Folk art quilt show touring Manitoba galleries

The Corner
by Helene Blanchet 2016
w19" x h39"

Cape Breton, NS, textile artist Hélène Blanchet's collection of prairie-inspired folk art quilts is currently touring Manitoba art galleries. You can read all about Blanchet’s prairie series and how it came to be in Folk Art Quilts, a recent feature article in Galleries West, an independent online art magazine.

 "Blanchet’s whimsical creations celebrate the Prairies – and the human spirit." Paul Gessell

Hélène Blanchet: Prairie Days is on view at the New Iceland Heritage Museum in Gimli, Manitoba, from Feb. 17 to April 26, 2021. The exhibition will move on to Killarney and Dauphin.

Springtime in the Grasslands 
Hélène Blanchet, 2018
w39" x h19"

Read Folk Art Quilts article in Galleries West.