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Local
Events
Museum
is open Mon-Sat.
10 am - 4 pm.
Open Sundays through August 31, Noon-4pm
1111 Washington Ave., Golden, CO
Admission: $6 adults, $4 seniors, $3 children ages 6-12.
303-277-0377
www.rmqm.org
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Rocky Mountain
Quilt Museum
Through November 1st, 2008
Above the Barr:
A collection of works from nationally known
quilter, Barbara Barr
Barbara is a Colorado native and lives in Jefferson County.
She has been sewing nearly all of her life, and started
making and designing quilts over 30 years ago. Barbara
is a nationally known award-winning quilter and prides
herself in designing her own patterns, from art to traditional
style quilts.
30
Years of Collecting Amish Quilts:
Quilts
from
the Henry and Angela Hite Collection
Henry and Angela Hite have collected quilts
for the past 30 years. The Amish quilts appealed to them with
the excellent workmanship, the diversity of patterns and colors
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The Gallery
741 Corporate Circle, Suite A
Golden, CO 80401
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday,
except holidays
For more information,
call (303) 215-5600.
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Media Gallery
Through November 28, 2008
Creative Force '07
Quilts from SAQA
Rebecca A. Stevens, curator at the Textiles
Museum in Washington, D.C., selected work in this show
from an international call for entries from the Studio
Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) membership. SAQA is a
non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the
art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional
development, and documentation. Rebecca Stevens says, “Contemporary
art quilts are an exciting and creative force in the fiber
art world… They resonate with new voices
telling their stories alongside those of the pioneering
creators and first generation art quilt makers. And there
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Rocky
Mountain Creative Quilters
August 23-24, 2008
The Rocky Mountain
Creative Quilters invite you to attend their first show,
August 23-24 from 9-5 on Saturday, 9-4 on Sunday. For
the first time ever, the entire traveling collection
of the 2008 Hoffman Challenge will
be on display. There will also be several hundred entries from the Rocky Mountain
region, hourly demos, door prizes, and other special displays. This event will
be at The Ranch at 1-25 and the Crossroads Exit (259). Please visit www.r-m-c-q.org for
more information, including vendor booths and submission forms.
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Land
of the Rainbow Quilt Festival
August 28-September 1 August 28-September 1 at The Gunnison Arts Center, 102
S. Main St., Gunnison, CO 81230 (970-641-4029). A quilt
exhibit will be held from August 13-September 13. For
more information, check out www.gunnisonartscenter.org
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The Colorado State Fair is open from 10 a.m to Midnight throughout
the course of the fair.
General Admission
$8 (Friday - Sunday)
$5 (Monday - Thursday)
6 & under -- Free (when accompanied by adult)
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2008
Colorado State Fair
Pueblo, CO
August 22 - September 1, 2008
Special Quilt Contest: This year’s
theme is “On the
Move” Entry deadline is August 21. $1700 in prize money.
For questions about the contest, entry forms or flyers, call
1-800-876-4567 ext. 2080. www.coloradostatefair.com
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Art Center of Estes Park
September 19-October 4, 2008
12th Annual “Lines into Shapes” art
competition and sale.This is our Annual Nationally Juried Exhibit
and Sale . All mediums are represented, with approximately
180 works of art. Cash prizes are awarded the night of the
opening reception.
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Annual Quilt Show at the Ouray County
Historical Society Museum
Through August 25, 2008
View
35 quilts, some historic, some contemporary and vote for your favorite.
Admission to the Museum, $5 for adults, $3.50 for seniors.
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Mining For Treasures Quilt
Show
Creede, CO
September 19-21, 2008
September 19 and 20, 10-7; September 21, 1-4; in the
Underground Community Center, Creede, Colorado. Beautiful quilts in
a unique setting, hourly door prizes, demonstrations, quilter's cafe,
on-site appraisals, vendors, raffle quilt. Fantastic Fall scenery! "The
Quilters" will be performed at the Creede Repertory Theatre.
For more information: Sharon Woodard 719-658-2168, ratherb@centurytel.net or
Kathy Jennings 719-658-2648 kandm@yahoo.com
Quilt in A Day
Estes Valley Quilt Guild, Estes Park, CO
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Estes Valley Quilt Guild will host Quilt in A
Day at the Estes Park High School, 1600 Manford Avenue at 2 pm. Patricia
Knoechel's presentation will be on the book "Victory Quilts." Tickets
will be $10. Patricia will bring books and supplies for sale after her
presentation.
25th Corn Festival Quilt Show
Haxtun, CO
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Featuring 25 years of Best of Show quilts. 8:30-10:00
am and 11:00-4:30 pm at Haxtun Community Center, 125 N. Wilson, Haxtun,
Colorado. We welcome old and new entries for our Viewer's Choice Quilt
Show that will be open to all, in an handicapped-accessible building. To
get more information and to enter quilted items contact Kathy Pfaltzgraff,
970-774-7338 or repzjr@plains.net. Entries will be accepted Thursday pm
and Friday until 10 a.m. and released Sat at 4:30 p.m.
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