Contemporary Quilt Textiles: Background Information

Contemporary Quilt Textiles (formerly known as The New Quilt:Contemporary Quilt Textiles ) is a biennial juried exhibition presented by the Guild in collaboration with the Manly Art Gallery & Museum (MAGM) in which many of our country’s finest quiltmakers have shown their work since 1991. The next exhibition Regeneration: Contemporary Quilt Textiles 2012 will be held from 27 April to 4 June 2012.

Download the Regeneration: Contemporary Quilt Textiles 2012 Entry Form (159KB PDF)

Contemporary Quilt Textiles was inspired by Quilt National in the United States, the foremost example of contemporary quiltmaking in the world at that time. The focus was to show innovative and cutting edge quilts here in Sydney, Australia.

The 1992 committee gave Anna Brown and Judy Hooworth permission to investigate the possibilities and prepare a submission to present to art galleries. Michael Pursche, then director of MAGM, responded to the proposal with enthusiasm.

Contemporary Quilt Textiles is the first juried contemporary quilt show to have been shown in an art gallery in Australia. Contemporary Quilt Textilesaims to show quilts that had been created to be artworks to be hung on the wall.

Each exhibition is selected by a panel, including representatives of MAGM, and a juror expert in the field of textiles. Selection is made from digital image submitted by the artists. The panel looks for work that is original and best expresses the current state of the art.

Along with the exhibition there is a lecture program, usually a slide presentation by an esteemed quilt artist.

Featured textile artists 2010:

Geri Barr, Mog Bremner, Anna Brown, Beryl Brooks, Marion Curry, Sue Dennis , Pamela Fitzsimons, Margery Goodall, Helen Gray, Camille Lord, Nichole Lubcke, Valentina Maximova, Thelma McGough, Deborah McArdle, Gloria Muddle, Alison Muir, Judi Nikoleski , John Parkes , Cath Phillips, Brenda Gael Smith, Greg Somerville , Carolyn Sullivan and Ruth de Vos