Rumi O'Brien: A new book about her quilts and a talk at the Middleton Library

"Artist Rumi O’Brien’s quilts are intimate narratives of her life. Whether set in her everyday world of Madison, Wisconsin or in an imaginary landscape, the quilts are always deeply personal. 
 
Rumi O’Brien grew up in Tokyo, Japan, the daughter of seminal manga (comic book) artist Katsuji Matsumoto. Later, she moved to the United States to train as a watercolorist. For the past 50 years she has lived in Madison, where, several decades ago, she also began making quilts."

— Text from the website of the International Quilt Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Multi-talented artist Rumi O'Brien will be at the Middleton Public Library Thursday evening, Nov. 14th, with her biographer Bobbie Malone. The two will be talking about Rumi's work and Bobbie's book that showcases O'Brien's quilts, paintings and paper creations. This is the first book devoted to O'Brien and you will be able to purchase a copy at the event. You must sign up in advance. 

O'Brien's work is currently on display at the International Quilt Museum University of Nebraska-Lincoln until April 2020.

Note: I am friends with both the artist and the author and own work by Rumi O'Brien, some of which is in the book. My husband also took the photos that illustrate the book. I am a big fan of both women (and the photographer!) and am looking forward to an entertaining and informative evening. Those of us who know Rumi Obrien's work have been waiting for this book for a long time.

I received no remuneration for this post nor was I asked to write it. 

Comments

[Kris P]

Love them. That wasn't at all what I expected when you mentioned quilts in the title of your post. O'Brien's quilts are utterly charming.

[Nell]

The photos here and the quilts at the UNL exhibit are enchanting. Maybe it's all the apple reading I've done lately, but there seems to me to be an orcharding theme...

[Lisa at Greenbow]

I like her style of quilting. I think quilting is a wonderful art. It is so personal and different in each artists hand. Their precision always amazes me.
Good that Mark did such a fine job with the photos. Thumbs up Mark.