Cindy Friedman

Cindy Friedman has a lifelong obsession with fiber. A childhood filled with sewing and needlearts, and careers as an Industrial Designer and as a Fashion Designer led to a convergence in the art quilt medium in the early 1990's. Her work has always reflected her fascination with human body forms, their construction, and function as they interact with architectural and geometric shapes, grids, and patterns.

The work she is currently producing continues to explore the possibilities of fiber in art. The art is linked by textile references and quilt making traditions and is a fusion of multiple disciplines, from drawing to intricate needlework. Her nationally exhibited work can be found in gallery exhibitions, private collections and locally in the Hospital of the University of PA, Infectious Disease Clinic and the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House.

Her role in ArtQuilts at the Sedgwick began innocently enough by agreeing to exhibit work, and to design and install the first show in 1999. As the show has grown and evolved, her responsibilities have also grown and include installation design, the CD-ROM catalog.

Cindy is also a member of Fiber Revolution. Her work will be on exhibit with this group during the Philadelphia Furniture and Furnishings Show April 28-30, 2006. In additon, she has been invited to participate in the the Bernina 2006 Fashion show which will premier in Houston at Quilt Festival in October 2006.

Additional Profiles

2004 Interview with Carolyn Lee Vehslage

Quilter's Save Our Stories

The Fiber Revolution

The Fairfield Fashion Show 2000/2001
"Straight from the Heart"
November 2000 - Houston, Texas

Cindy's Website:
http://www.CindyFriedman.com

IMAGES


ChromatiX
19”w x 25”h
©2005


Flights of Fancy
41"w x 53.25"h
©2006

These figures were inspired by dancers and in
my imagination they are freed of gravity which
allows their feet to literally fly. I was interested
in the play of the sheer figures overlapping and
echoing as they move through space.
The figures are drawn on organza and then
fused to the pieced surface. Materials: silk



Spring Sentinel
19"w x 18.25"h
©2005

I am so tired of the snow and shoveling
and noticed just this weekend that my
daffodils are poking up through the latest
bout of March snow, so I know that spring
cannot be far behind.
All silk, pieced and appliquéd, and
drawing with Prismacolors.



Dance of the Soul
27.5"w x 27.5"h




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Betty Ann Fellner

Betty Ann Fellner has participated in AQatS since its inception, first, as the Founder and Executive Director of the Sedgwick Cultural Center (1996-2004), and from 2004 to the present, as an active member of the Committee for AQatS. An experienced writer, musician and teacher but not a visual artist, Betty Ann considers herself very fortunate to be the “stand-in” for the public: since a major part of the AQatS mission is to educate the public about the art quilt, she is the ideal person to test out the many written materials produced for AQatS. But most of all, Betty Ann Proves Our Success: AQatS creates a passion for the art quilt!


Click the logos for more on Betty Ann and the History of the Sedgwick Cultural Center







Philadelphia Weekly Article






Chestnut Hill Local Article

Deborah Schwartzman

Deborah Schwartzman is a former elementary school teacher who was introduced to quilt making in 1975 at a workshop teaching patchwork to children. The geometry of quilt making and the inherent possibilities of intersecting lines appealed to her. Twenty- eight years later they still do.


Deborah Schwartzman has received recognition in nationally juried exhibitions, and her art quilts are installed in galleries, private collections and institutions, including The Crozier Cancer Center and Taylor Hospital in Delaware County, Pa. Her work is inspired by images found in nature, distinguished by saturated color, and enhanced by intricate machine and hand quilting.

Deborah also teaches and lectures throughout the tri-state area, and her articles on quilt design as well as images of her quilts have appeared in numerous publications. In 1999, she participated in planning a local festival to celebrate the "fabric of community" at the Sedgwick Cultural Center. Searching for a significant fiber art exhibition, the committee asked her to mount a quilt show. With the help of many dedicated friends and quilt artists, Art Quilts at the Sedgwick was born.

Deborah currently serves as co-director of AQatS and divides her time between creating art quilts, lecturing and continuing to develop this East Coast venue for quilt art.

EXHIBITS

March 5 - 28, 2006
Ocean County Artists' Guild
Beyond the Stitch II

March 16-April 17, 2006
Textures Gallery
Scottsdale Arizona
Earth Quilts

3 large pieces and small work in two series: Cactus Bee Series and Caladium Layer Series

More information about Deborah Schwartzman

Website: Deborah Schwartzman

Interview: Quilter's Save Our Stories

More of Deborah's Work: Fiber Revolution


IMAGES

Caldium I: Autumn Secrets
24" w x 19.5" h
January 2004



Nature's Lace
22" w x 21" h
June 2002




Sublime Lupine
29" w x 42" h
2001


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