“Put a Roof Over Our Head” Venues

Sponsored by Bernina of America and The Electric Quilt Company

We are looking for venues to exhibit the quilts from this contest. If you are interested, please contact us.

• June 7-10, 2006 Selected quilts will be displayed at the National Quilting Association, Inc. show in Columbus, Ohio.
  
  
• June 15-July 23, 2006 Selected quilts will be exhibited at the Zanesville Art Center, 620 Military Rd., Zanesville, OH 43701. Contact: Susan Talbot-Stanaway, Director (susantalbot-stanaway@zanesvilleartcenter.org); 740.452.07451
  
  
• August 1-31, 2006 Quilts will be exhibited throughout downtown Asheville, North Carolina in galleries and businesses.
  
  
• October 7-8, 2006 Quilts will be exhibited at The Genesee Valley Quilt Club quilt show. The guild is celebrating its 70th anniversary.  The show is being held at the Schroeder High School Field House in Webster, NY. Contact: Ruth Santos (rsantos@rochester.rr.com)
  
  
• November 4-5, 2006 Quilts will be on display at the Champlain Valley Quilters Guild quilt show, at the Coach Barn on the historic Shelburne Museum grounds, Shelburne, Vermont. Contact: Mitzi Oakes (mitzioakes@aol.com)
  
  
• February 5-March 17, 2007 Quilts will be displayed at three different locations all divisions of the Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin--The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum in Bonham, The John Nance Garner Museum in Uvalde and Winedale in Round Top. For the museums’ addresses and hours, please go to http://www.cah.utexas.edu/ and click on the museum images.
  
  
• April 10-July 8, 2007 Quilts will be on display at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, 520 S. First St, San Jose, California 95113. For more information call 408-971-0323 or visit www.sjquiltmuseum.org.
  
  
• July 19-22, 2007 Quilts will be on display at various venues in Marion, Indiana, during Celebration 2007 and the induction of Mary Schafer into The Quilters Hall of Fame. For more information call 765-664-9333 or visit www.quiltershalloffame.org.
  
  
• August 2- October 1, 2007 Select quilts will be on display at the Virginia Quilt Museum, 301 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. For more information call 540-433-3818 or visit http://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/.
  
  
• September 6-9, 2007 Select quilts will be on display at the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit http://www.quiltfest.com/.
  
  
• October 13-14, 2007 Quilts will be on display at the Siouxland Samplers Quilt Guild quilt show, at the Sioux City Convention Center, 801 Fourth St., Sioux City, Iowa.
  
  
• October 22- 29, 2007 Quilts will be on display at the Palestine Library in Palestine, Illinois.
  
  
• November 8-11, 2007 Quilts will be on display at the Greater Chicago Quilt Exposition II in Schaumburg, Illinois.