Tag: Roxanne Bartel

Sheryl Gillilan and Roxanne Bartel are Drawn to Quilts in Finch Lane Show

By Ann Poore on August 18, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

Quilting is rapidly moving from folk art to fine art and Sheryl Gillilan is deep into tiny stitches and fabric scraps. Though she continues her day job as executive director of the Holladay Arts Council (she will retire this fall after some six years of delivering diverse arts […]

Exhibition Reviews | Visual Arts

The New Quilt in Town

By Sheryl Gillilan on July 8, 2007 • ( Leave a comment )

There’s a relatively new quilt in town. The prodigal granddaughter of a bed quilt, the art quilt (sometimes referred to as textile or fiber art) now graces the walls of galleries, museums and corporate offices. After forty years of struggling for acceptance, the art quilt is now a […]