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Additional Artworks

From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  1. Brushstrokes: New River by Arlene Blackburn, Image 1.

    Arlene Blackburn

    Brushstrokes: New River, 2003

    Cotton

    40 x 40 in (101.6 x 101.6 cm)

  2. Seeds and Pods by Maggie Bates, Image 1.

    Maggie Bates

    Seeds and Pods, 2002

    Commercial and hand-dyed cotton, paint, metal, glass beads

    44 x 28 in (111.76 x 71.12 cm)

  3. Moulting by Inge Mardal & Steen Hougs, Image 2.

    Inge Mardal & Steen Hougs

    Moulting, 2002

    Cotton

    56 x 75 in (142.24 x 190.5 cm)

  4. Meadow Light by Elizabeth Busch, Image 1.

    Elizabeth Busch

    Meadow Light, 1994

    Acrylic on canvas, commerical and hand-dyed fabrics

    18 x 24 in (45.72 x 60.96 cm)

  5. Colourwash Cross II by Deirdre Amsden, Image 1.

    Deirdre Amsden

    Colourwash Cross II, 1990

    Cotton

    25 x 25 in (63.5 x 63.5 cm)

  6. Flying Colors by Joyce Marquess Carey, Image 1.

    Joyce Marquess Carey

    Flying Colors, 1986

    Satin, velvet

    30 x 57 in (76.2 x 144.78 cm)

  7. Panda Paw by Sally Broadwell, Image 1.

    Sally Broadwell

    Panda Paw, 1986

    Cotton

  8. Passing Through by Joyce Marquess Carey, Image 1.

    Joyce Marquess Carey

    Passing Through

    Satin, silk, polyester, rayon, metallic fabric

    40 x 53 in (101.6 x 134.62 cm)

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About the artist

Rita Burnstein

Originally from New York City, Rita studied theatrical costume design at Pratt Institute before moving to Buffalo. She continued her studies in art at the University of Buffalo and then at Tyler School of Art / Temple University after moving to Philadelphia in 1965.

In 1981, while director of the Art and Activities Department at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center, Rita discovered quilt making. She became a full-time quilt maker since retiring in 1994 and her quilts have been exhibited at many quilt conferences.

In 1999 Rita joined the committee of ArtQuilts at the Sedgwick overseeing the mailing and processing the entry applications.