Quilted Journeys

The 2001 AQIPP exhibition Quilted Journeys created for the Immigration Museum.

From all reports, the opening went very well. Members Jan Preston Jill Galvin were able to attend, and can be seen posing with their quilts in the the below photos. Kim Bear, who organised the exhibition from our end, gave the opening address, which was attended by 120 paying guests. The Australian Consul, Helen Jenkins, also spoke at the opening.

The Museum produced a very impressive catalogue of the exhibition, A Report, which contained a professional colour picture of each quilt as well as a statement about the quilt from each of the quilters. We were amused to hear that the Museum had also prepared a Glossary of Australian Terms to help the locals better understand some of the more obscure coloquialisms contained in the statements.

Kim Bear took pictures of the quilts, museum and attendees for us.

Images from the Opening

Quilted Journeys wall panel Museum of Craft and Folk Art exhibition entrance

Quilts hung at the exhibition My Thoughts Fly Home - Margaret Lamb Caches from the Homeland - Mariana Holland In the Parcel at the back of the Wardrobe Drawer - Inga Hanover

Quilts hung at the exhibition In the Parcel at the back of the Wardrobe Drawer - Inga Hanover Red Tape - Jane Whitley Emotions IV Document Series - Glenys Mann

Quilts hung at the exhibition Wong Family Tree - Jacqy Wong In the background: Emotions IV Document Series - Glenys Mann

Quilts hung at the exhibition In the Wake - Alison Muir The Irish Immigrant 2 - Katherine Lisk Looking Forward, Looking Back - Jenny Bowker

Quilts hung at the exhibition Silhouettes of Immigration - Jan Preston The Color of Tears - Anne Griffin Making the Transition - Dianne Firth

Jan Preston and quilt Jill Galvin and quilt