Posts by Rosemarie Steele

Art quilt featuring rags-to-riches story of Kentucky thoroughbred with connections to Paducah becomes the fifth mural in the Quilt City USA® Murals series

Paducah, KY, November 9, 2024—Paducah Quilt Murals Inc (PQMI) is pleased to announce that Paducah arts enthusiast Mike Cappock and his family are sponsoring the fifth mural in the Quilt City USA® Murals project featuring the art quilt “Xela Wins at Keeneland” by Paducah painter/textile artist Deb Lyons. The art quilt will soon reside with…

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Local artist prepares to reproduce denim work by renowned British artist Ian Berry for Quilt City USA® Murals

Paducah, KY, September 28, 2023—Paducah Quilt Murals Inc (PQMI) is pleased to announce that painting will soon commence on a third mural in the Quilt City USA® Murals series. Tanya Neitzke, one of six juried local artists selected to paint photo-realistic representations of notable quilts, will recreate “The Cheyenne has Gone,” a denim on denim textile creation by British artist Ian Berry. Brothers Tom and Jim…

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Paducah Quilt Murals project gains momentum with Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation grant award

Paducah, KY, June 17, 2019­—The Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation recently awarded a $20,000 grant to the Paducah Quilt Murals Inc (PQMI) for the Quilt City USA® (QCUSA) Murals project. The funds secure the sponsorship of the premier mural featuring an image of the iconic quilt Corona II, Solar Eclipse (1989) by Carol Bryer Fallert-Gentry. The first…

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