2/7/2006

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The Eiteljorg Museum is one of my favorite places to visit when I am in Indianapolis. I highly recommend visiting if you ever get the chance. I’m certainly going to try to make it to the quilt exhibit! Hope to see you there too. Karen

February 24, 2006 – April 23, 2006
Great Lakes Native Quilting is the first exhibition devoted to North American
Indian quilting in the Great Lakes region. This colorful and engaging
exhibition features nearly 20 traditional and contemporary quilts, reflecting the
breadth of this expressive cultural medium. The exhibition also includes
photographs of quilters and quilting activities, biographical sketches of contemporary
quilters, and four contextual settings that visually demonstrate the uses of
quilts in the Great Lakes Native communities, both historically and today.
Quilts have been used in nearly every Native community for everyday purposes such
as bed coverings, shelter coverings, infant’s swing cradles, weather
insulation and seating. In some communities, quilts also play important roles in
tribal ceremonies, the honoring of individuals and other activities.

Native Quilting examines the historical introduction of quilting as well as
the contemporary use and meaning of quilts made by Oneida, Odawa, Potawatomi,
Ojibwa, Mohawk, Cree, Winnebago and Menominee quilt makers living in Minnesota,
Michigan, Wisconsin, New York and Ontario. It showcases the diversity of
Native quilt making and pays tribute to the artists who continue to work in this
medium.

There will be a Quilter’s Market on Saturday, April 15th. at the Museum, and
other quilt-related activities are in the works.