Schweinfurth Art Center announces winners of Quilts=Art=Quilts awards

AUBURN, NY (Oct. 27, 2018) – Schweinfurth Art Center is pleased to announce the award winners of its newly opened exhibition, Quilts=Art=Quilts. The winners of the show were selected by prize juror Robert Shaw and jurors Gerri Spilka and Kit Vincent.

Juror’s Choice Awards ($200 each)

·      Margaret Abramshe, of St. George, UT; “Nan,” 2017

·      Petra Fallaux, of Pittsburgh, PA; “Broken Horizon,” 2018

·      Helen Geglio, of South Bend, IN; “So Much Slipping Through Our Fingers,” 2018

Catherin Hastedt Award for Hand Worksmanship ($250)

·      Marianne Burr, of Coupeville, WA; “Fragments,” 2018

Shirley Hastedt Award ($250)

·      Maggie Vanderweit, of Fergus, Ontario, Canada; “All of Us and Aliens, Too,” 2017

Finger Lakes Fiber Artists’ Award for Surface Design ($300)

·      Julia Pfaff, of Richmond VA; “Repeat V,” 2017

Schweinfurth Award for Excellence ($500)

·      July Kirpich, of Takoma Park, MD; “Memory Loss No. 1,” 2018

Second Prize ($500)

·      Elizabeth Busch, of Glenburn, ME; “Enigma 2,” 2017

First Prize ($750)

·      Elke Klein, of Beckingen, Saarland, Germany; “Tiles #13: Rainbow,” 2017 (shown above)

Best of Show ($1,000)

·      Karen Schulz, of Silver Spring, MD; “The Way You Occupy Space,” 2017 (shown below)

Quilts=Art=Quilts will be on display at the Schweinfurth, 205 Genesee St., Auburn, through Jan. 6, 2019. The art center is hosting a second exhibit, our new Member Show, in the second floor Davis Family Gallery beginning at 5 p.m. Nov. 2.

The art center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission to the show is $10 per person, with members, exhibiting artists, and children 12 and under free.

The art center is holding several events related to the two exhibits, including:

·      Nov. 2, 2018: First Friday and Member Show opening from 5 to 8 p.m.; free and open to the public

·      Nov. 4, 2018: Trunk Show featuring Alice Gant at 2 p.m.; free with exhibit admission

·      Nov. 18, 2018: Local Fiber Market from 1 to 5 p.m. with talk by indie dyer Carrie Drake at 3 p.m.; free with exhibit admission

·      Nov. 25, 2018: Trunk Show featuring Maggie Vanderweit at 2 p.m.; free with exhibit admission

·      Dec. 2, 2018: Trunk Show featuring juror Gerri Spilka at 2 p.m.; free with exhibit admission

·      Dec. 7, 2018: First Friday featuring 10-minute talks by artists in the Member Show from 5 to 8 p.m.; free and open to the public

·      Dec. 9, 2018: Holiday Traditions from 1 to 5 p.m.; free and open to the public

For more information on any of these events, check our website at myartcenter.org or call 315-255-1553.