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a group of Montgomery County, MD quilt artists
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Karen M. Schulz

(301)588-0427

karenschulz@rcn.com

www.karen-schulz.com

As a viewer of art I want to be visually engaged. I want to enter the piece and be changed for the better. I want to keep looking. That is what I strive to provide for the viewers of my pieces.

My current work has evolved from a more intentional use of line, shape and color. The deliberate exploration of these elements is fueled by a powerful internal force to create the work.

The intent within the work is always first and foremost to make an immediate visual impact which draws the viewer in. The artwork in itself is an invitation to move forward, look closely, then to stand back and float for a moment in the space between.

overall image of SPP 6
(SPP 6, 19.5" x 49", hand dyed, printed and painted cotton fabric, machine pieced and quilted Best in Show Tribute to Fiber Art 2010, copyright 2009)

Select Exhibits

  • 2010
  • The Quilted Surface VI, Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH
  • Tribute to Fiber Art 2010 (winner), Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown MD
  • Creative Threads: From Fiber to Fine Art, Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
  • 2009
  • Quilts=Art=Quilts 2009, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
  • Conversations in Fabric, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio (2009)
  • Fisher Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
  • Points of View, International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA
  • Freemont Center for the Arts, Canon City, CO
  • William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI (2010)
  • Creative Crafts Council 2009 Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD
  • Tribute to Fiber Art 2009, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
  • 2009 Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, New Albany, IN
  • 2008
  • Threadlines 2008, Missouri State University Art and Design Gallery, Springfield MO
  • Amazing Art Quilts, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA
  • 2008 National Small Art Quilt Works, The Main Street Gallery, Groton NY
  • 2007
  • Quilts: A World of Beauty, award winner, International Quilt Festival, Houston TX
  • Quilter’s Heritage Celebration, Lancaster PA
  • The Sky’s The Limit 2007, International Quilt Festival, Houston TX
  • Creative Crafts Council 2007 Exhibition, the Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MD

image of overall piece called Round Peg / Square Hole
(Round Peg/Square Hole, 32" x 53.5",hand dyed cotton and silk fabric, printed, painted and inked, machine pieced and quilted copyright 2009 (detail))

Selected Publications

  • Portfolio 16
  • Quilting Arts Calendar 2007

image of overall piece titled Abstraction 3
(Abstraction 3, 29" x 28.5", hand dyed cotton fabric, machine pieced and quilted, copyright 2008 (detail))

Memberships

  • Studio Art Quilts Associates (Professional Artist Member)
  • Surface Design Association
  • Fiber Arts Study Group
  • Cloth and Chocolate
  • MetroThreads