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Media Contact:
Amy Milne
Executive Director
919-604-6264
amy.milne@quiltalliance.org
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Quilt Alliance Welcomes New Board Members
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Brown and Russman in 2015; Mazloomi and Newman in 2016.
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Asheville, NC, May 3, 2016 -
The nonprofit Quilt Alliance announces four new board members. In July 2015, Earamichia Brown and Laurie Russman joined the board of directors, and Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi and Michael Newman were elected to the board in April 2016.
"All four new board members share a passion for the Alliance's mission," said Executive Director Amy Milne, "and we are excited to add their strengths to our team. An organization as lean as ours accomplishes great things because of dynamic volunteer leaders, who contribute their skill sets and their resources to our collective tool box. These four individuals bring to the table expertise and experience in the areas of law, finance, fundraising, business, art history, social engagement, and of course, quiltmaking."
Earamichia is an attorney for the State of New York by day. She says, "I wanted to become a fashion designer, but settled for plan B. My love of fiber arts and all things craft began as a child. My family had a set of the World Book Encyclopedia series and the Childcraft - The How and Why Library. Within that Childcraft series there was a volume called "Make and Do", which I did plenty of.
My love of crafts and fiber continued to flourish throughout the years as a hobby, side jobs, and gift giving. I became an avid knitter, designed and knitted garments as gifts and by commissions, and taught knitting. In 2000, I was introduced to quilting and began taking sewing classes to improve on my techniques and learn the tips of this craft. And the story continues as I continue to grow creatively."
Laurie Russman (joined the board in July 2015)
Laurie is a fiber artist who combines her passion for animals and quilting by producing pet portraits though a technique she calls "Pet-lique." A frequent teacher at International Quilt Festival's Open Studios and The City Quilter in NYC, she has been published in Quilting Arts magazine and The Canadian Quilter. Her art quilts have been juried into special exhibits in Houston and the National Juried Show of the Canadian Quilters' Association.
An alumna of Bryn Mawr College and Harvard Business School, she has spent all of her career in sales and marketing roles in the investment management industry. In addition to being a member of the Quilt Alliance board, she is is an enthusiastic member of Studio Art Quilters Association (SAQA). Laurie lives in NYC and Connecticut with her husband, their two angelic German Shepherds and three mischievous felines.
Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi (joined the board in April 2016)
Carolyn is a historian, curator, author, lecturer, artist, mentor, founder, and facilitator - and has left her mark on many lives. Trained as an aerospace engineer, Carolyn Mazloomi turned her sites and tireless efforts in the 1980s to bring the many unrecognized contributions of African-American quilt artists to the attention of the American people as well as the international art communities.
From founding the African-American Quilt Guild of Los Angles in 1981 to in 1985 founding the Women of Color Quilters Network (WCQN), Mazloomi has been at the forefront of educating the public about the diversity of interpretation, styles and techniques among African American quilters as well as educating a younger generation of African Americans about their own history through the quilts the WCQN members create.
A major force as an artist in her own right, Carolyn Mazloomi's quilts have been exhibited extensively in venues such as the Mint Museum, American Folk Art Museum in New York City, National Civil Rights Museum, Museum of Art and Design, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC Her pictorial narrative quilts make plain her personal themes: family life, women's rights, political freedom, and musical legacy. Her own quilts have appeared in over 70 exhibits, while she has curated 17 extensive exhibits of quilts made by members of the Women of Color Quilters Network, many of them traveling exhibits. Among the many exhibitions she has curated is "Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations," which visually surveys 400 years of African American history. It is the largest traveling exhibit of African-American quilts ever mounted.
Mike is the founder and president of stkr.it inc., the manufacturer of StoryPatches quilt labels. Mike began his career in Washington, DC working for the Sierra Club running their political operations in 20 states. After receiving an MBA from The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, he spent 8 years running marketing and business development for ReCellular, helping them to grow to become the largest phone reuse and recycling company in the world. He founded stkr.it in 2011. stkr.it is focused on making it easy and engaging for every quilter to label their quilts and tell their stories; more than 10,000 quilters will use StoryPatches labels in 2016. Mike previously served on the board of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, son and dog Maizey.
The Quilt Alliance board will hold its next meeting on June 3, 2016, with members from the United States and Europe participating both on site at the NC Biotech Center in Durham, North Carolina, and via web conference.
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The Quilt Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, founded in 1993 to document, preserve and share the rich stories of quilts and their makers. The Quilt Alliance supports and develops projects with institutional and grassroots partners in the United States and internationally. www.QuiltAlliance.org
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