Ebb and Flow Exhibition at the Embassy of Australia Washington DC June 2005

At last I have some time to put up a few pics to give all those not able to be present some idea of how it all looks and so on. I have to say how impressive the two people engaged by the embassy to hang the show were . Shelley works with the Phillips Collection and Marcus is a student as I recall. They did a terrific job and many people commented on how well it all looked. I engaged a photographer Peter Cutts, to take some overall gallery shots of the show when he does some high resolution shots of several of the quilts while they hang there, so there will be possibly one or more shots to put up when I receive his work. It’s an exciting thing to see a whole lot of your work up in the one space, and extra nice to have had two chances to talk about it – firstly to the embassy staff on the afternoon of the opening, and then the following week to a group of interested quiltmakers who gathered in the gallery to get to some of the nuts and bolts stuff. I found it fascinating the questions they asked, and the interpretations a couple of them put on what I had done.

2 Responses to “Ebb and Flow Exhibition at the Embassy of Australia Washington DC June 2005”

  1. Jenny says:

    The show looks fantastic Alison, and your son is so like you that for a moment I thought “Wow, dark and and the business suit look is a new thing for Alison!”

    I like the huge quilt too.

    Make sure you put something in Across Australia – we have five fantastic Middle East venues, one in Holland and more to come!

    Jenny now in Canberra

  2. Anonymous says:

    My daughter and I were there! Absolutely loved seeing your work in real life. Yes, we definitely asked lots of questions, very detailed and personal. It was a very impressive exhibit and you were very patient with all of us 😉

    Love the fire series and all the oranges.
    Thank you for sharing,
    Lauren Fureymoore (and Meghan too)

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