Quilt National 2015 Opening

Following on from my last post, here are more images from this year’s Quilt National opening weekend. Above is the legendary Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens. The opening reception this year attracted a huge number of the artists – I think the count was 62 – with many of them traveling from Europe and beyond. The Quilt National Executive Director, Kathleen Dawson, does such a wonderful job of organizing all the various aspects of the event, from the catalog to the hanging, to all of the mini-events that are part of the opening weekend. Each artist is made to feel like we have done something very special! It’s a huge treat to meet everybody, and I especially enjoy trying to get a portrait of each artist with their work. This time, I managed to get almost all of them, with just a couple managing to escape me. (And many thanks to Betty Busby for taking the shot of me!)

(If you are one of the artists pictured and you’d like a high-res copy, just let me know and I’ll be happy to send it to you directly.)

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Here’s a group photo of all of us together. Quite the crowd!

And here are shots of the interior so you can get a feel for the entire show.

21 Comments

natalya May 26, 2015 at 11:04 am

thank you thank you thank you for your wonderful photos as usual! I feel like I’ve gone myself! Congratulations!!!!!!
Misty Cole May 26, 2015 at 11:24 am

Thanks for the wonderful photos!
Carol Watkins May 26, 2015 at 11:24 am

Thank you for posting so many fabulous photos from Quilt National. Having not been at the opening, I am especially grateful to be able to share in some of the excitement and see the artists as well as the beautiful work.
Jeanne Marklin May 26, 2015 at 12:33 pm

It was good to meet you, even if only briefly. You did a great job on the photos, especially considering the uneven lighting in some areas. Whoever took the photo of you and your piece also did well!
lorie mccown May 26, 2015 at 1:26 pm

Look at all those artists and their art~~ what a great weekend. Thanks so much for doing all this work! xo
Lisa Chin May 26, 2015 at 2:34 pm

Thank you for sharing all these photos! What a delight to see the show through your lens. This show is on my bucket list. 😀
Annabel Ebersole May 26, 2015 at 4:01 pm

Thank you, Deidre! I feel as if I’ve seen lots of the show! The artists’smiling faces tell it all!
Cathy Ortelle May 26, 2015 at 4:19 pm

Thanks for sharing the great photos. You deserve a raise! :). 🙂
Hope Wilmarth May 26, 2015 at 4:26 pm

Deidrea, YOU are a treasure. Thank you for capturing the essence of the show. It is wonderful to have a photo of every artist who attended with her/his work. For us first timers, it was a thrill to be there. The generosity, sharing, affirming by those of you who have paved the way was most appreciated.
Hope
Diane Nunez May 26, 2015 at 6:37 pm

Great photographs, thank you for taking them and posting. You did a wonderful job with the lighting. It is nice to connect a name with a face and their work.
Deidre May 26, 2015 at 10:14 pm

Thanks, everyone! Yes, it was a lot of work, but I thoroughly enjoy it!
Luana Rubin May 26, 2015 at 10:19 pm

Thanks Deirdre! Next best thing to being there!
Janet Windsor May 27, 2015 at 7:25 am

Thank you for the wonderful photos. You really captured the joy of that weekend. And I truly love your piece. Didn’t get a chance to tell you.
Anne Theobald May 27, 2015 at 1:32 pm

Thanks, Deidre. Now I have a sense of being there
after all these years of just hearing about QN.
Lisa Flowers Ross May 27, 2015 at 4:23 pm

Thanks for sharing the pictures. It was nice to see the artists and the pieces and so very nice of you to share it with them.
Elena Stokes May 27, 2015 at 4:44 pm

Wonderful photos, Deidre. Thank you so much for taking these and putting them all together. It was great seeing you, wish we had more time to talk. Next time!
Ginnie May 27, 2015 at 7:15 pm

Thank you so much for sharing. This looks like the best show yet!
Shannon C May 29, 2015 at 8:46 am

Thanks so much for taking all our pictures and for sharing so many great shots of the show!!
Wen Redmond May 30, 2015 at 6:16 am

I love putting the artists with their art works! And they do seem to match!
Wonderful memorable photos!
Judith Anderson May 31, 2015 at 9:11 pm

thank you SO MUCH for showing us the artists and their work. For those of us who will never get to Quilt National, you gave us a real gift.
Deidre June 1, 2015 at 7:15 am

Thanks to you all. I really appreciate your taking the time to read my post, and I especially LOVE your comments. My best wishes to you all!

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