Mancuso 2025
We voted on the themes for our anticipated 2025 Mancuso exhibits and the descriptions are provided below. We haven’t received the official 2025 invitations nor dates to establish turn-ins yet, but the themes will be done in the 1-2 order listed below. Get those ideas flowing!
1st Show: Fences
Fences: Visible and functional or internal and metaphorical? Decorative or plain, made of wood, iron, or wire, the ranchers and homesteaders of the west valued a strong fence.. However, a blizzard, flood, or drifting sand blur the function of boundaries or the efficacy of keeping critters in or out. Fences delineate political and social jurisdictions. As a noun, a fence can be an obstacle in an equestrian event, or as a verb, to fence. Fences may support a flower box, have blooms poking thru, or be the star in the idyllic picket fence home. Perhaps it becomes a key lyric for a song, “Don’t Fence Me In” or a metaphor as in “sitting on the fence” or “side of the fence.” Members of The Art Quilt Association explore their connection to Fences.
2nd Show: Secret Garden
The Art Quilt Association members explore what creates their perfect secret garden. Is it the hidden entrance? A secret urban oasis or one that requires a hike to a favorite wild meadow? Is it the special peace of a reflecting pool or trickle of water that soothes us and the birds, wildlife, faeries, and ogres alike who sneak in? Is it nature’s unexpected display secluded from the chatter of the outside world? Or is it the promise of spring beauty in the depths of winter? Or perhaps just the joy of digging into the soil that supports these flower and plant strewn places? So many secrets for AQuA to share.
