Women Who Run with Scissors Exhibit On Display

“Self” by Colleen Ansbaugh.

The Women Who Run with Scissors art quilt guild from Denmark, WI will bring their style of textile daring to the Guenzel Gallery at Peninsula Art School with an exhibit of the same name, March 21 – April 26. A reception will be held on April 5 from 5 – 7 pm in the gallery. The exhibit and reception are both free and open to the public.

The colorful works of this group of 14 quilters are representative of the diversity available in their chosen art form, both in message and medium. Themes range from the simple beauty of Ginkgo leaves to conveying the complex worries and fears we all share. The quilt artists’ limitless palette includes commercial and hand-dyed fabrics, embroidery, beading, found objects, hand-painted surface treatments and even the stitch itself.

“The quilting stitch can direct your eye and add a layer of shading or contouring to the overall piece,” says Julie Duschack, Women Who Run with Scissors founder. “Fiber artists think of the quilting stitch literally as our pencil.”

“Ginko Frenzy” by Kathleen Erbeck.

Duschack started Women Who Run with Scissors about ten years ago when she found that, although traditional quilt guilds were plentiful and accepting of art quilters, there was a need for those practicing her art to come together.

Duschack adds that the name of her group playfully underscores their maverick nature.

“It’s our joke taken from the warning that an obedient child never runs with scissors,” she says. “If you’re doing art quilting, you’re doing something irreverent and wild – so we’re out there creating and running with our scissors.”

In conjunction with the Women Who Run with Scissors exhibit, Peninsula Art School will feature hands-on projects for all age groups that pertain to quilting, during its Family Day on Saturday, April 19, from 10 am – 2pm.

For more information about these events and other PAS workshops, exhibitions, and community programs, call 920.868.3455 or email [email protected].