“What Remains” is juried into Quilt National 2025!

“What Remains”
Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2024
33" x 45"

White cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, acrylic ink, cotton thread, cotton batting, interfacing, cotton backing. Digitally-altered photo, thread sketched, free-motion machine quilted.  

Artist's statement: Withering and decay are a natural part of the changing of the seasons and the cycle of life, and they are as inspiring to me as the lovely blooms that emerge in springtime. What remains can be beautiful, too. 

I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that this piece has been juried into Quilt National 2025! 85 pieces were selected from 659 entries by LUKE Haynes, Ellen Blalock, and Martha Sielman. (Thanks!)

The opening weekend is May 23-25. The quilts will be exhibited at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, through Sept. 1, 2025, and many will tour through October 2027.

From www.dairybarn.org: “Quilt National aims to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the world of quilting. Its purpose is to carry the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what it always has been — an art form. The works in Quilt National display a reverence for the lessons taught by the makers of the heritage quilts. Many of the works hold fast to the traditional methods of piecing and patching. At the same time, however, Quilt National is fueled by the challenge of expanding the boundaries of traditional quiltmaking by utilizing the newest materials and technologies. These innovative works generate strong emotional responses in the viewer while at the same time fulfilling the creative need of the artist to make a totally individual statement.”

“What Remains” (detail)

 

 

“What Remains” (detail)