‘ART QUILTS XVII: INTEGRATING A PARADOX’

What: Exhibit runs through Jan. 20 at the Exhibition Gallery at the Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday. More information: www.chandlercenter.org or call 480-782-2695. Buffington explained why she chose the theme:

“My life has been an experience of contrasts. It begins with growing up in both Studio City, California, and Missoula, Montana; with one parent a hippie professor and the other a probation officer.

“I started my adult life pursuing a management career in retail fashion, but married young and chose to stay home with our three kids. I gradually completed a degree in art but then earned a Master of Arts in theology. I thought I would teach geometry, but I wrote a book on dyeing fabric.”