QUILT ART is a group of 20 professional quilt artists from Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands and America.

At the moment we have four shows touring; Voices’, started at Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey in the beginning of January 2012. Quilt Art at 25, our anniversary exhibition and A Slice of Quilt Art, both launched in 2010. Quilt Art 20 is touring the United States under the title ‘International Expressions’. All our exhibitions are accompanied by books. A list of venues and dates can be found on Quilt Art venues.

Founded in 1985, QUILT ART aims to extend the boundaries of quilting as an artistic medium and achieve wider recognition of the quilt as an art form. A number of members are also working in the field of mixed media. The group holds regular touring exhibitions in Britain and Europe and has also exhibited in Japan and Canada. To accompany each exhibition, the group publishes a high quality book.

QUILT ART strives to maintain its unique reputation for integrity of expression and quality of craftsmanship. Each member brings a distinctive approach and the work is diverse, dynamic and sometimes challenging. Professional standards are expected, both from the individual artists and as an organisation dealing with administration and liaising with galleries and the press.

'The Quilt Art group's international membership results in work ranging from responses to time, place and politics to formal explorations of colour, pattern and process.  What unites them is a self-assurance in what they do.'  Dr Susan Marks.

‘The consistently original work that they have created over the years sets them apart both as individuals and as a group.’ Robert Shaw, Vermont, USA.

ARTES Magazine, a web based Fine Art magazine has an article about us in connection to Quilt Art, International Expressions touring the United States

QUILT ART is a company registered in Scotland in 1997, register number 178428. It is also registered as a charity, with charity number SC026984. The company registered office address is: 30-31 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JS, Scotland, UK

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