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HD SOUTH starting annual Art of Quilting show BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor
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D SOUTH, the Home of the Gilbert Historical Museum, will be unveiling its 17th annual Art of Quilting show March 1. Running through May 30, the show will focus on 25 framed center/medallion quilts from the American Quilt Study Group. Medallion quilts are exceptionally beautiful and of high quality and Kathy Lester, quilt bee volunteer, calls them “works of art.” “They are all amazing and there are no simple ones. They are all very ornate and spectacular,” she said. In addition to the 25 quilts from the traveling show, there will be 75 others, some owned by the members of the quilting bee and many on loan from the community. About 12 quilts are for sale and one red-and-white vintage quilt will
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Cathy Lester and Bev Brower hold up one of the framed center/ medallion quilts from the American Quilt Study Group. (Courtesy of Deepika Haldankar)
Bev Zabkiewicz, a volunteer at the HD South quilting bee, shows off her center medallion quilt with a lace doily as its focus. (Courtesy of Deepika Haldankar)
Longtime Chandler benefactor’s photos on display BY SRIANTHI PERERA GSN Contributor
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handler resident Robert J.C. Rice, whose name is on the city’s latest elementary school, is known for his volunteerism but not so much for his photography... Until now. Rice exhibits his work in a show titled “Essence of a Photographer—Fifty Years of Images by Robert Rice” through March 19 at Art Intersection, 207 N. Gilbert Road, Gilbert. Six bodies of work are shown, comprising more than 100 pieces, mostly monochrome. “This represents 50 years of taking
pictures and trying to find something that is meaningful and that meant something to me and hopefully meant something to someone else,” Rice said. His creativity can be seen in the diverse range of images – from Robert J.C. Rice of Chandler presents 50-years of his photography at Art simple daily Intersection in Gilbert. (Srianthi Perera/GSNContributor)
life to beautiful, striking landscapes as well as portraits commemorating personal events and relationships. “Roberts’ photography shows us not only his imagination and heart, but the successful transition between the abstract and reality,” said Alan Fitzgerald, owner of Art Intersection. Rice expresses his life’s journey with his work on show. “From the memorialized images of Roz, his close college friend, to his heartfelt poetry from Alone After Midnight, then his majestic portfolio, The Field, about the cycle of life, and enticing collections
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