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Show Quilter Sandi Fox Returns to KAC To Conduct Workshop Series Patchwork quilt artist, Sandi Fox, will be returning to the Kimball Art Center in Park City July 21-August 1. Fox will be conducting two one-week workshops. The first workshop will begin July 21 and continue through July 25. The second week of classes will be held from July 28-Augustl. The workshops will ex-plore ex-plore the historical and technical traditions of 18th and 1 9th century American -v. applique quilts. A number of techniques wjll . be taught including: broderie perse reverse ; applique, narrative pieces arid . traditional swag and running vine borders; , ; , Fox, a resident of.. Los:. Angeles, is a frequent visitor ' , X "''X-''::':XT..ii''SrXy''-lZ-4t':X ' V'"- 't. X ': , X'Fk X ! to the Utah area. She has conducted previous workshops work-shops at the Kimball Art Center, the University of Utah and. the Salt Lake County Library System. Fox has gained national recognition recogni-tion for her craft. She has been Patch worker in Residence Resi-dence at the Craft and Folk Museum in Los Angeles. One of her earlier projects involved an historical research re-search project sponsored by the Los Angeles Bicentennial Committee. The project, titled "The Fabric of a. Nation, A Century of American Ameri-can Quilts and Quilt- , makers,' culminated in a major exhibition In the: Los i: Angeles Municipal 'Art Gal- lery. Four of Fox's. quilts are ; : ' ' -' ' 1 i 4 ' : currently on display at the Kimball Art Center as part of the Summer Arts Institute Faculty Exhibit. Kimball Art Center is currently taking registration for the second week of classes. Space is limited and interested persons are encouraged en-couraged to register as soon as possible. Cost for the workshop is $75 for non credit, $90 for three hours credit through Utah State University extension class division. The quiltmaking workshop will conclude the Park City Summer Arts Institute;' a series of special arts .workshops made possi- ble by a grant from the Utah . Arts Council. iks:4S0xM-- |