HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL PR 2018-08-28 Priscilla Godfrey quilt exhibit
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
August 28, 2018
Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Exhibit of Art Quilts by Priscilla Godfrey Opens at Leesburg
Town Hall on September 1, 2018
Artist’s reception will be on Friday, September 7, at 6:00 p.m.
Leesburg, VA (August 28, 2018) – The
Leesburg Commission on Public Art is
pleased to announce a new exhibit of art
quilts by Priscilla Godfrey on the first floor
of the Leesburg Town Hall (25 West Market
Stree). “Evolution of a Quilt Artist”
illustrates Godfrey’s journey from
traditional pieced work quilts in the 1980s
to art quilts today. The quilts will be on
display through November 2018.
An artist’s reception is planned for Friday,
September 7, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.,
as part of the monthly First Friday celebration of the arts.
A well-known Loudoun County quilter, Godfrey is a member of the Mason Dixon Quilt
Professional Network and the Waterford Quilters Guild. A charter member of the National
Association of Certified Quilt Judges, she has been a Certified Quilt Judge since 1986 and
teaches about quilting techniques, art quilting, and how quilts are judged. Her work has been
exhibited locally at the Loudoun County Government Center, the Loudoun Cooperative
Extension Service offices, the Franklin Park Art Gallery, the Purcellville Town Hall, and Dragon
Hops Brewey, and internationally at the Town of Hoffheim in Germany. Her art quilt “Spring
Garden” was purchased by the Town of Hoffheim and is on permanent di splay at the George C.
Marshall Center in Frankfurt, Germany.
The first and second floor lobbies and hallways of the Leesburg Town Hall feature rotating
exhibits by Leesburg and Loudoun artists. Artists interested having their work considered for a
future exhibit in the Town Hall should contact Anne Geiger, staff liaison to the Commission on
Public Art, at ageiger@leesburgva.gov.
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