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Textile Art by Luana Rubin

“Invisible Borders” – 39″ x 84″ – 2025

Wolves live in complex, close-knit, enduring family units called packs, where mates form deep bonds and remain devoted for life. These family groups can persist for decades, passing down knowledge through generations, raising cubs together and caring for sick or aging members.

When reintroduced to their historic ranges, wolves help restore ecological balance. However when a wolf pack crosses an invisible border, leaving a national park, or crossing into a state that encourages killing predators, their family unit can be blown apart. Which family member will be lost next?

 

Kubota's Dream
“Kubota’s Dream” – 40″ x 64″ – Kyoto Quilt Festival, March 2025

A tribute to Japanese master textile artist Itchiku Kubota: this was the view from his home and studio which is now a museum. His favorite themes were the Four Seasons, and Mount Fuji. The melting iconic icecap of Mt Fuji is a concern for Japan these days.

 

250 Years of American Wilderness
250 Years of American Wilderness: 1776 – 2026 (40″ x 50″)

A tribute to National Park workers, made for the Semi-Quincentennial in 2026.

“Enslaved People of Mount Vernon” – 20″ x 20″- 2024

Opening at Virginia Quilt Museum – July 4, 2026

“Assateague Pony at Sunrise” – 20″ x 20″- 2024

Opening at Virginia Quilt Museum – July 4, 2026

“Fierce – Protector of the Forest” – dedicated to Alexei Navalny.

Donated to SAQA Spotlight Fundraiser Auction. 6″ x 8″, March 2024.

“The Children of War” – 39.5″ h x 82″ w

Sacred Threads – Preview 2024  & Traveling Exhibit. This is the signature piece for the exhibit.

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“Uncompahgre Fritillary” – commissioned for the “Little Creatures” exhibit on Endangered Pollinators, at the Boulder Library Canyon Gallery, September 2023. Now traveling in the SAQA Camouflage exhibit.  42″ x 60″.

 

“Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” – made for the “Women’s Voices, Women’s Rights, Women’s Votes” exhibit at the Clinton Presidential Center in 2022.  33.5″ x 59″.

 

“Stardust Mothers” – made for Sacred Threads exhibit 2022. 38″ x 50″.  “Sewn in America” exhibit at DAR Museum in Wash DC through Dec 31, 2024.

 

“Kathy Price – A Mission of Love” – premiered at “A Better World” at 2018 Intl Quilt Festival, Houston. 30″  x 50″.

“Sunrise, Sunset –  Front Door, Back Door” – for the “Inspired by Washington DC” exhibit. 24″ x 24″

“Folger Shakespeare Library” – for the “Inspired by Washington DC” exhibit.  24″ x 24″

 

“Rosalynn Carter Explains to the Senate” – for the “HerStory” exhibit. Now hanging at The Carter Center in Atlanta Georgia. 24″ x 30″.

 

“Polar Bear, Eclipsed” – for the “Endangered Species” exhibit.

 

“Chautauqua Sanctuary” – made for “Sacred Threads” in 2017. 25″ x 22″.

 

“Tom and Alexei Share a Tube of Vodka” – for the “Fly Me to the Moon” exhibit in 2016.  18″ x 30″.

 

“Arches National Park Bobcat” – for “Inspired by National Parks” exhibit.

 

“Rocky Mountain Poison” created for the “Water is Life” exhibit, which premiered at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.  36.5″ x 71.5″.