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Informationen zum Autor Suzi Parron is a quilter, a folk art collector, and an avid kayaker. A native of Florida, Suzi has no stationary home, traveling by RV with her husband, Glen, as she speaks to quilters and civic groups across the country. Klappentext The story of the American Quilt Trail, featuring the colorful patterns of quilt squares writ large on barns throughout North America, is the story of one of the fastest-growing grassroots public arts movements in the United States and Canada. In "Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement" Suzi Parron travels through twenty-nine states and two Canadian provinces to visit the people and places that have put this movement on America's tourist and folk art map. With more than fifty full-color photographs, Parron documents a movement that combines rural economic development with an American folk art phenomenon. "Parron and Groves have documented these trails with full-color photographs that show how imaginative many artists have become, incorporating butterflies, horses, flags, and other natural and man-made designs within the more abstract geometries of traditional barn quilts. The text profiles many of the artists whose work dazzlingly enlivens America's farm country." - Booklist "Bravo to Suzi Parron and Donna Sue Groves for bringing to light the colorful and rich history of the barn quilt movement. It's a tale of heart, hope, and deep rural roots... roots that started in Adams County but spread quickly across the land. Parron's deep research and Donna Sue's love of the subject provide a unique chapter in America's art history. Happily, a country road is no longer the same." - Doug Weaver, publisher, Kansas City Star Books "Barn quilts are a perfect fit with our area; they are an excellent companion to the other ag-tourism opportunities in Green County. This has been a great project because it ties the entire county together with an artistic rural theme, promotes county-wide pride, and gets our visitors to all the communities for a true adventure in exploring the roads less traveled along the way." - Noreen Rueckert, Green County, WI Tourism "The barn quilt project is one of the most successful and satisfying projects we've ever been involved with and we're excited that this book documents the spread of this creative idea across our nation and beyond." - Harold and Sue Peyton, Sac County, Iowa Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the American Quilt Trail, featuring the colorful patterns of quilt squares writ large on barns throughout North America. In this book, the author travels through twenty-nine states and two Canadian provinces to visit the people and places that have put this movement on America's tourist and folk art map....
