Cindy Haffner’s Barn Quilts

Evansville Art Center’s September exhibit in the gallery is by Cindy Haffner of rural Rose City, who is dotting the landscape with hand painted colorful geometric designs on wood called barn quilts.

Cindy paints and teaches classes on this art form.  Painting over 250 since 2014. “It’s not hard, but you have to pay attention to detail for the best outcome”.

It started in Ohio in 2001 when a wooden barn quilt was erected to honor some ones grandmother for her dedication to the art of hand pieced fabric quilting.  Since then, barn quilts are popping up like spring daisies all across our rolling landscape.  Then the idea of starting “trails” came about to get people out experiencing backroads, friendly people and the American countryside.

Each barn quilt could represent a story or even reveal a hidden secret and wonders of the community. Teachers have started using barn quilts to teach history, math, civics and designing barn quilts for people to express their story. To date, there are over 15,000 barn quilts and quilt trails in 45 states.

Learn all about this agri-tourism art form at the Evansville Art Center Gallery during the month of September. Cindy will have many on display and is looking for a team to help get a trail started in Douglas County.

Gallery hours are 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. There is no charge for the gallery exhibit.