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Visual Verse:Collaborations in Poetry and Cloth |
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Visual Verse was an intensive yearlong collaborative effort between textile artists and poets sponsored by the Contemporary QuiltArt Association. The resulting juried exhibition features the innovative works of over two dozen artist/poet partnerships. Completed projects include works in both visual and literary form, investigating these art forms' intersections, connections and departures. The exhibition explores visual/literary collaboration in depth, as each artist/poet pairing committed to documenting their combined process through journaling, photographs, video or audio recording, a Web site, or some combination of these, or other, media. This documentation is intended as an integral part of the exhibition. The exhibit was juried by Michael James, internationally known quilt artist and Fellow of both the American Craft Council and the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Hilda Raz, editor of the literary quarterly PRAIRIE SCHOONER, published poet and professor at the University of Nebraska. It includes the works of a number of internationally known quilt artists and poets, as well as newer arrivals on the artistic scene. Participating quilt artists include Erika Carter and Sally Sellers as well as Michael James, whose enthusiasm for the project extended to active involvement. Participating poets include Nikki Giovanni, with more than two dozen books published, Linda Bierds of the University of Washington, and Hilda Raz. Other poets have published a wide range of works in books, chapbooks, anthologies, literary journals, magazines and audio recordings. The collection is in two parts: 16 quilts and the poems created with them, plus another 9 quilts and a sculpture and their poems. With this flexibility, the exhibit is appropriate for a variety of venues. Please read about Visual Verse and see some of the art on the Academy of American Poets web site. For information about booking Visual Verse, contact Lindi Wood: |
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