Cheshire Quilt Artist in Tri-State Show

Fresh from winning the Young Emerging Artist Award (YEA) from the Quilt National Show in Ohio, Cheshire quilt artist Kate Themel is also showing her work at a tri-state show at The Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey.

The show, which opened on Thursday, includes 19 works by textile artists and will be on view until October 16.

Themel is a member of Fiber Revolution, a network of professional textile artists whose collective goal is to provide greater visibility of their art while educating the public about fiber art as an exciting art form, according to Art Daily.org. 

"Although the art is constructed from fabric, it is not meant to lie at the foot of the bed, but rather to hang on the wall like an oil or watercolor painting. The artists exhibiting their work under the Fiber Revolution name use fiber as their medium: dyeing it, painting it, cutting it, tearing it, stamping it, fusing it and embellishing it. The final step, stitching through the layers of fabric, brings a dimensional depth to the artwork that mere paint cannot," the Art Daily article notes.

 Themel recently learned she had won the national  YEA award for her quilt "Dandelion." The piece will be on tour for about two years, she wrote on her blog, and then be claimed by its new owner who purchased the quilt during opening weekend of the show.

Themel wrote on her blog that she was thrilled to have won the award at Quilt National '11 - The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. 

You can see more about the show from the  “Quilt National ‘11” Photo Album on Dairy Barn Arts Center’s Facebook page to see more photos of the show and all the award winning quilts.