The idea behind this challenge is to visit your local art museum (or gallery....) and find a piece of art that inspires you. Any piece! A sculpture, a piece of glass, an oil painting, anything! Classic, baroque, modern, contemporary - your choice! You game?
There are a few simple rules and prizes! Did we mention there are prizes??! Check our blog and Facebook page for details and share with your guilds and all your quilty friends.
Our first random drawing for prizes will be July 1st - visit our blog and check out the Art Spark Challenge Sponsors.
Art Spark Challenge
Welcome NW Ohio guild members and friends! Today we kick off our first challenge of the year! Yahoo! And because we are so excited about this challenge we wanted to welcome all of our quilty friends to participate.
The idea behind this challenge is to visit your local art museum and find a piece of art that inspires you. Any piece! A sculpture, a piece of glass, an oil painting, anything! Classic, baroque, modern, contemporary - your choice! You game? Now for the rules:
RULES
- Must be quilted and consist of 3 layers- No embellishments
- Minimum perimeter of 48" (any shape!)
- Grab a picture of your inspiration. Please note museum, artist, medium, and title of piece**
PRIZES
Winners will be picked randomly from the Flickr pools. Enter as many pictures as you would like but only 1 picture/quilt per person is eligible to win. What do you have to do to win?- By July 1st, 11:59 PM EST upload a photo to the Flickr Art Spark WIP group
- By August 1st, 11:59 PM EST upload a photo to the Flickr Art Spark Finished Projects group
The following shops and designers have graciously provided prizes:
We hope you will join us for this exciting challenge! Feel free to grab our button and contact us if you have any questions at mqgnwohio [at] gmail [dot] com
**Please be sure to verify it is okay to take pictures at your museum as well as post your pictures online. For example, the Toledo Museum of Art has this policy."
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