Kind of on the topic, here's something I honestly don't understand --- how can an award be given to a quilt that is "professionally quilted"? That means the quilter hasn't done the entire quilt. I've recently seen several award winners where that's been part of the description.
Art quilts, traditional quilts, there's a place for all of them. A person taking fabric and making it into something beautiful, or useful, or both, is an expression of the craft. A few weeks ago I posted a link to over 200 quilts exhibited at the Empire Quilt Guild show in NY; it must have gotten lost somewhere because last I checked only about 3 or 4 people had viewed them. There were some extraordinary quilts of all types displayed. Personally, while I prefer traditional, I enjoy seeing anything created from someone's mind, heart and hands.