Lisa Ellis and Sacred Threads are having a sale of quilts from the Backyard Escape Exhibit that traveled to hospitals and have now completed their journey. The money raised supports the artists and the INOVA Schar Arts and Healing program (local cancer center in the Northern VA).

Some background on the exhibit from Sacred Threads:

Curators: Lisa Ellis (Sacred Threads Chair) and Barbara Hollinger (Sacred Threads Curator) invited artist to make 18” w x 24 h” art quilts for hospital galleries. Debuting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD (outside Washington, D.C.) in the summer of 2020. Additional venues include the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI and UChicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Enjoy this gallery view of all the wonderful artworks.

All of the unsold pieces will be shown at Sacred Threads 2022. Our visitors will have a chance to purchase all the remaining pieces and take them home.

Theme: What brings you peace in your backyard? Either real or imaginary, urban or rural, micro (e.g., blade of grass) or macro (e.g., expansive view of a lake). What brings you tranquility? The color palette, or the light in morning or evening. Let your imagination or your photo collection inspire you to create something beautiful for the hospital setting for patients and their families. We are looking for a variety of artwork styles that express peace and tranquility whether in the very abstract or somewhere on the spectrum of realism.

The sale runs from June 15, 2022 through July 13, 2022.

Click Here, or the image below, to learn more about the sale and make a purchase.