Masterworks: Abstract and Geometric tours the world

The abstract quilt, Mended World, was one of the four meditation panels in the Manitoulin Circle Project.  The project took place between 2009 and 2013, every Thursday for four years under the leadership of Judy Martin.   Over 140 volunteers came to the United Church in Little Current over the four year time span to add their time and touch to the panels.  Some were regulars, others dropped in once or twice.

The images in this post show Mended World on the frame.  Completed in 2012, it is now on tour with the exhibition Masterworks: Abstract and Geometric curated by Martha Sielman.

This exhibition began at the 2017 International Quilt Festival in Houston Texas and then went to  Japan in 2018 and 2019 as well as parts of the USA.  It is going to China this September and to Germany in 2020.   The complete itinerary is below:

International Quilt Festival – Houston, Texas: November 2017

International Quilt Festival – Chicago, Illinois: April 2018

Quilt & Stitch Show - Tokyo, Japan: October 4 - 6, 2018

Quilt & Stitch Show - Osaka, Japan: November 8 - 10, 2018

Quilt & Stitch Show - Nagoya, Japan: March 28 - 30, 2019

Crosstown Arts – Memphis, Tennessee: May 10 - July 28, 2019

11th Asia Quilt Festival - Shanghai, China: September 20 - 22, 2019

Max Berk Textile Museum, Palatinate Museum (Textilsammlung Max Berk / Kurpfälzisches Museum) - Heidelberg, Germany: February 16, 2020 - June 21, 2020. 

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo - Raleigh, North Carolina: July 20 - August 1, 2020

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo - Arlington, Texas: August 27 - 29, 2020

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo - Cincinnati, Ohio: September 17 - 19, 2020

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo - Fredericksburg, Virginia: October 8 - 10, 2020

Original Sewing & Quilt Expo - Novi, Michigan: November 12 - 14, 2020

Mended World  2012  Judy Martin and community