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HD SOUTH starting annual Art of Quilting show
BY SRIANTHI PERERA
GSN Contributor
HD 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
Chandler 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 simple daily 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 ofRoz, 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
be raffled. Framed center/medallion quilts feature a central focus motif surrounded by a series of one or more borders designed to complement and accentuate it and achieve a balanced, formal effect. Those borders may be pieced, appliqued, quilted, embroidered or done with other techniques. The style was most prominent from the late 18th to the early 19th centuries, said Jill Meszaros, current Quilt Study chair and traveling exhibit coordinator of the American Quilt Study Group. The exhibition quilts were made by 25 members of the group as part of its biennial quilt study on the history of the style. The study challenges members to learn the history of a quilt by selecting one of a specified design, style or time, and then making a small replica or interpretation of it. In an artist statement, participants examine what they learned and evaluate influences on the original quiltmaker’s life, style and technique. Those studied ranged from the very early 19th century to the first half of the 20th century. Among the ones on display are Pamela Roberts Lindsey’s circa 1800 quilt, “The Bird Cage,” that uses some of the chintz palampores found in England in the early days of the medallion style; Leah
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of travel and landscape photographs, and finally, his Opus 99 portfolio of still life, architecture, and landscape images, we feel Robert in every stage and chapter,” wrote Fitzgerald. Rice, who has lived in Chandler since 1980, was a U.S. Air Force officer and a senior manager of manufacturing at Intel. He has been an active volunteer: at the board of the Chandler Unified School District and the Valley of the Sun YMCA, at the Rotary Club and Read on Chandler, among others. In 2020, Chandler Unified School District’s Robert J. C. Rice Elementary was named for him – an honor he called “very humbling.” He also served on the school board for 16 years and developed longCathy Lester’s flying geese patterned quilt will be in the show. (Srianthi Perera/Contributor)
range plans and goals that helped transform the district. Rice grew up in Jackson, Ohio and has dabbled in photography since high school. He used a Polaroid Swinger camera at first and bought a more sophisticated one when in college. In the mid-1970s, he moved to Arizona and set up a dark room in his walk-in closet at home. He moved to Chandler to work for Intel, which he did for 23 years. There wasn’t too much time for photography during that period, but after retirement in 2001, he took it up again extensively. He also traveled, and the color photographs in the show were taken during trips in Iceland, Morocco, Italy and Ireland, among other countries. “Mainly, I like to photograph the things that are of interesting design, still life that has a nice kind of elegant design or flow to it,” he said. One particular horizontal image of a piazza in Venice catches the eye because he captured it in five separate images together. A software program helped stitch them together, align digitally and balance the final version. “It is a 180-degree picture. Optically, it does not look quite like that, but that’s what it is,” he said, adding “A few pictures come out of the camera that are just perfect. Any photographer is going to do something to enhance or highlight the area they want to.” Is there a reason why he stuck so long with photography? “It’s just one of the things that resoZieber’s “Solstice Supernova,” an English mosaic medallion made from hundreds of tiny hexagon fabrics; and Joan Duncan’s “Amelia’s Legacy,” a circa-1820 quilt made by cutting out chintz fabric motifs and appliqueing them to create the center design. “I love the diversity of the quilts in the exhibit and the time frame they represent,” Meszaros said. “I also like how some of the quilts push our initial thoughts on how and what a medallion style quilt should look like.” HD SOUTH quilting bee volunteers have been creating quilts to augment the traveling show. One of Lester’s quilts features triangles, called “flying geese,” which she machine-quilted, rather than sewed by hand, to save time. Another one, a center medallion with a simple design, highlights fabric pictures of snowmen offset by polar bears. She completed it with Minky fabric that added a luxurious softness and heaviness to the product. Bev Zabkiewicz hand-quilted a medallion highlighting a lace doily at the center and surrounding it with other shapes. The museum’s old-fashioned quilting bee has been in existence since 2002. Volunteers complete unfinished quilt tops for the public with all proceeds
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nate with me from a creative end,” he said. “I like to look at pictures and when I make one, I like to make one that I really like and that gives me happiness and if someone else likes it too, that’s even better.” Fitzgerald, who has known Rice for more than a decade, said, “His work is very unique. He has a good eye for composition, and beyond the composition, his technical ability in his printing is absolutely superb. It is a characteristic that’s hard to fine-tune and all good photographers have this ability to see, to capture an image and then print it. I’m surprised his work is not further out in the world.”
GILBERT SUN NEWS | FEBRUARY 27, 2022
HD SOUTH to host a variety of programs next month
GSN NEWS STAFF
HD SOUTH, home of the Gilbert Historical Museum and an arts, culture and history center, has a full lineup of programs next month.
Originally opened as Gilbert Elementary School in 1913, HD SOUTH is the oldest building still standing in Gilbert and is the only one on the National Register of Historic Places.
To register, visit hdsouth.org/calendar. Unless noted otherwise, programs are Free for members and $5 for non-members and registration is required. Masks are required. HD SOUTH is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
EXHIBITS
Gilbert Visual Arts League Show
The 19th annual GVAL Juried Art Show and Sale runs March 12-April 9. Art is selected by a professional juror all pieces can be viewed online at gval. org. In the past, the show has included over 80 pieces of assorted works in all media. GVAL is a non-profit group that offers a venue for local artists to show their work.
PROGRAMS
Monday Yoga With Ginger, 6:30-7:30 p.m. every Monday
Ginger Smith guides the class on relaxation techniques and muscle conditioning. She is a certified yoga and group fitness instructor and her training includes restorative & yin flow, yoga & weights and chair yoga, incorporating movement, breathing and emotional balance. All levels, bring your mat. Ages 16 & up. Non-members: $5.
Thursday Yoga, 7-8 p.m. MARCH 10, 24
Join Marilynn Igleski, certified yoga instructor, for an hour of yoga that will help relax participants while conditioning muscles. Open to all levels of yoga experience. Please bring your own yoga mat and water.Open to teens through adults. Non-members $5
March 8, 6:30-8 p.m., Water supplies
Jennifer Brown, Central Arizona Project board member, will discuss Arizona’s future water supplies and highlight the Colorado River and its impact on Arizona. CAP is Arizona’s single largest resource for renewable water supplies
March 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. History of Spring Training.
Arizona historian Kevin Schindler will have a virtual presentation about the evolution of Cactus League Baseball in the Valley.
Art Workshop With Gval
March 19 | 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Join HD SOUTH and the Gilbert Visual Arts League for this fun and interactive art workshop. A member from the Gilbert Visual Arts League will lead participants through a workshop where they will learn new artistic techniques and make their own personal art projects. All sup-
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going to the nonprofit HD South. They charge $7 per foot to fasten the quilt tops to inner batting and backing and complete the quilt. Orders come from across the country and typically there’s a waiting list.
The quilters can complete up to 20 quilts a year.
Before the pandemic, they used to work diligently three days a week. During the past two years, however, it had dwindled to just one day a week, but now, they have resumed their normal schedule.
“We came no matter what,” Lester said. “It’s therapeutic.”
The bee had 20 members previously, but has lost about six due to the pandemic as well.
“We’re always looking for new people,” Lester said.
Newcomers of any skill level are welcome to join. They can be assured of assistance to develop sewing skills, a calm environment in which to work and camaraderie.
Phyllis Starner is working on completing one such quilt, a large one for which the owner paid $400. She plans to finish it in about three months.
“A grandmother probably made it in the 40s or 50s,” Lester noted, adding that it has to be completed by hand because of its antiquity.
Starner, who comes in three days a week and has been a member for three years, loves her craft.
“It’s just relaxing to just sit in total quiet and just push the needle up and down and move the quilt as you go,” she said. “Once you get a row done, then we roll it in.”
“It’s relaxing and productive at the same time,” Lester added.
Museum admission is required for one-time access to the quilt exhibit, running from March 1 to May 30. Admission is $6 adult; $5 senior, (ages 60 plus); $3 youth, (ages 5-12). Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Details: 480-926-1577 or hdsouth.org.
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Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier Bresson, Edward Weston, and Michael Kenna influenced Rice’s photography. He studied with Ansel Adams in the mid1970s in Yosemite and Tom Mallonee in the early 2000s.
Rice surrounds himself in photographic works from acknowledged masters in the field to unknown, energetic, early career photographers.
Characteristically, any proceeds that he earns from the current show are to be donated to the Chandler-Gilbert YMCA.
Information: artintersection.com
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Cooking Up Good Health With Rachel Thomas
March 22 | 6:30pm-8:00pm. Anxious to jump start a healthy routine with healthy eating and cooking? Need some recipe inspiration and good-for-you recipes? Then you will not want to miss this healthy cooking program conducted by Rachel Thomas. Rachel has hosted thousands of cooking demonstration and has an extensive library of healthy recipes, some of which she will share and demonstrate during this workshop. Registration is required. Cost: $5
Stem Saturday March 26 | 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Local ASU professor, James Degraffenreid, will lead participants through science experiments thatl allow kids to make their own ice cream. All supplies will be provided. Ages 6 & up, under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Cost: $3
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AZ residents scramble to get last Walking Liberty Rolls
ARIZONA - Once Arizona residents got wind that Arizona State Restricted Bank Rolls filled with Silver Walking Liberties dating back to the early 1900’s were being handed over, there was a mad dash to get them. That’s because some of these U.S. Gov’t issued silver coins are already worth hundreds in collector value. “It’s like a run on the banks. The phones are ringing off the hook. That’s because everyone is trying to get them before they’re all gone,” according to officials at the National Mint and Treasury who say they can barely keep up with all the orders. In fact, they had to impose a strict limit of 4 Arizona State Restricted Bank Rolls. So, if you get the chance to get your hands on these State Restricted Bank Rolls you better hurry because hundreds of Arizona residents already have and you don’t want to miss out. You see, the U.S. Gov’t stopped minting these Silver Walking Liberties in 1947 and there can never be any more which makes them extremely collectible. And here’s the best part. The rolls are unsearched so there’s no telling how much they could be worth in collector value. That’s why at just the $39 state minimum set by National Mint and Treasury it’s a deal too good to pass up. But you better hurry because these Arizona State Restricted Bank Rolls are the only ones known to exist and Arizona residents are grabbing them up as fast as they can. That’s because they make amazing gifts for children, grandchildren and loved ones. Just imagine the look on their face when you hand them one of the State Restricted Rolls — they’ll tell everyone they know what you did for them.
■ GOT ‘EM: Residents all across Arizona who get their hands on these State Restricted Silver Walking Liberty Bank Rolls are definitely showing them off. That’s because they are the only ones known to exist. And here’s the best part, these Bank Rolls are loaded with U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberty coins some dating back to the early 1900’s and worth up to 100 times their face value so everyone wants them. Last State Restricted Silver Walking Liberty Bank Rolls go to Arizona residents
Arizona residents get first dibs on last remaining Bank Rolls loaded with U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberties dating back to the early 1900’s some worth up to 100 times their face value for the next 2 days STATE DISTRIBUTION: A strict limit of 4 State Restricted Bank Rolls per AZ resident has been imposed
ARIZONA - “It’s a miracle these State Restricted Bank Rolls even exist. That’s why Hotline Operators are bracing for the flood of calls,” said Laura Lynne, U.S. Coin and Currency Director for the National Mint and Treasury.
For the next 2 days the last remaining State of Arizona Restricted Bank Rolls loaded with rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberties are actually being handed over to Arizona residents who call the State Toll-Free Hotlines listed in today’s newspaper publication.
“National Mint and Treasury recently spoke with its Chief Professional Numismatist who said ‘Very few people have ever actually saw one of these rarely seen Silver Walking Liberties issued by the U.S. Gov’t back in the early 1900’s. But to actually find them sealed away in State Restricted Bank Rolls is like finding buried treasure. So anyone lucky enough to get their hands on these Bank Rolls had better hold on to them,’” Lynne said.
“Now that the State of Arizona Restricted Bank Rolls are being offered up we
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RARELY SEEN: minted by the u.s. mint in the early 1900’s
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won’t be surprised if thousands of Arizona residents claim the maximum limit allowed of 4 Bank Rolls per resident before they’re all gone,” said Lynne.
“That’s because after the Bank Rolls were loaded with 15 rarely seen Silver Walking Liberties, each verified to meet a minimum collector grade of very good or above, the dates and mint marks of the U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollars sealed away inside the State of Arizona Restricted Bank Rolls have never been searched. But, we do know that some of these coins date clear back to the early 1900’s and are worth up to 100 times their face value, so there is no telling what Arizona residents will find until they sort through all the coins,” Lynne went on to say.
And here’s the best part. If you are a resident of the state of Arizona you cover only the $39 per coin state minimum set by the National Mint and Treasury, that’s fifteen rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberties worth up to 100 times their face value for just $585 which is a real steal because non state residents must pay $118 per coin which totals $1,770 if any coins remain after the 2-day deadline.
The only thing Arizona residents need to do is call the State Toll-Free Hotlines printed in today’s newspaper publication before the 2-day order deadline ends.
“Rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued silver coins like these are highly sought after, but we’ve never seen anything like this before. According to The Official Red Book, a Guide Book of United States Coins many Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollars are now worth $40 - $825 each in collector value,” Lynne said. “We’re guessing thousands of Arizona residents will be taking the maximum limit of 4 Bank Rolls because they make such amazing gifts for any occasion for children, parents, grandparents, friends and loved ones,” Lynne continued.
“We know the phones will be ringing off the hook. That’s why hundreds of Hotline Operators are standing by to answer the phones beginning at 8:30 am this morning. We’re going to do our best, but with just 2 days to answer all the calls it won’t be easy. So make sure to tell everyone to keep calling if all lines are busy. We’ll do our best to answer them all.” Lynne said.
The only thing readers of today’s newspaper publication need to do is make sure they are a resident of the state of Arizona and call the National Toll-Free Hotlines before the 2-day deadline ends midnight tomorrow. ■
HOW TO CLAIM THE LAST STATE RESTRICTED BANK ROLLS
FACTS: If you are a Arizona State Resident read the important information below about claiming the State Silver Bank Rolls, then call the State Toll-Free Hotline at 8:30 am: 1-800-979-3771 EXT: RWB4312
Are these Silver Walking Liberties worth more than other half dollars:
How do I get the State Restricted Walking Liberty Silver Bank Rolls:
Yes. These U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberties were minted in the early 1900’s and will never be minted again. That makes them extremely collectible. The vast majority of half dollars minted after 1970 have no silver content at all and these Walking Liberties were one of the last silver coins minted for circulation. That’s why many of them now command hundreds in collector value so there’s no telling how much they could be worth in collector value someday.
How much are State Restricted Walking Liberty Silver Bank Rolls worth:
It’s impossible to say, but some of these U.S Gov’t issued Walking Liberties dating back to the early 1900’s are worth up to 100 times the face value and there are 15 in each Bank Roll so you better hurry if you want to get your hands on them. Collector values always fluctuate and there are never any guarantees. But we do know they are the only Arizona State Silver Bank Rolls known to exist and Walking Liberties are highly collectible so anyone lucky enough to get their hands on these Silver Bank Rolls should hold onto them because there’s no telling how much they could be worth in collector value someday.
Why are so many Arizona residents claiming them:
Because they are the only State Restricted Walking Liberty Silver Bank Rolls known to exist and everyone wants their share. Each Bank Roll contains a whopping 15 Silver Walking Liberties dating back to the early 1900’s some worth up to 100 times their face value. Best of all Arizona residents are guaranteed to get them for the state minimum set by the National Mint and Treasury of just $39 per Silver Walking Liberty for the next two days.
Arizona residents are authorized to claim up to the limit of 4 State Restricted Walking Liberty Silver Bank Rolls by calling the State Toll Free Hotline at 1-800-979-3771 Ext. RWB4312 starting at precisely 8:30 am this morning. Everyone who does is getting the only State Restricted Walking Liberty Silver Bank Rolls known to exist. That’s a full Bank Roll containing 15 Silver Walking Liberties from the early 1900’s some worth up to 100 times their face value for just the state minimum set by the National Mint and Treasury of just $39 per Silver Walking Liberty, which is just $585 for the full Bank Rolls and that’s a real steal because non state residents are not permitted to call before 5 pm tomorrow and must pay $1,770 for each Arizona State Restricted Walking Liberty Silver Bank Roll if any remain.
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