Adventure at the University of Chicago: Thursday Eye Candy

My Chicago Modern Quilt Guild was asked to furnish quilts for a display at the University of Chicago, Bernard Mitchell Hospital.  Guild members Dianne Bienick, Shannon Dangerfield, Amy Struckmeyer, and Emily Handley curated the submissions, and the Billy Hork Galleries hung the exhibit.  John and I went to see it yesterday.  And what a beautiful display.  Here is a small glimpse of the exhibit, but nothing does justice to quilts like seeing them in person.  These quilts were all hung in a bridged walkway connecting two buildings.  It was hard to take pictures of the quilts because the foot traffic there is so heavy.

Debbie Pine - Swirled Storm

Laura Hartrich - Soft Geese for Grandma

Sarah Shulman - My Blue Heaven

Laura Hartrich - Exit on the Left

me - My Scrappy Nap Quilt

Emily Lang - Gradient Burst

Sarah Shulman - RunAround Geese

Shannon Dangerfield - Bitter Pill

Sue Ryan - Every Which Way But Up

Jordana Robinson - Purple Rain

Debbie Pine - Shattered Sunset

Charity Simpson - Pink Mountain Sunrise

Eileen O'Regan - Green Spring

Holly Harper - untitled

Caroline Magsaysay - Fantastic Calla

Amy Struckmeyer - Above the Curve

Robbi Eklow - Fruits and Flowers Enmeshed

Jennifer Benoit Bryan - Midnight Rain

Heather Kinion - Scrap Coins

Heather Kinion - Crop Circles

My Elliptical and Elongated Drunkard's Path

Amy Struckmeyer - Deconstructed Lone Star

Carole Wool - I See The Bridge

I am so proud to be in the company of these makers. And these pictures don't do justice to the texture and the stories behind some of these quilts. My guild is full of women who are joyful, who suffer, who grieve, who celebrate, who think - and sometimes these emotions go into our quilts.