Cognitive Powers

"Cognition" is the title of my Power Suit Challenge.  Other than that I am keeping mum, until after the opening October 22 in Alexandria, Virginia ...

The Power Suits Art Quilt Challenge will be on exhibit at Artistic Artifacts the weekend of October 22-23, 2011. Saturday hours are 4-8pm, including an artist’s reception. Sunday hours are noon-5pm. Admission is free. http://www.powersuitquilts.com/  From October 24 - November 23 the quilts can be seen during shop hours.

Artistic Artifacts Annex
4750 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22304

below is the official press release.

For Immediate Release
September 28, 2011

104 Quilt Artists Interpret the Theme “Power Suits”Alexandria, Virginia, September 28, 2011 - On October 22, 2011, over 100 art quilts based on the theme “Power Suits” will debut at Artistic Artifacts in Alexandria, VA.

When a local tailor contacted Cyndi Souder to offer her his outdated fabric swatches, a quilt challenge was born. Teaming with friend and associate Judy Gula (owner, Artistic Artifacts), Souder developed a theme, packaged swatches, and offered them for free to interested quilters. Distributing challenge packets at quilt shows, lectures, and online through their blogs and websites, Souder and Gula invited quilters to express their take on Power Suits through their artwork. The resulting quilts address such diverse topics as politics, family, worklife, playing cards, and super heroes.

Says Souder, “These are not your grandmother’s quilts. These 18” square quilts address a wide array of topics and work on a variety of levels. The theme seemed to have universal appeal and our quilters had a lot to say. We were wowed each time we opened another package.”

Challenges are common throughout the quilting world. They generally start with a theme or a set of materials and then quilters are invited to participate. Often there is a deadline and the challenge quilts are shown together at a group meeting or a quilt show.

Challenge participants were given packets of fabric swatches, a few simple rules, and this as inspiration:
What does “Power Suit” mean to you? Does it conjure images of smoke-filled rooms where important deals are made? Is a Power Suit a garment or a person? Do you plug in a Power Suit? What if a Power Suit gave you Super Powers? Using Power Suit as your inspiration, create an art quilt that expresses your point of view.

The list of participating quilt artists in the Power Suits Art Quilt Challenge ranges from nationally known names to quilters just starting out, resulting in a variety of techniques and perspectives. The exhibit includes 107 art quilts made by 105 quilt artists from the United States and Canada. According to the Quilting in America 2010 survey, there are over 21 million quilters in the United States.

The Power Suits Art Quilt Challenge will be on exhibit at Artistic Artifacts the weekend of October 22-23, 2011. Saturday hours are 4-8pm, including an artist’s reception. Sunday hours are noon-5pm. Admission is free. http://www.powersuitquilts.com/

Cyndi Souder
Moonlighting Quilts
4407 Ossian Hall Lane
Annandale, VA 22003
(703) 407-0916
Cyndi@MoonlightingQuilts.com
http://www.moonlightingquilts.com/

Judy Gula
Artistic Artifacts
4750 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22304
(703) 823-0202, ext. 213
Judy@ArtisticArtifacts.com
http://www.artisticartifacts.com/

check out my fellow artist's blogs on their experience with this challenge!
http://jeancreates.blogspot.com/2011/10/power-suit-challenge-quilt-show.html

http://elizabethcreates.blogspot.com/2011/10/power-suit-art-quilt-challenge-free.html