Sisters, Stitching In Sync: Marx Gallery Display thru June 28th
Art Quilts by Terrie Mangat and Pat Sturtzel
Sunday, May 10 12-1:00pm and Thursday, May 28th 2pm. (Pat will be present to talk about the display)
Where: All Peoples UU- Marx Gallery, 4936 Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY 40222
Sisters, Stitching in Sync, Art Quilts by Terrie Mangat and Pat Sturtzel are on display in the Marx Gallery through June 28th. On May 10th Pat Sturtzel will be available during coffee hour to talk about the exhibit.
Terrie and Pat both started to make quilts in the mid-late 1970’s, having been exposed to the traditional quilts made by aunts. Each brought to the quilt-making
process different experiences and different levels of artistic insights and abilities. Terrie brought to the process her extensive background in the arts. From her teenage years as a painter and seamstress to her focus on printmaking and pottery at the University of Kentucky. Terrie’s impact on the growing Art Quilt movement is best summed up in the words of Michael James, an acclaimed Fiber Artist who also had an impact on the Art Quilt movement:
“What Terrie Hancock Mangat did – from the very beginning of her career, and with a consistency she has never abandoned – was take the deepest and best of what traditional quilt making and embroidered textile traditions had to offer and move them in an entirely different realm of expression and imagination. This is harder than it sounds, and much rarer than it looks. Many makers working in this field have drawn on tradition. Very few have genuinely transformed it. Mangat is one of that small number. She absorbed structural logic of the pieced quilt, the expressive potential of hand appliqué, stitching and surface embellishment and the visual intelligence embedded in folk and vernacular textile traditions – and then made something that had never existed before. Her sources are traceable; her work is not.”
Throughout her life journey, Pat has revisited quilt-making numerous times. Starting out as a traditional quilt-maker, she has had numerous opportunities to experiment with different processes and expand her knowledge of art concepts as well as art as therapy. She has used fabrics and quilt-making in working with individuals and groups. With retirement, she has spent more time on developing a body of work, continuing to learn and try different approaches to the quilt-making process.
For more information, google Terrie and Pat
Or contact: Terrie H Mangat terrie@taosnet.com
575-770-4233 Taos, New Mexico
Pat H Sturtzel psturtzel@gmail.com
502-396-1195 Louisville, Kentucky
Facebook – Pat’s Fiber Arts Studio