The Temecula Valley Museum is currently hosting a pretty amazing exhibit-Stitching California: Fiber Artists Interpret the State’s People, Life, and Land.
From its website, "Through remarkable art quilts and sculptural textile artworks, 40+ artists interpret the diversity, illusions, and realities of California.
California is a land of contradictions and dreams. It’s the home of Hollywood where the film industry was born and a place where technical innovation spawned the Silicon Valley. It’s where the Summer of Love took place and where a romanticized Spanish past helped launch a leisure and travel empire. California has been a social and political leader in many an arena, from mitigating climate change to advocating for the rights of the LGBTQ community. It lies at the heart of the Pacific Rim, creating a cultural tapestry that interweaves Latino, Anglo, Asian, Pacific Island, and African-American traditions. And yet, its history includes the lawful and systematic decimation of the State’s indigenous peoples; the exclusion of Chinese emigrants; the internment of American citizens of Japanese descent; and both the welcome and abuse of migrants from the Dust Bowl, the sharecropping South, and from across its southern borders."
“Life is less a quest than a quilt.
We find meaning, love, and prosperity through the process
of stitching together our bold attempts
to help others find their own way in their lives.
The relationships we weave become an exquisite
and endless pattern.”
― Keith Ferrazzi
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