Here is a selection of images from the opening day of the exhibition at the Australasian Quilt Convention:

The 10th Australasian Quilt Convention  opens today 10 April and runs until Sunday 13 April and Living Colour! is there celebreating life across the spectrum.  This is an overview from on high (look along the back wall):

Down at ground level, it started with a blank wall:

Which I filled with colour:

Stepping through the rainbow (and apologies for some fuzzy photos, I will rephotograph today. First the reds, and oranges:


Then the yellows and greens:

Into the blues:

A colourful junction:


And completing the rainbow effect:

I invite you to join me, and some of the artists, at the daily floor talk at 1.30pm.

And don’t forget, the Living Colour catalogue,/a> is available for sale.

In the beginning…

A couple of hours later? Well…check back tomorrow! In the meantime, you can read about The Royal Exhibition Building, the beautiful heritage building that is the venue for AQC. And more about the Reb…

Premiere & Floor Talks at AQC

The exhibition will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention 10-13 April 2014.  Join the curator Brenda Gael Smith, and some of the artists, for daily floor talks at 1.30pm!

Living Colour! Exhibition Program

Living Colour! will continue on tour in 2014 and 2015 to gallery and quilt show venues in Australia, New Zealand and the United States!  Here is the current list of venues:

• Creative Textile Show, Canberra: 2-4 May 2014 with daily curator floor talks at 12.30pm
• QuiltWest, Craft & Quilt Fair, Perth: 21-25 May 2014
• Sydney Quilt Show, Craft & Quilt Fair: 9-13 July 2014
• NEW! Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW: 8 August (opening 6pm) – 13 September 2014
• Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair: 8-12 October 2014
• NEW! Grenfell Art Gallery, Grenfell, NSW: 22 November-20 December 2014
• Quilt Symposium Manawatu, Palmerston North, New Zealand: 15-21 January 2015
• NEW! Northart Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand: Wednesday 28 January (opening 6pm) – 11 February 2015
• Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford: 21 March (opening 2pm) -22 April 2015
• NEW! AQS Quilt Week Grand Rapids, Michigan: 12-15 August 2015

Other venues are under discussion. Please contact the curator if you wish to discuss any exhibition opportunities.