Bette Uscott-Woolsey
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Title
Bette Uscott-Woolsey
Description
Bette Uscott-Woolsey discusses her unique technique for creating art by combining both fabric and acrylic paint. She talks about some of the artists she admires and other art that inspires her own art. She discusses how she balances creating art and working her day job, her background and education in art, her family's interest in art and quilting, and her favorite and least favorite aspects of creating her unique art form. Uscott-Woolsey talks about people not appreciating her unique blend of fabric and paint in her art and how she is not truly accepted by either the fine art world or the quilt world.
Identifier
2019oh0260_qsosart0018
AQATS19119-018
AQATS19119-018
Subject
Arts and crafts.
Quilting.
Quilts in art
Quilts.
Quilts--Design.
Families.
Interviewee
Bette Uscott-Woolsey
Interviewer
Amy Tetlow Smith
Interview sponsor
Le Rowell
Interview Keyword
Painters
Painting
Acrylic paints
Techniques
Surface art
Gee's Bend Quiltmakers
Fabric
Appreciation
Acceptance
Attitudes
Art quilts
Fabric art
Collection
Citation
“Bette Uscott-Woolsey,” Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories, accessed September 28, 2023, https://qsos.quiltalliance.org/items/show/2461.