guild of NSW, Inc.
Exhibition Dates: 18 June -25 July 2010
Open to Tuesday- Sunday: 10am-5pm
West Esplanade Manly
Tel +61 (0)2 9976 1420
Sundays at the Gallery
Curatorial Floor Talk: 3pm, Sunday 20 June 2010
Join Dr Dianne Firth, exhibition curator, for a floor talk
Artist floor talks: 3pm, Sundays 18 & 25 July 2010
Join a selection of artists from the exhibition for a floor talk of the exhibition
Kids’ Art Adventures: 10.30-12 noon, Sunday 27 June 2010
Children aged 5-10 years create artworks in response to the current
exhibition. Bookings and prepayment essential 9976 1421. Cost $10
Guided tour: 3pm, Sunday 11 July 2010
Quilt Image: Anna Brown, Bushwalk, Flora, Cotton, silk accents
Machine appliqued, pieced and hand quilted. Image courtesy the artist.
The New Quilt 2010 will take place at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum from 18 June until 25 July 2010 and there will be a colour catalogue generously sponsored by Brother International Australia.
The New Quilt is a biennial juried exhibition of contemporary quilt textiles presented by the Guild in partnership with the Manly Art Gallery & Museum in which many of our country’s finest quiltmakers have shown their work since 1991.
The New Quilt 2010 will take place at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum from 18 June until 25 July 2010 and there will be a colour catalogue generously sponsored by Brother International Australia.
The New Quilt exhition will take place at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum from 18 June until 25 July 2010.
The New Quilt is an initiative of the Guild and the Manly Art Gallery & Museum and is held every two years. Entries are juried and selected for this exhibition and it has become one of the major events on the quilt exhibitions calendar not only for quilters but for anyone with an interest in cutting edge textiles.
Entry is open to all quiltmakers regardless of whether they are Guild members. The closing date for entries is 19 March 2010. For further information:
Download The New Quilt 2010 Entry Form (84KB)
The Guild has a busy exhibition program for 2010. Here's a reminder of the relevant closing dates for entries:
The New Quilt exhition will take place at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum from 18 June until 25 July 2010.
The New Quilt is an initiative of the Guild and the Manly Art Gallery & Museum and is held every two years. Entries are juried and selected for this exhibition and it has become one of the major events on the quilt exhibitions calendar not only for quilters but for anyone with an interest in cutting edge textiles.
Entry is open to all quiltmakers regardless of whether they are Guild members. The closing date for entries in 18 March 2010. For further information:
Download The New Quilt 2010 Entry Form (84KB)
