ES Museum quilt exhibit scheduled for Oct. 21 Quilt featured above by Carol Krueger is titlted, Postcard from Denver. Made of commercial cotton fabric and photo transfer collage, this quilt is machine pieced, appliqued and quilted. Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives is scheduled to host an art quilt exhibition from 11 a.m. -5 p.m. starting Oct. 21 through Nov. 20 at the museum. The show features contemporary quilt artists that use unconventional materials in their work, such as paint, beads, metal and wood. Today's art quilts show a wide range of ideas that capture the home and hearth with cutting-edge technologies of the digital age. Elements from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters is toured by ExhibitsUSA, which is a national touring division of Mid-America Arts Alliance. Mid-America Arts Alliance is a non-profit regional arts organization based out of Kansas City. This is the first exhibition of quilts from the Front Range Contemporary Quilters to travel as a national exhibit. Juror Robert Shaw, author of The Art Quilt, has selected 40 new works for this exhibition from members of the Front Range Contemporary Quilters, which is one of the oldest art quilt guilds in the United States. The Front Range Contemporary Quilter is made up of artists, from Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Kansas. Along with this exhibit there will be a showing from local quilters. If anyone has a quilt they would like to show, or would be interested in being a daytime hostess, please contact Denise Siegel at 816-679-4443, the museum at 816-630-0101, or e-mail the museum. Periodic updates will be available at the museum's web site. Return to top