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To sign with blood selected into SAQA - Wide horizons II, a one time exhibition at the European Patchwork Meeting September 16-19, 2010.

Think of the mothers - The Grief is one of the 44 finalists (over 160 entries) in the Summer Expo of Infinity Art Galleries

Floating Report selected into "From Fine Art to Fiber: Reinterpreting the Masters”
4 August - 4 September 2010, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA

FLY - a visual haiku, video by Mirjam Pet-Jacobs

Black & White Art & Photography Competition: iSnapChat Artist Gallery
One of the six winners (965 entries), more info on Facebook

Mimi 41, my piece from "Meet the Artist: SAQA 20th Anniversary Trunk Show", is one of the 55 art pieces to have been chosen to be archived in the permanent collection of the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. These pieces will be available to researchers and students as a record of the art quilt in 2009.

4th European Quilt Triennial
venue dates below
Timeless in Time won the Doris Winter commemoration prize for innovation of the material, technique and concept
"...the use of irony and and critique within the genre, allowing the quilt to be a powerful referent rather than the embodiment of the work itself...it is only in this way - by pushing at the boundaries of the genre - that quilt making will begin to engage in the broader debates of the art world." - Dr. Jennnifer Harris, Deputy Director/Curator, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Videos

Fololo - Creatief voor Congo How to make money from 30 000 children's waistcoats: read Wil's story!
Fololo - Gallery

Timeless in Time selected into the 4th European Quilt Triennial
18 October 2009 - 24 January 2010, Textil Sammlung Max Berg - Kurpfälzisches Museum,
Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen-D
5 February – 18 April, 2010, Kreismuseum Zons-D
28 April – 13 June, 2010, Textile Museum St. Gallen-CH
19 - 22 August, 2010, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham-UK

Star Catcher 3, selected into Miniartextile Como 2009
11 June - 29 August 2010, Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice

Mantra II - Messages and Between hope and despair selected into Artextures 2009
25 September - 3 January 2010, Musée de la Toile de Jouy, Jouy-en-Josas PDF
14 January - 25 February 2010, Château de la Gobinaire, Orvault
1 May - 13 June 2010, Citadelle de Brouage
26 June - 29 August 2010, Château d'Eau, Bourges
10 September - 12 December 2010, La Bastide-Rouairoux

Mantra III - Missing Messages selected into Pfaff Art Embroidery Challenge "Landscape - Let us travel"
8 - 11 October 2009, The Kitting and Stitching Show, London
March 9-June 19, 2010, Bibliothèque Forney, Hôtel de Sens, 1 rue du Figuier, 75004 Paris
July 2 - September 3, 2010, Office du Tourisme du Pays de Châtelaudren, Châtelaudren-F

Eternal Enigma selected into SAQA - Transformations 09: Reflections
September-October 2009, Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA
June-July 2010, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
November 13 - January 3, 2010, Guilford Art Center, CT
March 2010, Alaska Fiber Festival, Anchorage, Alaska
June 1 - July 17, 2010, Grants Pass Museum, Grants Pass, Oregon
Aug. 6 - Oct. 10, 2010, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, California

Seven Keys selected into "We are such stuff as dreams are made on"
June 6 - July 4, 2010, Schwabenakademie Irsee-D
September 16-19, 2010, European Patchwork Meeting, F
Aarau-CH
Guben-D
More venues are planned.

Slumpiece III exhibited in Quilt Art: International Expressions , a US tour
June 12 – August 29, 2010, Minnetrista Cultural Center & Oakhurst Gardens, Muncie, IN
September 12 - November 7, 2010, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
February 10 - May 8, 2011, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
July 1 - August 29, 2011, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
September 10, 2011 - January 1, 2012, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA

Mimi 52 exhibited in 35/35, Contemporary European Art Quilt
June 20 - September 19, 2010, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Change or accept and And again the nights are white exhibited in Quilt Art at 25
July 17 - August 29, 2010, Bankfield, Halifax, UK
October 23 - November 27, 2010, Michael West Gallery, Quay arts, Isle of Wight UK
February - April 2011, The Quilt Museum, York, UK
May 7 - June 4, 2011, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester UK
June 11 - August 13, 2011, Rhyl Library Arts Centre, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
September 2011 - January 2012, Textilsammlung Max Berk · Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg, D

Floating Report selected into “From Fine Art to Fiber: Reinterpreting the Masters”
4 August - 4 September 2010, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA

Mantra IV - The odd message exhibited in A Slice of Quilt Art
August 19 - 22, 2010, Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham, UK
November 27 - 23 December 23, 2010, Quilt und Textilkunst, Munich, D
March 17 - 20, 2011, Festival Internacional de Patchwork Sitges, Sitges, ESP
April 2011, 5th Prague Patchwork Meeting, CZ
April 30 - May 27, 2011, The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, IRL

Having to make a choice selected into European Art Quilts VI
August 19-22, 2010, FoQ, Birmingham-UK
Mid October 2010 till mid January 2011, Stads Museum Woerden-NL
Mid February 2011 till mid April 2011, Textile Museum Budapest, Hungary
May 2011 till mid July 2011, Stadt Museum Einbeck, Germany
Mid October till mid January 2012 Textile Museum Herning, Denmark
Negociations with France and the USA are in progress.

Think of the Mothers IV - The Peace Offering selected into SAQA Creative Force 2010
International Quilt Festival-Houston, November 4 - 7, 2010
International Quilt Festival-Chicago, April 2011
International Quilt Festival-Long Beach, July 2011

We keep in touch exhibited in SAQA - A Sense of Direction: Sightlines
November 4-7th, 2010, International Quilt Festival Houston
April 2011, International Quilt Festival-Chicago,
July 2011, International Quilt Festival-Long Beach