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| Pamela Hill grew up in an Amish area of Illinois where there was a strong tradition of quiltmaking and she learned the craft early. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois and pursued graduate studies at UCLA before she returned to quiltmaking and established her own studio in the Northern California Gold Country in 1976. | |
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Articles about her work have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Interior Design, Town and Country and Traditional Home magazines. Her work has been exhibited at major galleries and museums throughout the United States, including the Denver Art Museum; the Museum of Contemporary Art (Temporary Contemporary), Los Angeles; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; and The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Her work is included in public and private collections including the American Embassies in Pakistan and Thailand. |
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Since 1982 Pamela has been assisted in the studio by Claudette Apedaile. Claudette started out just volunteering to help her quilting teacher (Pamela!) clean and pack for her first exhibition in Beverly Hills. She ended up staying on and now has surpassed Pamela in some of the construction techniques that Pamela first developed for her quilts. Fortunately, she is still contributing her skills to the ongoing effort by Pamela Hill Quilts studio to create the best constructed functional quilts available. |
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Pamela's work can currently be seen in "The Artful Home and "The Guild Sourcebook of Residential Art Vol. 5" |
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 Objects for Use: Handmade by Design by Paul Smith (Editor) |
Pamela's work has been included in Paul J. Smith's exciting new overview of the contemporary American craft world, Objects For Use: Handmade by Design | ||
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Pamela is a founding member of the Fiber Artists Collective. | ||
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100% Blast is a consortium of Designer/Craftsmen who collaborate in promoting their unique visions for private and public spaces. The group includes a diverse mix of artists whose work ranges from purely sculptural to highly functional. Some are veteran makers, indeed founders of the contemporary craft movement. Others are younger artists whose work has rapidly garnered attention. Each 100% Blast artist expresses a mature creative voice and embodies a substantial nationally recognized body of work. All are skilled at partnering with interior designers, architects and residential clients in the effort to create the most successful site specific design solution for any environment. | ||
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Simply the best restaurant in the Mother Lode region. |
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Pamela is on the Board of Directors of The Foothill Conservancy. |
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Working to secure the economic and environmental health of the Sierra for this and future generations. |
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Pamela is on the Board of Directors of the Mokelumne Hill Community Trust and is administrator of the Community Website. |
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Our sincerest appreciation to all the fabulous volunteers who saved the lives of Moseley, Alice, Cooper, Whyler, Hannah and Zeb and so many other great dogs. |
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Pamela is the recipient of The Dean Malley Annual Sun Tzu Award which is awarded to a person or organization who develops a winning strategy in resolving land use conflicts. "To win without fighting is best." Sun Tzu, The Art of War. |
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