It's a New Day
2009 - 50" x 54" finished size

President Obama: A Celebration in Art Quilts, was a D.C. area exhibit organized by Sue Walen, February 9 - March 5, 2009n in The Cafritz Foundation Art Center at Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD campus. Exhibit pieces came from an all volunteer, grassroots multi-ethnic collection of fiber artists from across the U.S. and from as far away as Australia. Our work is a tribute to our new President, in gratitude for the hope and inspiration he has brought us. Please visit the following links for the story of my Obama It's a New Day art quilt creation, and news since its debut:

• Debra's blog
• A beautiful book commemorating the President Obama: A Celebration in Art Quilts exhibit is available from Blurb.com. The work of over 60 fiber artists appears in this historic collection.
• The Alliance For American Quilts - Debra's in depth interview with The Alliance for American Quilts (AAQ). Established in 1993, AAQ is a nonprofit 501c3 organization whose mission is to document, preserve, and share our American quilt heritage by collecting the rich stories that historic and contemporary quilts, and their makers, tell about our nation's diverse peoples and their communities.
• Visit the GALLERY link at Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) starting August 2009 for the Point of View exhibit assembled by guest curator and fiber artist Jeanne Marklin. It's a New Day will be featured in the GALLERY with 21 other pieces for the next few months. Writes Ms. Marklin: "Our lives, relationships, politics, ideas and style of communicating are all unique, according to our individual 'point of view'. The gallery includes work that is expressing a feeling or opinion, telling a story, or depicting a scene from a unique point of view." It's a New Day was previously featured in the May A Study in Contrasts GALLERY, assembled by guest curator and fiber artists Mary Pal.
• The Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama is a work-in-process by Ohio-based independent curator, writer and artist Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi. Watch for news of this book's publication.