12/06/2025
“How does public art make its way to a rural area? When artist Karen Tuveson thought of public art, she pictured places like Princeton and larger cities that support sculpture on campuses, murals on sides of buildings, and art at shopping centers and at parks. Tuveson wanted to bring public art to her community, Montgomery Township — art that reflects the community and its history.
She started a nonprofit, secured a grant, and gathered a committee to brainstorm. The result is the Barn Quilt Trail of Central New Jersey, which is, for now, striking large-scale quilt designs made of wood on the sides of six barns in the Skillman, Hillsborough, and Belle Mead areas, melding art, history and agriculture.”
For more on the history and artwork of the Barn Quilt Trail project, visit this week’s issue at towntopics.com.