Winterthur’s first quilt exhibition will feature approximately 50 quilts, outstanding documents of the history of their time and their makers. They range in date from the 17th to the 19th centuries, but the exhibition is particularly rich in examples from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Quilts in a Material World is a unique opportunity to view some of the most outstanding quilts from Winterthur’s superb collection.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. will publish a book, also called Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Museum.

Quilts in a Material World focuses on an extraordinary whitework quilt made in 1815 by Mary Remington of Warwick, Rhode Island. The incredible survival of a cache of Mary’s letters establishes a rich cultural framework for interpreting the quilts in both exhibition and book. Some are discussed in terms of the textiles from which they were made, while others are interpreted through the stories they tell about women’s lives.

The conference on March 31, 2007 brings together quilt scholars and historians for a day of lectures. Speakers include Lynne Bassett, Amelia Peck, Kathryn Berenson, Laura Fisher, Sarah Fatherly, and Linda Eaton.

Workshops on March 30 and April 1 include topics such as conservation and restoration of quilts, dress prints of the early 19th century, differences in historic and contemporary quilting techniques, oral histories (given by Alliance board members Pat Keller and Jenneken Smucker), and women’s genealogy.

Quilts in a Material World specifically illustrates the relevance of quilts in the lives of their makers, both past and present.

For further details please call 302.888.4996 or check www.winterthur.org

at Noho Gallery

530 W. 25 St., 4th fl., New York, NY 10001 (212)367-7063

Noho Gallery is pleased to announce Fall solo exhibitions by two outstanding voices in the contemporary fiber art movement. The work of Marilyn Henrion and that of Jeanne Lyons Butler represent two very different perspectives in terms of both process and content. Yet they are linked by their choice of textiles as the primary medium for artistic expression and by the strength of their respective visions. These two exhibitions provide an opportunity to view the range and depth of each artist’s work individually, and to experience the breadth of expressive possibilities within the textile medium. Catalogs are available for both exhibitions.

Marilyn Henrion: September 26- October 14, 2006

Jeanne Lyons Butler: November 7- 25, 2006

He has already been contacted by a music professor at Wake Forest University who heard the interview. She was struck by many of the similarities in language between music and design and would like to incorporate comparisons between music and quilts in her introductory music
survey class (mostly non-musicians getting a required humanities credit. She asked if he would be willing to field any questions that came up as she developed the lesson plans or possibly even a guest lecture. How cool!

Congrats, Scott! Karen

After teaching for almost ten years at no charge to students, the contents were donated in March 2006. The contents included: 54 quilts and quilt tops, 90 block examples, 77 vintage fabric samples, over 90 quilt related items such as pattern books, published newspaper patterns, batting wrappers and over 80 sewing notions and ephemera. Vintage feed sacks and six notebooks of four-inch feedsack swatches were included. Kathleen’s interest in quilts goes back more than 40 years and include items donated by students.

Donations of four family quilts included a 1950s Diamond Field, the 2002 Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine cover quilt, Traveling Stars with Sunbursts made by Kathleen, her mother’s 1932 Friendship quilt and her mother-in-law’s 1960′s Opt Art quilt. These quilts represent three native Texans.

For more information, contact Kathleen McCrady at kjmccrady@sbcglobal.net.

This exhibit is entitled “Remember the Brides” and it was formally
opened on June 5th with a tea in the museum’s rose garden for about
sixty women. It was combined with a superb flower show in the main
museum and background music which was provided by a local cellist. The
ladies were then introduced to the wedding show. On display are 17
quilts and 20 gowns.

If you are traveling in Iowa- Kalona is 20 miles southeast of Iowa
City, Iowa and the Quilt and Textile Museum is in the Kalona Historical
Village. Admission is $3.00. For more information call the village at
319.656.3232 or Marilyn Woodin at 319.656.2555.

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Therese will also have her open studio on May 13 and 14 11- 5 in San Jose, CA 95112. Wish I could go. For more information go to www.svopenstudios.org. If you get to go, let me know! Thanks, Karen