The 400 images for artist Bruce Marshâs mural for the Riverwalk will be printed in porcelain enamel on steel plates. The city plans to hire Ruskin artist Bruce Marsh this week to design a 40-foot long, 9-foot-tall photo montage, to be located at Channelside and Beneficial drives, near the Tampa Bay History Center. Marsh says his art wall will feature 400 images of the Hillsborough River, including pictures he has taken through the years and more he intends to take within the next few months. Lee Hoffman, the city’s Riverwalk manager, said the city was looking for a piece that will serve as an entryway to the History Center and Riverwalk area.

The artist from Cebu is a total creative spirit in her creative primeproficient in different art mediums but able to retain the consistency of her artwork’s distinct style, form and content. Her creative journey started very early, at age 17 in Cebu, when she opened a fashion boutique where she designed her own line of clothes and shoes while finishing school. In 1997, she also studied at Bellas Artes, Instituto Allende and Clay Olé in San Miquel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. She studied molding clay, wove stories while firing tiles, painted quilts, experimented with assemblage using construction materials and found objects, did sculptures of welded metals, and wrote poetry. To subscribe to the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper in the Philippines, call +63 2 896-6000 for Metro Manila and Metro Cebu or email your subscription request here .

Fort Wayne’s 120-member Appleseed Quilters Guild was formed in 1993 for the purpose of “stimulating and creating interest in making, collecting, and preserving quilts. Sponsored by Edwards Sewing Center, the show offers workshops by nationally-known quilter/author Kim Diehl and guild members teaching appliqué, beaded embellishment, pin weaving and altered-photo techniques. Twenty-six local and national vendors will sell fabric, patterns, kits, tools and gadgets, while guild members will stock a boutique with handcrafted quilts, wall hangings, totes, purses, baby gifts, holiday decorations and accessories. From Egypt’s First Dynasty to Colonial America, history is replete with examples of whole-cloth, medallion and appliquéd quilts, quilted clothing, fanciful story quilts, trapunto and memory quilts.

North Country Quilts now has a new home, at 303 Main Street, on the east edge of town. Owner Corky Hill said the new building, which she and her husband Dan bought and renovated, is quaint, cozy and more homey than their original location in the old fire hall, where they opened in 1999. The building, which was Annie Myre’s home, and then turned into commercial space by Steve Abrahamson and rented by Kitchens & Brass, has an inviting front porch, which Hill is using to display quilts. The shop carries quilting and sewing supplies, notions, knitting supplies and yarns, as well as a large selection of books and patterns. The new space also features a small classroom area, where quilters can try out new techniques, or simply learn the basics. Larger classes can be held at the Legion Hall, next door.