Art Quilt Australia 2023 Overview

Art Quilt Australia 2023, including Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize, is on exhibition at the National Wool Museum, Geelong, Victoria, from 12 August until 12 November 2023. Art Quilt Australia 2023 seeks to promote excellence and originality in contemporary art quilts in Australia with an added emphasis on quilts made of wool. Works were selected on the basis of originality, composition, content and execution by a jury of acknowledged experts: Dr Anne Farren, Beth Miller and Dr Moira G. Simpson. 0:06 Prize Winners: Linda Steele: OZQN Award of Excellence 2023 Dianne Firth: OZQN Award of Excellence 2023 Highly Commended Alison Withers: Expressions Wool Quilt Prize 2023 Bronwyn Cant: Expressions Wool Quilt Prize 2023 Highly Commended Margery Goodall: Judges Commendation for Innovation 0:34 Other Featured Artists: Julia Arden Linda Balding Sue Broadway Anna Brown Sandra Champion Debra De Lorenzo & Sheryl Anicich Ruth de Vos Grace Di Muzio Fiona Gavens Lynne Hargreaves Linden Lancaster Alison Muir Vanessa Newton-Brown Lois Parish Evans Lorraine Parker Sue Reid Beth and Trevor Reid Alison Schwabe Charlotte Scott Kim Simpson Norma Slabbert Brenda Gael Smith Tania Tanti Lisa Walton Cindy Watkins Jessica Wheelahan Grace Widders Alison Withers