Get Your Art on With Barn Quilt Class; Plans for Show-Me Neighborhood Art Week


The popular University of Missouri Extension “barn quilt class” is coming to Greene County on Saturday, Feb. 24.

As a bonus, these quilts can be displayed as part of Show-Me Neighborhood Art Week planned for June 2024.

But the first step is to take the barn quilt class.

American barn quilts can be tracked back almost 300 years, to the arrival of immigrants from the central regions of Europe. 

Decorating barns and farmsteads with colorful quilt squares peaked by the beginning of the 20th century and slowly gave way to different forms of paintings and advertisements. 

Today, barn quilts have become popular again, and some communities have barn quilt trails.

Greene County MU Extension offers this class to teach individuals how to make a barn quilt. The goal is to keep track of where barn quilts are placed in the community to create a barn quilt trail for residents and visitors to our community.

Class participants will paint a two-foot by two-foot square of plywood with the quilt pattern of their choice. All materials and equipment will be provided.

Participants need to bring a sack lunch. The class will be at the Springfield Botanical Garden, 2400S, Scenic, Springfield, MO. 65807. The class is limited to 25 participants.

Pre-registration is required by Feb. 20.  

You can register for the class online at http://extension.missouri.edu by searching for “Barn Quilt Class Greene County.” The class fee is $50.

Or click here.


SHOW-ME ART WEEK

Show Me Neighborhood Art Week in June is open to any resident of Missouri. This outreach effort by MU Extension seeks to empower public art made by residents as a contribution to their area’s sense of place. 

Area residents are encouraged to participate by creating art using materials available at home to create art to place in the front of their residence or shared space in their neighborhood. 

This project is about expressing creativity, no matter the skill level. 

To register the location of your art installation, you must register on the University of Missouri Extension website. The deadline to register is May 24. 

Registered addresses will help people find the art for viewing and be shared in a spreadsheet posted on the University of Missouri Extension website. 

All registered participants will be eligible for one of several statewide prizes recognizing the best art installations. Judges’ Choice awards will be given in age groups and People’s Choice Awards (based on votes via social media) will be given to the top three pieces statewide.

It is not to early to be thinking about your project and registration is open on the MU Extension website at http://extension.missouri.edu.

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Contact the blog author, David L. Burton at dburton541@yahoo.com.

Comments

  1. Terri SteffesJanuary 23, 2024 at 6:54 PM

    How can I get this workshop to Saint Charles County?

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    1. David L. BurtonJanuary 25, 2024 at 11:10 AM

      Terri, please contact the MU Extension office in St. Charles County. They can work to arrange something with the specialist that teaches this class.

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