I’m choosing not to send my quilt, Light Coming Home, to AQS’ quilt show in Paducah, Kentucky in April. I got the acceptance letter on Tuesday. I had entered the quilt in the contest last November long before this happened:

I don’t want to associate with an organization that censors women’s voices; therefore I won’t have my quilt exhibited at any AQS event.

The Studio Arts Quilt Associates released this statement and decided to pull the exhibit entirely from AQS exhibits this year:

Light Coming Home:

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