Date:	September 1, 2008
	Subject:	A Spectacular Art Quilt Exhibition comes to the Dennos Museum Center
	Contact:	Eugene A. Jenneman, Director, (231) 995-1572 Martha Sielman, Executive Director SAQA Inc. 860-487-4199 msielman@sbcglobal.net, Peg Keeney, Exhibition Committee Chair, SAQA Inc. 231-526-9597   pegkeeney@pegkeeney.com and Desiree Vaughn, Michigan regional co-representative, SAQA Inc. 231-409-2581 desiree@desireevaughn.com

A Spectacular Art Quilt Exhibition comes to the Dennos Museum Center

Traverse City: The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College will host the premier showing of the exhibition 12 Voices September 14 – January 4, 2009.

Organized by (SAQA) Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., the 12 Voices exhibition will give viewers a rare, in-depth look at twelve of the best contemporary quilt artists working today. Some are internationally known established artists. Others are fresh faces displaying a strong and promising talent. Most live in the United States but two of artists are from Belgium and New Zealand.

The exhibition was juried and curated by Penny McMorris, host of the PBS series Quilting with Penny McMorris and The Great American Quilt, and the author of numerous books on subject. McMorris will speak at a preview reception for museum members and guests on Saturday, September 13, 2008.

The exhibition will feature 4-6 works each by the following artists who were selected to be part of the exhibition - Deidre Adams, Teresa Barkley, Elizabeth Busch, Linda Colsh, Judith Content, Angela Moll, Clare Plug, Joan Schulze, Merle Axelrad Serlin, Susan Shie, Ginny Smith and Kathy Weaver. A full color catalogue documenting the artists and their works has been published and will be available in the museum store.

“We are deeply appreciative of the efforts of Studio Art Quilt Associates Michigan representatives Peg Keeney and Desiree Vaughn who have worked to make this exhibition possible for the Dennos Museum Center,” says Eugene Jenneman, Director of the museum, “We are very pleased to be the opening site for this important exhibition.”

To accompany the exhibition a series of workshops on quilting and related subjects have been planned. For information please contact Diana Bolander, Curator of Education and Interpretation at the Dennos Museum Center, go to www.dennosmuseum.org or call 231-995-1029.

This exhibition is made possible with support from Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. and Friends of Fiber Art, the Robert T. and Ruth Haidt Hughes Memorial Endowment Fund, the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, media support from TV 7&4.

The Dennos Museum Center is open daily 10 AM to 5 PM and Sundays 1-5 PM. Admission is $4.00 adults, $2.00 for children and free to museum members. For more information on the Museum and exhibition, go to www.dennosmuseum.org or call 231-995-1055. The Dennos Museum Center is located at 1701 East Front Street, Traverse City, MI 49686, at the entrance to the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.