LaConner Quilt Museum

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The LaConner Quilt Museum, housed in the historic Gaches Mansion, features changing quilt exhibitions, an annual quilt festival and "famous" quilt raffle.

Currently on view at the LaConner Museum:

"SiX Stories" September 24 - December 28, 2008 An Exhibition of Contemporary Art Textiles Curator: The Artists more...

SiX Stories is the work of:

• Bobby Britnell
• Laura Kemshall
• Linda Kemshall
• Edwina MacKinnon
• Catherine Nicholls
• Marie Roper

The artists are from the United Kingdom and Canada and this is the first time their work together will be shown in the United States.

They believe that all people are affected by the "stories" that they encounter as they travel through life. These could be the stories they hear as children, the oral history of a place and time, or the everyday stories that come to them them as they move through life. Each member of SiX has challenged herself to think about stories, legends and story telling and to then translate the mental images that the stories conjure into drawings, paintings and textile art.

An important priority for SiX is to produce stimulating new work for exhibition while working together as a group and to strive to maintain the unique personal identity of each member. The design process is a vital element of the artists' work and where the venue permits, exhibitions will attempt to illustrate this by including sketchbooks and other source material alongside final pieces, so telling of the artistic journey as well as the final destination.

"Traditional Piecing with Ethnic & Hand-Designed Fabric" September 24 - December 28, 2008 Artist: Reynola Pakusich

Reynola began quilting as a child with her grandmother and mother. By the 1970's she began teaching quilting at local quilt shops and was able to include some quilting at the high school where she taught for 30 years. Following her retirement from teaching she expanded her quilting activities and began to travel, teach and learn more about textiles. Her journeys took her to Indonesia, England and France. In 2004 her book, "Circle Play" was published leading to more travel and the publishing of several magazine articles.

In conjunction with Reynola's exhibit she will be giving a presentation at the Museum on Ethnic Fabric Nov 15th at 1pm. Please check our web site and click on "Special Events" to get all the details. This Textile Enrichment Series event will fill up quickly, so call the Museum to reserve your seat.

source: LaConner Quilt Museum, http://www.laconnerquilts.com/currentshows.php