Fabric Art by Lenore Crawford

Lenore's Resume

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Publications:

 

2010 500 Art Quilts, Lark Books, three quilts included

2008 Winter Issue COVER PHOTO of American Quilter Magazine, Pont en Royans

2007 Spring Issue COVER PHOTO of American Quilter Magazine, Bronwyn’s Garden

2007 Spring Issue American Quilter Magazine, “Beautiful Blending for Impressionistic Art Quilts”

2006 April, Magic Patch Patchwork & Quilting Magazine, Article on Lenore’s Technique

2003 April wrote and produced CD-ROM, electronic book called “Impressionistic Fabric Blending - Create Your Own Art Quilt”

2003 May, Quilters Newsletter Magazine Issue #352, p. 66, “Blended Impressions in Fabric”

2002 November, Quilters Newsletter Magazine Issue #347, p. 62, “Meetin’ Place”

 

Exhibitions:

 

February - March 2010:  Healing Arts Gallery, Mid-Michigan Medical Center, Midland, MI

June – July 2009:  Solo Show at Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI

Sept – Dec, 2008:  Art Quilts at Gallery Fifty Exhibition “Breaking Boundaries:  The Art of the Quilt”

November 2008 - February 2009:  Art Quilts at Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, CA

May – June 2008:  Solo Show, Universtiy of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

October 2006:  Solo Show at Oleum Gallery, Yvoire, France

 

Special Workshops:

 

Oct. 2010, Quilting in the Tetons, Jackson, WY

Oct. 2010, Rare Threads Workshops, Charlevoix, MI

Sept. 2010, European Patchwork Meeting, Ste. Marie aux Mines, France

October 2008, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas

May 2008, Quilters’ Escape, Eureka, California

October 2007, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas

March 2006 & 2007, Empty Spools Seminar, Asilomar, Monterey, California

April 2005, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Illinois

November 2004, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas

September, 2003 – European Patchwork Meeting; taught Impressionistic Fabric Blending Classes in French and English

 

A Few Art Quilts & Their Awards:

 

Afternoon Delight, 2010 Bay Heritage Quilt Festival, Best of Show, Small, Best Use of Color, Best Machine Appliqué Individual, 2010 National Quilt Show, Columbus, OH, 2nd Place Pictorial

A City Walk in Spring, 2010 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, New Hope, PA, Best Pictorial

Swans of Annecy, 2010 MAG Show, Award of Excellence, Midland, MI

Boy on the Beach, Creative 360 2009, Midland, MI, Honorable Mention

On Winter's Coming, Road to California 2009, Upland, CA, 1st Place Art Pictorial

Hybrid Lily III, 2008 Breaking Boundaries:  The Art of the Quilt, Gallery Fifty, Traverse City , MI, 3^rd Place

On Winter’s Coming, 2008 Bay Heritage Quilt Show, Best of Show plus 1^st Place Small Wallhangings

Hybrid Lily III, 2008 Midland Artists’ Guild Show, Best of Show

Ramparts of Yvoire, 2008 Road to California, Judge’s Choice Award

Pont en Royans, 2007 AQS Nashville Show, Best Wall Quilt

Bearded Iris, 2007, Fiberplay Exhibit, Midland, MI, 4^th Place People’s Choice Award

Foxgloves with Hummingbird, 2007 National Quilt Assoc. Exhibit, Columbus, OH, Honorable Mention

Grand Poppy, 2007 IQA Chicago Show, Celebrate Spring, Viewers’ Choice Award

Staircase in the Perigord, 2004 – Houston International Quilt Festival, 2004, accepted

House by the Sea, 2003 – Merit Award, 2004 MAG Art Show, Midland, MI

Chez Martine, 2003 – 2003 Quilts of Comfort Hospice Quilt Show, 1^st Place Wall Quilt

Kingdom of Ahkadee, 2002  - American Quilters Society Quilt Show, Paducah, KY, finalist

A French House, 2002  -  2002 Quilts of Comfort Hospice Quilt Show, 1^st Place Pictorial Quilts, Midland , MI

English Garden , 2002 – Viewer’s Choice Award & Honorable Mention Award, 2002 Quilts at the Crossroads, Flint, Michigan; Best of Show – 1^st Place, 2002 Old Saginaw City Art Show, Saginaw, MI; Honorable Mention, 2004 Bay Heritage Quilt Show

Cottage Garden, 2002 Viewers’ Choice Award, Gladwin Artists’ Guild Art Show & Honorable Mention, All Area Art Show, Studio 23, Bay City, MI

Chateau d’Yvoire, 2001 Heidleberg Gallery Quilt Show, Best of Show, Sheboygan , MI

Southern Comfort, 2000 Bay City Quilt Show - 2^nd Place Specialty Item, Bay City , MI