In this alternatively structured print exchange, 35 artists have been invited to participate from across the country to print fabric quilt squares, rather than paper. The participants will be using a variety of print techniques, including but not limited to screen print, cyanotype and woodblock; we even have a lithographer on board! Once each artist receives their pack of squares printed by the other participants, the fabric will be sewn together and assembled into a full sized quilt.

This exchange's theme is "American Landscape", which can be interpreted as a construction of an idea or ideal, stolen land or celebration of expansive space. The artists have been invited to explore domestic, public, micro or macro, historic, animal / vegetable / mineral, political, and/or personal subjects. The vision of this exchange is to use print to create a quilt: an object of comfort and catharsis. Many print exchanges printmakers participate in are archived in a box, destined to be tucked away until you fetch it out for a rare viewing. In its final form, the Field of Squares quilt will inhibit the participants' homes in a form of constant soft display and be interactive, since it holds an innate ability to provide warmth when wrapped around a body.