Quilt show to open in Au Sable Forks' Tahawus Center

AU SABLE FORKS | The time-honored craft of quilting will be on display coming weeks at the Tahawus Center in Au Sable Forks with the exhibit "Warmth and Beauty" that features the work of five local quilters. The show will be available both online and, beginning April 23, in person by appointment at Tahawus Center Window Gallery. Coming from the towns of Jay, and Upper Jay, Keeseville, Wilmington and Essex, the five women are showcased in the exhibit, sharing both their works and their unique stories of how quilting became a part of their lives. Fourteen quilts and works in fiber arts will be physically on display in the Tahawus Windows Gallery in a radiant exhibit. In addition, several weekend education workshops will be offered enhancing the "Warmth and Beauty" exhibit and including a Trunk Show. Using the following weblink, visitors can revisit the online exhibit: https://tahawuscenter.wixsite.com/warmthandbeauty. Starting April 23, visitors can stop in by appointment during the "open weekends" to see the physical exhibit in the spacious and airy Windows Gallery. Some quilts are for sale by contacting the artist. Artist information is available on the website and at the gallery. The quilters include: — Dawn Klotzko, who started making quilts 20 years ago with her mother. Today she creates one-of-a-kind quilts to honor, preserve and tell a memory story. — Bethany Krawiec, a former teacher of science and math in all boys boarding schools, who has been quilting for more than 50 years, at first working in traditional designs, but evolving today with innovative creations. — Amy Pawlowski with a background in health care, and as a graphic artist at the Press Republican, who was given a sewing machine in 2016 by her husband — and that started her quilting. — Barbara Schaffer, who is a quiltmaker, scholar and author. Prior to moving to the Adirondacks, her New Jersey career in textile arts includes co-authoring two books and researching and publishing numerous articles on quilts. — Luvie Tuller, who grew up in a family of eight girls in New Hampshire. Her mother made clothes — many out of flour sacks. Sewing began early for her, and after a long career as an elementary school teacher in Peru, Luvie discovered quilting. She has gone on to show and sell her original work locally. American women have expressed their identity and creativity through quilting since Colonial times. From dark and sometimes lonely, cold winters, hand stitching by candle and firelight, and using repurposed fabric scraps to create warmth, today, American quilts are collected and copied worldwide for their beauty and interest as folk art and textile art.

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Quilt show to open in Au Sable Forks' Tahawus Center

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