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Lifting The Quilt Ceiling

18 October 2020 Filed Under: Australia Wide Seven, Conference Leave a Comment

Special Presentation by Dr Sam Bowker

3pm Friday 30 October in person at Belconnen Arts Centre in conjunction with the opening of Australia Wide Seven.
+ Live digital presentation for Ozquilt Network members only: Register Your Interest!

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Dr Sam Bowker is the Senior Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture for Charles Sturt University with a deep understanding of the art and craft of quilting. Here is a summary of his presentation.

Contemporary quiltmaking is a dynamic and versatile field that engages the colonial past and global present, respects the agency of Indigenous Australian cultures, and sustains sophisticated and inclusive debate. Quilting generates a thriving ecosystem of critical and inclusive practice that is simultaneously competitive and empowering, yet it has been curiously overlooked by Australian art journals and galleries.
 
This presentation argues for the inclusion of quiltmaking across all forms of contemporary creative practice and presents the case for how this sector would benefit from engaging critically and actively with the cutting edge of Australian quiltmaking. It will challenge the values of contemporary art infrastructure and highlight what contemporary art galleries and funding agencies overlook when they regard quilts as ‘unworthy’ of inclusion in major exhibitions. The presentation will consider how this might be challenged, changed, and re-arranged, to show what artists, institutions, and art educators might yet learn from the best of Australian quiltmaking.

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View the online gallery of 37 finalists on the Ozquilt Network website (link in profile).

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◾Linda Steele Moroccan Magic: $4000 OZQN Award of Excellence sponsored by Ozquilt Network @lindabsteele

◾Dianne Firth: $500 OZQN Award of Excellence Highly Commended sponsored by Ozquilt Network @dianne.firth

◾Alison Withers DIY Deluge Design No.5 : $4000 Expressions Wool Quilt Prize acquisitive prize sponsored by the National Wool Museum

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◾Margery Goodall De-nature#1 Aquifer: yesterday, today and tomorrow: $250 Judges' Commendation for Innovation sponsored by the National Wool Museum

View the online gallery of 37 finalists on the Ozquilt Network website (link in profile).

Art Quilt Australia 2023 will be on exhibition from 12 August until 12 November. Opening hours 10am to 5pm daily.

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For our final preview, we feature DIY Deluge Design No.5, a thought-provoking wool quilt by Alison Withers of Warrnambool, Victoria:

"It’s clear we need to adapt the anatomy of our human spaces to become more resilient to the increasingly unavoidable impacts of climate change."

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