MENASHA - Menasha High School art students started painting barn quilts for the surrounding counties in 2015. The students sometimes create the designs and sometimes the recipients choose their own ...
More than 40 barn quilts are scattered throughout Nelson County, and Maria Vasichek hopes that someday this phenomenon will sweep across the entire state. Vasichek is the co-chairwoman of the Nelson ...
"I just wanted to see all the barn quilts in Northwest Arkansas, so I started plotting them on Google Earth -- and I saw that Springdale didn't have any. And thus the project was born." Rom had been ...
Take a road trip in the Midwest to see a homegrown art form that creatively combines aspects of Americana. Credit...Kevin Miyazaki for The New York Times Supported by By Jackie Snow Jim Leuenberger ...
Although not a quilter herself, Julie Mangold became the driving force behind the creation and placement of more than 100 barn quilts throughout Washington County. 'I am not a quilter. But my ...
BLOOMINGTON — Jo Morrison's 85-year-old barn in Towanda now features a large, quilt-like painting dedicated to her mother and her dog. The eight-foot-tall painting is among nine added to the list of ...
CLEMENT — Kellie Tew turns the pages of her barn quilt photo album. “It’s like a baby book,” she says, as a kaleidoscope of primary colors flickers through her hands. In the six years she’s been ...
WILLMAR — For decades people have brightened up the outside of their barns, homes and garages with wood barn quilts. They are splashes of color and history that can be found throughout the United ...
As late-winter brown gives way to spring green, a drive through north-central Minnesota offers some surprising and unexpected flashes of color on barns, businesses and other buildings. The oversized ...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — More than 70 barn quilts dot the countryside as part of a new project aiming to lure visitors into exploring the culture of the Meagher County. Annette Lukenbill painted a barn ...
The public art project Barn Quilts of Carver County, which showcases historic and new barn quilts at farms across the county, has released a second book to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Barn Quilts ...
The Barn Quilts of Carver County offers support during COVID-19. What began in 2011 as a community-wide, public art project – continues as one during this unprecedented time. This year, the project ...