Rebecca

Barn Door

http://bedscapedesigns.blogspot.com/

Rebecca Fricke is a self-taught quilter who took up needle and thread twelve years ago. She is inspired by both traditional and art quilting and she is especially impressed by the colors and designs of the Gee's Bend quilters of Alabama. Often Rebecca's quilt designs are based on the natural world—landscapes, flowers, trees and water. Rebecca uses irregular patterns, edges and stitching. The quilts are giant canvases, the layers of cloth are large brush strokes and the fine detail is in the stitching.

Rebecca Porter Fricke

bedscapedesigns@gmail.com

Education

National Louis University, Evanston, Illinois. Masters in Teaching, June 1995.
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Bachelor of Science, 1991. Agricultural Economics, concentration in International Development.

Sole Proprietor

Bedscape Designs - Hand and machine art quilting business, quilts on commission. (www.bedscapedesigns.com)

Exibitions

2013 When Ina Dreams, “Down to Sleep”, curated by Joetta Maue. Chester F. Sidell Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA. March 1- April 12.

2012

Wall Flowers, SAQA exhibit “No Place to Call Home," curator Kathleen McCabe, Loveland Museum/Gallery, Loveland, CO, June 2012.

Little Faces, Big Thoughts – Collection of quilted line drawings of people, including Let Them Eat Cake, Henion’s Bakery, Amherst MA, May 2012.

Ina’s Legs, Silk Studies #1 and #2, Mrs. Patel Waits For the Light on a Rainy Day and These Are My Golden Years. Nine Threads – Mixed Media Art Exhibition, April 2012 in the Forbes Library in Northampton, MA.

2011

Grey Matters – Gallery owner Michael Solomon selected 50 quilts out of the 268 quilts submitted to the traveling trunk exhibit This is a Quilt! to become part of the permanent collection at the Michigan State University Museum.

Ina’s Legs, “Northeast Regional Contemporary Fiber Exhibition” – Rochester Contemporary Art Center and NE Regional SDA, April 1 – May 9, 2011, Rochester, NY.

Let Them Eat Cake, "One Passion, Many Voices" - SDA MA-RI Juried Member Exhibition, February 5 - April 3, 2011 at Artworks! in New Bedford.

2010

The Notch was given as a gift from the Amherst-Kanegasaki Sister City Committee to the mayor of the town of Kanegasaki, Japan, in Iwate prefecture.

Wall Flowers, SAQA travelling exhibit “No Place to Call Home," curator Kathleen McCabe, August 2010 – July 2011.

Art Quilts by Rebecca Fricke, Burnett Gallery, Amherst, MA, 2010.

2009

From the Coolidge Bridge selected for juried exhibit by the Northampton Arts Council: LANDSCAPE: Scene and Unseen, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton MA.

Member

Studio Art Quilters Association Surface Design Association

Hands Across the Valley Quilt Guild

Uncommon Threads – Mixed Media

References Upon Request