Aug.
30th
In Tacoma, American Art Company Quilt Invitational quilts both follow and break out of tradition
After a three-year absence, the Quilt Invitational is back at American Art Company in downtown Tacoma, and the 40 quilts that fill the gallery space are a wide variety from traditional to ground-breaking.
The front gallery is full of geometrics: the vivid Mondriaan-ish shapes of Maria Groat, the more muted earthtone “Windows” by Janet Steadman, and in back some more traditional squares by Timothy Leonard and Melody Crust. Also in front is a new work by Toot Reid: This time her three panels are very different, with one traveling from blue to white to green, another moody in …