Color in Context: Blue
This thought-provoking showcase explores the universal allure of blue--a hue that evokes trust, serenity, and wisdom, yet also carries undertones of fragility and melancholy. Featuring innovative art quilts from talented artists worldwide, each piece interprets blue's cultural, emotional, and historical significance through layered, stitched creations. This exhibition invites you to experience the depth and diversity of blue like never before.
- Works of Art: 34
- Linear Feet: 180
- Availability: September 2026 - December 2028
- All hanging apparatus included
- Full color catalog available
- Shipping included in loan fee.
Current Travel Schedule
Carrefour | The European Quilt Show, Alsace, France: September 18-21, 2025
Brno Patchwork Meeting, Brno, Czech Republic: April 24 - April 26, 2026
Virginia Quilt Museum, Dayton, Virginia: April 27 – July 31, 2027
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, Minnesota: November 6, 2027 - March 5, 2028
Included Artwork
Blue Still Life
Nana Barkalaia
Kyiv, Ukraine
Size: 26 x 15 in (66 x 38 cm)
Glacial Blues
Helen Beaven
Wellington, New Zealand
Size: 48 x 26 in (122 x 66 cm)
Blue Earth
Rhoda Bennett
Christnach, Waldbillig, Luxembourg
Size: 39 x 38 in (99 x 97 cm)
Under the Pyramid in the Louvre Paris
Maria Billings
Oregon House, California, USA
Size: 35 x 28 in (89 x 71 cm)
Ocean
Sara Bradshaw
Crossville, Tennessee, USA
Size: 71 x 71 in (180 x 180 cm)
2020 Urban Graffiti
Alison Charlton
Bridgeman Downs, Queensland, Australia
Size: 46 x 57 in (117 x 145 cm)
Bound to Tradition 1
Sue LaWall Cortese
Holland, Michigan, USA
Size: 76 x 40 in (193 x 102 cm)
In the Beginning
Sue Dennis
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Size: 60 x 54 in (152 x 137 cm)
Love You x 2
Joanna Ellis
Parma, Ohio, USA
Size: 35 x 36 in (89 x 91 cm)
Time to Rest
Ethelda Ellis Erasmus
Rosenallis, Laois, Ireland
Size: 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm)
In the Eye of the Storm
Petra Fallaux
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Size: 42 x 29 in (107 x 74 cm)
Receptaculums I & II: Lutcus lumen et Caeruleum tenebra
Andrea Finch
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Size: 20 x 40 x 24 in (51 x 102 x 61 cm)
Big Blue
Diana S. Fox
Parker, Colorado, USA
Size: 63 x 42 in (160 x 107 cm)
Indigo and the Murex
Carol Anne Grotrian
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Size: 39 x 56 in (99 x 142 cm)
The Bond of Blue Flowers
MiJoo Jin
Young-In Si, Kyeng-Gi Do, Republic of Korea
Size: 59 x 36 in (150 x 91 cm)
On a Blue Note
Patty Kennedy-Zafred
Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Size: 39 x 73 in (99 x 185 cm)
Glacier
Kris Ann Lurtz
Kentwood, Michigan, USA
Size: 46 x 34 in (117 x 86 cm)
Lines and Spaces
Glenda L. Mah
Salem, Oregon, USA
Size: 57 x 38 in (145 x 97 cm)
Doug Van Es
Fuzzy Mall
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Size: 94 x 88 in (239 x 224 cm)
Flight Crew
Kathleen McCabe
Coronado, California, USA
Size: 54 x 36 in (137 x 91 cm)
Blue Thistle III
Olena K. Nebuchadnezzar
King William, Virginia, USA
Size: 26 x 32 in (66 x 81 cm)
Hopeless, Hope, Hopeful
Stefanie Neuner
Summerville, South Carolina, USA
Size: 28 x 37 in (71 x 94 cm)
Outracing the Storm - Bryan's Song
Judith L. Phelps
Battle Ground, Washington, USA
Size: 34 x 34 in (86 x 86 cm)
#618-1 Geometric Figure Study in Blue
Margaret A. Phillips
Cos Cob, Connecticut, USA
Size: 34 x 23 in (86 x 58 cm)
Blue Ewe
Pamela E. Pilcher
Portland, Oregon, USA
Size: 60 x 24 in (152 x 61 cm)
Splash
Leilani Joy Purvis
Mesa, Arizona, USA
Size: 31 x 50 in (79 x 127 cm)
Alaska Midwinter II
Katherine T. Reader
Monterey, California, USA
Size: 29 x 20 in (74 x 51 cm)
Myrrh
Terri Shinn
Snohomish, Washington, USA
Size: 17 x 8 x 8 in (43 x 20 x 20 cm)
I'm Watching You
Patricia Anne Smith
Campbellville, Ontario, Canada
Size: 41 x 54 in (104 x 137 cm)
One in Two Million
Jennifer C. Solon
Weston, Connecticut, USA
Size: 78 x 33 x 4 in (198 x 84 x 10 cm)
Finding the Blue Pearl
Mary Tyler
Port Hadlock, Washington, USA
Size: 34 x 33 in (86 x 84 cm)
Once in a Blue Moon
Lorraine Woodruff-Long
San Francisco, California, USA
Size: 60 x 60 in (152 x 152 cm)
Modernity Blues
Marian Zielinski
Macon, Georgia, USA
Size: 41 x 36 in (104 x 91 cm)