Vernon couturier and quilter Lorraine Johnson-Brotsky has won first prize in the Canadian Quilters’ Association’s (CQA) prestigious national juried quilt show.
Held this year in Lethbridge, Alta. June 3 to 6, Johnson-Brotsky won in the wearable art category for her hybrid kimono-Chinese jacket, Oriented Emeralds. The prize came with $1,000.
This is not the first time Johnson-Brotsky has won this award. She won in 2007 for her Left-Over Dragons jacket.
Johnson-Brotsky’s work is well known throughout the Okanagan. Her wearable art and quilts have been exhibited at the Vernon Public Art Gallery, the Lake Country ArtWalk, Midsummer’s Eve of the Arts, Ashpa Naira art gallery, the Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum and Art Gallery, and elsewhere.
She has been a member of Vernon’s largest quilt guild, the Vernon Silver Star Quilters, since 1998.
The Canadian Quilters’ Association’s national juried show is held in conjunction with CQA’s annual conference, which this year attracted several hundred conference attendees and many more came as visitors to the quilt shows.
Founded in 1981, the Canadian Quilters’ Association is Canada’s national association of quilters and quilt guilds. Its membership is Canada-wide as well as international.
Its mission is to promote quilting across Canada, including to promote the highest standards of workmanship and design.
