Our Exhibitions
Our 2024 Exhibit:
inspiration: Renewal has many meanings, rebirth, regeneration, rejuvenation, revival, recharge, refresh and many more. The process of renewal is a natural force. We tumble through summer and fall, hibernate in winter, and emerge with new life in spring. Upcycling and mending, and making the old new again result in renewal. As artists, how do we express this? What images, colors or techniques represent the sense of fullness and vigor that renewal brings?
Past Exhibitions
2022
emerge: In 2020 and 2021, much of life was put on hold; daily life took on new restrictions. But during this time, we endured; we re-considered what is important; what can be left behind; what does the future look like? PAQA-South members have created works of fiber art to express the new ways of looking at our lives.
2020
insight: Each artist sees the world in a unique way, and communicates with a visual language that is at once universal and completely individual. What insightful and intuitive understandings of your world do you want to communicate to your audience? What penetrating mental vision or discernment are you striving to share? What actions do you wish to incite?
2021
going forward: In the spring of 2020, the world changed. Whether a dramatic shift or subtle alteration, everyone has been affected. What do you miss? How are you adjusting to present times? What is your vision of how we will live together going forward?
As the town of Cary, NC celebrates its sesquicentennial, we as quilters, we will look back at what was, make sense of the present and imagine the future.
2019
dreams. What did you dream last night? Was it a pleasant fantasy, repetitious drudgery or a nightmare? Nighttime dreams might evoke strong feelings or have iconic or archetypal interpretations. A dream can be a day dream, a pipe dream, a hallucination or a delusion. It can also be a vision of the future for yourself, your loved-ones, your community or the world. So dream up a quilt! We invite you to interpret the subject in art quilt form.
2022
inspiration: Where do artist’s ideas come from? What inspires them to begin the creative process? Is it something outside of themself like a person, a space, an experience, nature, urban life, music? Or is it internal like moods and emotions, philosophies, critiques? Does it reference an artist from the past or a cultural style or is it a continued exploration of the artist’s previous work? Create a multi-layered textile joined by stitching and describe the inspiration behind it.
Past Exhibits
Common Threads - November 2024 - Common Threads Member Show @ Cary Quilting Company
Common Threads - March 1-24 - Common Threads Member Show @ Cary Quilting Company
Common Threads - May 24- June 6, 2021 - Common Threads Member Show @ Cary Quilting Company
ARTQUILTSinsight – 2020 — Virtual Juried Member Show
ARTQUILTSdreams – March 27 – May 18, 2019 — International Juried Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSpassion – March 6 – May 13, 2018— Juried Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSrespite – April 19 – June 2, 2017— International Juried Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSvoices – April 22 – June 2, 2016— Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSreminicse — April 22 – June 21, 2015— International Juried Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSconnections — Oct 22 – Nov 16, 2014— Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSwhimsy – April 23 – June 22, 2014— International Juried Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSfreezeframe — Sept 26 – Oct 20, 2013— Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSwater — International Juried Exhibition
June 3 – 28, 2013 East Carolina University School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC
Jan 4 – Mar 24, 2013 — International Juried Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSrivers – Member Invitational Collaborative Project with Taiwan Art Quilt Society (TAQS)
June 3 – 28, 2013 @ East Carolina University School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC
Jan 4 – Mar 24, 2013 @ Cary Arts Center, Cary, NC
Sept 22 – Oct 29, 2012 @ Taichung County Culture Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Aug 11 – Sept 9, 2012 @ National Tainan Living Art Center, Taiwan
Narrative Threads –June 29 – Aug 27, 2012— Curated Member Show Collaborative Project with Invited Authors @Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
Indian Summer – Sept 26 – Oct 29, 2011— Curated Member Show @ Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC
ARTQUILTSrepurposed —June 24 – Aug 22, 2011— Curated Member Show @Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSmovement –May 20 – July 24, 2011— International Juried Exhibition @ Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
ARTQUILTSnofear –July 30 – Sept 20, 2010 — Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSilluminations –Mar 26 – May 1, 2010— International Juried Exhibition @ Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
ARTQUILTStransitions – National Juried Exhibition
April 17 – June 7, 2009 @ Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
June 25 – Aug 22, 2009 @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
Sept 12 – Nov 3, 2009 @ Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
ARTQUILTSreflections –Sept 26 – Oct 28, 2008— Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTScultures –April 25 – June 25, 2008— National Juried Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSartists respond –Sept 28 – Oct 31, 2007— Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSmarkings –April 27 – May 30, 2007— National Juried Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSfive –Sept 29 – Oct 31, 2006— Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSimages – International Juried Exhibition
April 26 – May 21, 2006 @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
Aug 10 – 12, 2006 @ Quilts for Change, Cincinnati, OH
Sept 7 – 10, 2006 @ Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Harrisburg, PA
Oct 12 – 15, 2006 @ Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
Nov 9 – 12, 2006 @ Greater Chicago Quilt Exposition, Schaumburg, IL
April 23 – July 27, 2007 @ CK Media Gallery, Golden, CO
ARTQUILTScontemporary traditions –Sept 30 – Nov 2, 2005— Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
ARTQUILTSjourneys –April 29 – June 1, 2005 International Juried Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
Fabrications – Curated Member Show
Oct 1 – 25, 2004 @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
April 5 – May 29, 2005 @ Aiken County Historical Museum, Aiken, SC
Feb 23 – 26, 2006 @ Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA
Elements – International Juried Exhibition
April 30 – May 31, 2004 @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
Sept 16 – 19, 2004 @ Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Fort Washington, PA
Oct 14 – 17, 2004 @ Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
Layers of Meaning –Oct 3 – 28, 2003— Curated Member Show @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
Vantage Point South –May 2 – June 1, 2003— National Curated Exhibition @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
Encrustations – Exhibit of founding members prior to formation of PAQA-South
April 30 – May 31, 2004 @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2002 @ International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Fall 2002 Issue of Quilting Arts Magazine –
Narrative Form –May 4 –30, 2001— Exhibit of founding members prior to formation of PAQA-South @ Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
