The Rambling River Art Project

The Rambling River Art Project

by the Rambling River Art Quilters

Location: Post-Security, near gates E34 and 36

The Rambling River Project is a series of fifteen art quilts representing a river from each Artist’s viewpoint. The Rambling River Art Quilters live all across Missouri from St. Louis to Kansas City, mostly along the Missouri River. The Artists range in age from 30-80 and many had not met face to face until the project was revealed. Each Artist was given the side dimensions of their river along with a piece of blue fabric. Their only guidelines were to make the river enter and exit the quilt somewhere on the sides, using the designated widths, so the river would flow from one section to the next. Aside from these instructions, the Artists were encouraged to use their creativity and individual style in making their panel. The completed project represents the Artists’ connectedness to each other and to the land.

The river in The Rambling River Project runs over waterfalls, through forests and fields, over rocks and under cliffs as well as through cities. Techniques include hand and machine stitch, fabric painting, photo transfer, beading, and use of embellishments. The Rambling River Project allows fiber Artists to share their individual viewpoints, imagination and technical skills in the context of collaboration and a shared common appreciation of nature and creativity.