Since 1984 the Textilmuseum Max Berk in Heidelberg, Germany has organized a highly esteemed juried quilt show known as the (German) Quilt-Biennale. The rest of Europe has long lacked an equally internationally well reputed and recurring show, and in 2000 the organisers at Max Berk decided to open the competition on a Europe-wide level as the European Quilt Triennale. The idea was met with great enthusiasm from artists on the European art quilt scene. A counterpart to ‘American Quilt National’ and ‘Visions’ for European quilters had been long overdue and the number of submissions from 24 countries - all Europeans - showed that there was a great demand for this event.
The 1. European Quilt-Triennale became a fine European exhibition showing quilts that clearly distinguish themselves from their American counterparts by a greater simplicity of expression with less surface embellishment than is common on today’s American art quilts.
The cover of the catalogue showing Personalities 1-4, Charlotte Yde © 1999
Venues:
Textilmuseum Max Berk
Brahmsstrasse 8, 69118 Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen, Germany
27. Feb - 28. May
Kreismuseum Zons
Schlossstrasse 1, 4154 Dormagen, Germany
16. Jun - 27. August 2000
Museum Villa Rot
Schlossweg 2, 88483 Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
8. Oct. 2000 - 21. Jan. 2001
Textilmuseum St. Gallen
Vadianstrasse 2, CH - 9000 St. Gallen
20. Feb. - 16. April 2001