First Fridays
Starting up in 2010 on May 7, 2010 First Friday before Quilts in the Courtyards
Quilts galore will be on display throughout the Spring Green Area. For two weeks you will be able to see these handcrafted pieces of art in many of the shops & galleries. Pick up a passport/card and have it initialed at each of the following participating businesses. If you are able to make it to ALL of the places on the list, your name will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a quilt!- Convivio – 588-2351
- Dennis Alfred Phillips – (608)239-5974
- Nina’s Department & Variety Store
- No Rules Jewelry/ Bird of Paradise – 588-7509
- 43/90 North Earth / Mix Mox 588-7509 www.northearth.com
- Pamela’s Fine Jewelry
- Panacea 588-2280
- Stage Stop
- Country Sampler
- Global View
- Woody’s
- The Bank Restaurant & Wine Bar – Finish your night at The Bank
Here is one example of the quilts you will get to see. At No Rules/Bird of Paradise you will find;
PAT KROTH FIBER ART
2755 Hula Drive Verona WI 53593
608-845-3970
krothp@juno.com
www.krothfiberart.com
Artist Bio
Originally a Chicago native, fiber artist, Pat Kroth resides in Wisconsin, just southwest of Madison with her husband and three of her four children. Her contemporary art quilts have been shown in many national and international exhibitions.
Pat works with high contrast, saturated, intense color. With hand-painting, dyeing, and other surface design techniques she transforms cloth, and paints with thread. Another body of work utilizes hand-dyed then sun-printed fabrics, depicting images from nature: leaves, feathers, shells, and bones. Pat also creates fragment collage quilts comprised of tiny bits of fiber, trapped threads and found objects. These additions sometimes include anything from candy wrappers, safety pins, and computer paper to toys and fortune cookie fortunes.
Current explorations involve the use of transparent fabrics and materials to create stitched multi-dimensional and sculptural works.
Pat received the award for most innovative use of the medium sponsored by Friends of Fiber Art International at Quilt National 01 for her monumental art quilt “Revisiting Jackson”. Her work is currently touring with the International Masterpiece exhibit and SAQA Transformations,through 2010,
In addition to solo gallery shows, Pat’s work has been shown in other group exhibitions including: International Quilt Fest-Houston, American Quilters’ Society Show, Visions, World Quilt, Fiber Art International, Crafts National and Art Quilts at the Sedgwick.
Pat’s award-winning contemporary art quilts can be seen in many public and private collections including: The Wisconsin Percent For the Arts Program and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics. Her work has also been shown on the Wisconsin public television special: The Art of Quilting. 500 Quilts by Lark Books will include Kroth’s work in Spring 2010. Her work can been found at regional art fairs and galleries.