MARCH 2016
PAGE 7 Local Artist to Exhibit in Geneva, Switzerland A local Sun City, CA resident and quilt artist,
Allyson Allen, will display her art quilt at the United Nations European headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland in March and April of this year. Ms. Allen is one of 41 art quilters chosen to participate in the exhibition “Water is Life: Clean Water and its Impact on the Lives of Women and Girls around the World,” which will debut at the UN’s Palais des Nations under the auspices of the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to the United Nations in Geneva on March 22, World Water
Day. Ms. Allen’s quilt is titled “7 MONTHS AGO”. Organized by the Rhode Island non-profit Quilt for Change (www.quiltfor-
change.org) and Rome, Italy-based American Exchange Rome, “Water is Life” highlights the importance of con- sistent access to clean water in the lives of millions of women around the world and brings attention to the many countries whose populations face a struggle for clean water on a daily basis. Without clean water, mil- lions of women are deprived of the opportunity to live, safe, healthy lives, to obtain an education, find jobs, care for their families, and contribute to their societies. According to Allison Wilbur, Executive Director of Quilt for Change, “’Water is Life’ is the fifth major quilt show to be displayed at UN headquarters, where diplomats, policy makers and thousands of visi- tors to the UN’s headquarters are ex- posed to the messages of concern and support for women’s empower- ment embodied in these quilts. Par- ticipating quilters are artists who bring their subject matter to life through their talent and compassion.” After its debut, “Water is Life” will
travel to Rome for exhibition under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy in Rome in October, 2016. Crossing the Atlantic, the show is scheduled to be on display at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, from February-April 2017, and then to tour at seven major quilt shows across the country with the Mancuso Show Quilt Festivals. We anticipate addi- tional UN headquarters/venues may be added.
exhibit,
For more information on the visit www.quiltfor-
change.org, and on Facebook at Quilt for Change/Quilt Challenge or
http://www.america n-exchange-
rome.org/usunquiltexhibit2016/.
Ms. Allen’s work is currently
featured as a solo exhibit which runs through April 3, 2016 at the Temecula Valley Museum.
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