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quilted cats [1]
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Date: 2025-04-20
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. Let’s start with some quilted cats.
In 1973 three pioneering women artists--Lela Autio, Dana Boussard, and Nancy Erickson--proposed an exhibition of their soft sculpture at the University of Montana in Missoula. Their proposal was denied because their soft sculptures were considered “women’s work.” Undeterred, they held their exhibition in the empty Carnegie Library building in Missoula in 1974. A year later the Missoula Art Museum (MAM) was founded. One of MAM’s exhibitions featured Reclaiming (A Post-Nuclear) Eden, a collection of cloth sculpture work by Nancy Erickson ((1935-2022).
According to MAM:
“Erickson is a pioneer in contemporary fiber arts and internationally celebrated for contributions to the medium. Her large, free-form, quilted animals are her most endearing, and enduring works. For more than 50 years, Erickson has addressed human-animal interactions that explore both conflicts and fantastical folly.”
Erickson has an eclectic academic background: B.A. in Zoology (University of Iowa), M.S. in Food and Nutrition (University of Iowa), and M.F.A. in Painting (University of Montana). She has participated in more than 500 exhibitions worldwide.
Shown below are some of her cloth sculptures featuring cats.
Shown above is Exodus, 1987, satin, velvet, cotton; painted, appliquéd, machine stitched.
Shown above is The Japanese Tiger (after Kano Tan’yu), 2004, fabric paints, oil sticks, charcoal, and ball point pen on velvet and cottons; machine stitched, appliquéd, and quilted.
Detail from The Japanese Tiger.
Detail from The Japanese Tiger.
Shown above is Fire Season, Western Montana, 2012, satin and cottons, fabric paints, oil sticks, machine stitched, appliquéd, and quilted.
Detail from Fire Season, Western Montana.
Detail from Fire Season, Western Montana.
Detail from Fire Season, Western Montana.
Detail from Fire Season, Western Montana.
Detail from Fire Season, Western Montana.
Detail from Fire Season, Western Montana.
Detail from Fire Season, Western Montana.
Shown above is Behind the Mask, 2001, fabric paint, oil sticks, charcoal on satin, velvet, cotton; painted; machine stitched, appliquéd, quilted.
Detail from Behind the Mask.
Shown above is Felis Forever #5/Great Gray Cougar, 2000, velvet; fabric paints; painted, machine stitched, appliquéd, and quilted.
Detail from Felis Forever #5/Great Gray Cougar.
Detail from Felis Forever #5/Great Gray Cougar.
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