Anne Johnston: Quilts of the Sierra Nevada

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Feb 16 2019 - May 19 2019

This exhibition features over thirty of Ann Johnston’s large-scale quilts inspired by the Sierra Nevada. Made from cloth that the artist has dyed herself—the textiles make creative use of patterns and textures to create literal, abstract, and sometimes completely imaginative representations of mountain landscapes. Using both machine and hand-stitching, the artist creates textured and dimensional surfaces that reflect the varied geology of the Sierra Nevada.

The selection of quilts presents many recognizable subjects—bands of colors in the earth, mineral-rich rock layers that have been squeezed and heated over centuries, mountain peaks, lakes, and rock formations. “My creative process has involved both looking at what is there on the land at present, as well as trying to imagine events unseen,” the artist writes. The exhibition will also feature several new works recently created by Johnston.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website 

  • Fiber Arts
  • American
  • Contemporary
  • Landscape
  • Ann Johnston

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