Ann Hornbeck fiber art quilts on display at town library

The Corner Gallery of the Town of Johnsburg Library is currently displaying the colorful and imaginative fiber art quilts of Ann Hornbeck. Ann has been sewing since she was in seventh grade. Over the years, she made many of her own and her daughter's clothes, at least until her daughter thought it was not "cool" to wear mom-made clothes. Ann taught Social Studies for 32 years at Minerva Central School, retiring in 2002. She then decided to educate herself about the art of quilting and attended classes in the Glens Falls area for traditional quilting methods. When she had the opportunity to learn about Gee Bend Alabama Quilts and to see the quilts in a show at the Whitney Art Museum in New York City, it changed her whole perspective on quilting. As Ann says about the Gee Bend Quilts, "Just wonderful free composition, no rules just color, shape and art." She attends a number of weeklong Quilting by the Lake workshops, held every summer in central New York, where she finds many fiber artists with unlimited imaginations and superior technical skill. The pieces in the show have been done since 2002. Ann quilts in a dedicated room that her husband, Peter, had created for her. It has two sky lights, a large design board and lots of shelving. Importantly, it has no phone, so no interruptions, but it does have a radio which gets good reception of NPR. She quilts primarily when the weather is terrible. She uses a very good sewing machine with all the bells and whistles, and a wide variety of materials, but primarily cotton fabrics. She will buy a fabric that she loves and eventually use it in one project or another. The fabric comes from all kinds of places, and Ann insists that she is not a fabric snob, although she says great thread is critical so she does buy the best on sale if at all possible. Her work is truly amazing art. It will be on display at the Corner Gallery through January. The library is open on Wednesday from 11-5; on Thursday from 11-7; Friday from 11-5; and on Saturday from 10-2. The library is located at 210 Main Street in North Creek, across from the Tannery Pond Community Center. Call 251-4343 for information on programs and exhibits.

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