Tuesday, July 08, 2025
Meet the Artist: July 10 2025
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
poet in love at quilt canada 2025
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poet in love, old cotton quilt with velvet patches by Judy Martin |
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poet in love second side, silk and rayon patchwork and hand quilting by Judy Martin 2022 |
Judy Martin's repaired and distorted quilt, Poet in Love, is part of this exhibition.
The title was inspired by Sappho, the greek poetess who wrote about Eros and by Anne Carson, the Canadian poet who studied her and then wrote Eros, the Bittersweet.
When a poet is in love, they are full of so many emotions, they are basically wrecked.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
The Sky / Le Ciel is installed in Sudbury
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from left: all the lived emotions (the two sculptures), sacred ground, the day, the night, and then the day again, and prayer cloth: hope |
The Sky : New Quilts by Judy Martin has just been installed in the art gallery of Sudbury. Martin was invited to exhibit at this venue for the entire summer (June 17 - August 30) by gallery director/curator, Demetra Christakos. Ally Zmijowskyj Carlos was in charge on the installation of the fourteen textile artworks.
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from left: under drifting stars, sky with many moons, starry starry in middle of room, the day, the night, and then the day again, prayer cloth:hope and inner world. |
The opening reception will happen on July 10, 5-7 pm.
This exhibition is being shown at the art gallery of Sudbury's temporary location, (174 Elgin Street, downtown Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.). The art gallery of Sudbury will be moving into a renovated building in 2026 or 2027.
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Breaking the Blocks podcast
The Art of Imperfection: Judy Martin's interview with Rachel Pierman is live. Click here to listen. For those who prefer to watch as well as listen, there is a youtube version. click here
Claire Keegan said:
“We all have a life we show and a life we hide and we have a life that we quietly live.”
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Perivale Gallery opens for the summer 2025 season
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Prayer for the twenty-first century: Family red thread on cotton and wool, 2025 12 x 12 inches |
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Prayer for the twenty-first century: Understanding red silk thread on linen , mounted on wool blanket 2025 12 z 12 inches |
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Prayer for the twenty-first century: Courage red and gold thread on linen, mounted on wool blanket, 2025 12 x 12 inches |
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Prayer for the Twenty-first century: Freedom red silk thread on linen, mounted on wool blanket 2025 12 x 12 inches |
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a quilt for baby earth red thread on linen, hand quilted to pink linen backing, velvet applique, embroidered text by Canadian poet PK Page, "Planet Earth" |
Friday, May 16, 2025
Classics Reimagined
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You Are A Single Star fifty year old appliques, velvet, naturally dyed wool, 89 x 89 inches hand stitched, 2024 |
When I was a bride, I made a dresden plate quilt from sewing scraps. it became worn out after years of use, and in 2019, I began mending it by unpicking the plates and then re-applying them to new wool cloth that I've coloured with local plants. Some of the original patches were worn through, so I replaced those few with silk velvet. My sensuous youth is held in these stitches. Judy Martin
Please visit the virtual exhibition at this link and see the entire show.
Thursday, May 08, 2025
Minimalism on exhibit in the Chicago area
For an idea of the complete show catalogues are available to purchase from SAQA. Images of all 45 quilts in the exhibition can be viewed at this link.