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Wednesday, July 8, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper “Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show”
Sisters is ‘My Kind of Town’ for artist
By Jodi Schneider
Correspondent
There is something magi-
cal about Sisters — and
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
Poster Artist Dan Rickards
knows it.
This year’s poster, “My
Kind of Town,” created
by Rickards for the 45th
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
(SOQS) captures the essence
of this charming town.
“There are quite a few
elements that need to come
through in every poster,”
Rickards said. “The Sisters
mountains, a quilt, and the
theme involved that needs to
be threaded in.”
Rickards painted the
majestic Three Sisters
Mountains under a bright
sun as the backdrop, included
the town of Sisters, along
with one anonymous woman
wearing a sun bonnet.
That image was created
long before it accidentally
became a symbol of a differ-
ent kind of quilt show.
“At first,
I wasn’t sure
if I should
have some-
one in the
painting,”
Rickards
mused. “But
I realized it’s
the people
in the town
during the
quilt show
that are such
a huge part of the show, not
just the quilts going up.”
Sisters is usually packed
with people on Quilt Show
Day — and it will be again.
“I have filtered through
one person in a way that
represents all the people,”
Rickards said. “I almost
painted a town of people,
but that element remains for
a future poster.”
Rickards said that the
town elements in the poster
are more generic and that it’s
very representational.
He added, “I wanted to
be looking through the per-
son’s eyes, through the town
into the mountains. It’s more
of the way that we feel when
we are here, not the way the
town literally looks.”
Dawn Boyd, SOQS
executive director, said, “The
board unanimously thought
of Dan as this year’s poster
artist, as he embodies so
much of the quilt show
— which is always about
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER
Dan Rickards shows the original art for “My Kind of Town,” the Sisters
Outdoor Quilt Show poster for 2020.
celebrating creativity and
community. And with our
theme of ‘My Kind of Town,’
it seemed so appropriate.
“At first, I wasn’t sure if I should have someone in the
painting. But I realized it’s the people in the town during
the quilt show that are such a huge part of the show,
not just the quilts going up.” — Dan Rickards
Dan and his wife have not
only made Sisters their own
hometown, they are a vital
part of it.
“We are so excited to
have Dan as our poster artist
celebrating our 45th anni-
versary,” said Boyd.
The 2020 poster may be
ordered online from Stitchin’
Post at https://stitchinpost.
com.