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"The touch of
fabric--its color and forgiving nature--has been a
love of mine since I began working with it many
years ago. It seemed natural to go from
clothing to quilts to art quilts as I grew and
matured in my life. Fiber is a wonderful and
natural way to express what is deep within
oneself--especially a woman--a wife--a mother--a
nurturer of the spirit. To cultivate the
artist within has been exhilarating and makes me
happy. I am happiest when I am working in my
studio alone with music, feeling and thinking about
design and color--then crafting my creation using my
whole being to make a single art quilt."
Joan Rigal has been a
respected innovator in the world of art quilting for
more than twenty years. Her work has been
featured in many publications, invitationals, juried
exhibitions and commercial gallery shows throughout
the country. Her many awards include the
Poster Award for Excellence for the Best of 1999
show of the Ohio Designer Craftsmen in Columbus and
Portsmouth, Ohio; the 2000 Honors Award of the
Center for Visual Arts Midwest Winter Exhibit
in Wausau, Wisconsin and the Gathering of
Quilters Award of the Toledo Area Artists 82nd
Exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art in 2000.
Since 2002 she has
been a frequent instructor for the prestigious
Arrowmont School of the Arts and Crafts in
Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Joan Rigal is a
long-time member of the venerable Athena Arts
Society for women artists in Toledo, Ohio, serving
as their president from 1999-2000.
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