Gabriella D'Italia, a MFA Intermedia student, selected as an exhibiting artist for the 2009 Quilt National Biennial exhibition and tour.

Red Finery, pieced & stitched cotton, 48" x 48"

Gabriella D'Italia, a MFA Intermedia student has been selected as an exhibiting artist for the 2009 Quilt National Biennial exhibition and tour.

Gabriella's work Black Finerywas selected by the jury to be included in this important International exhibition. She was one of only two artists from Maine to be selected for the 2009 Quilt National Biennial exhibition and tour which includes artists from over 20 states and 10 different countries. Her work will be on display in Athens , Ohio , at the Cultural Arts Center from May 23 through to September 7, 2009 and then beginning in September 2009, and will be on tour to galleries and museums throughout the United States as part of the Quilt National. A full color catalog documenting the complete Quilt National '09 collection will be published.

 As with all the work selected for this important exhibition Gabriella's work was selected because it exemplified that fact that the time-honored traditions are thriving and are being expressed in new forms as today's artists rise to the challenge of new techniques and materials. For more information on the exhibition visit please click here.