AAQ Blog Archive » The Quilt World http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org babblings! Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:08:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Alliance Member Del Thomas is having a show! http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2007/01/16/alliance-member-del-thomas-is-having-a-show/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2007/01/16/alliance-member-del-thomas-is-having-a-show/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:30:03 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2007/01/16/alliance-member-del-thomas-is-having-a-show/ “One Quiltmaker, Many Voices” Quilts by Del Thomas
Feb 4, 2007 – April 11, 2007
Back Porch Fabrics and Quilt Gallery
157 Grand Ave (at Central Ave)
Pacific Grove, CA 831-375-4453

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2007/01/16/alliance-member-del-thomas-is-having-a-show/feed/ 0 Winterthur Museum http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/12/02/winterthur-museum/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/12/02/winterthur-museum/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:25:36 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/12/02/winterthur-museum/ Don’t Miss “Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Museum”
Exhibition: March 10 – September 16, 2007
Conference: March 31, 2007 with workshops and tours on March 30 and April 1

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

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/12/02/winterthur-museum/feed/ 1 Tri-Cities Quilter’s Guild http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/11/16/tri-cities-quilters-guild/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/11/16/tri-cities-quilters-guild/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:55:24 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/11/16/tri-cities-quilters-guild/ The Tri-Cities Quilter’s Guild (www.tcquilter.ourwest.com/frame.html) will hold their quilt show on Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31, 2007 at the TRAC facility in Pasco, Washington. The hours will be Friday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Cost is a $4.00 donation at the door, and parking is free.

Additional info about the show will be made available at www.tcquilters.ourwest.com/show.html as it becomes available.

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/11/16/tri-cities-quilters-guild/feed/ 0 Textiles in Kyrgyzstan http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/14/textiles-in-kyrgyzstan/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/14/textiles-in-kyrgyzstan/#comments Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:59:16 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/10/14/textiles-in-kyrgyzstan/ I am seeing some amazing embroidery. Considering these women lived in yurts with bad lighting, I am truly humbled. I still cannot find anyone that can tell me when the switch from embroidery to patchwork occurred but I suspoect it was in the early 1900′s. Now there textiles are full of plush. Kyrgyzs love plush and the color red. I had dinner in a yurt where the walls were covered in red plush with lots of red flowers. They speak so highly of keeping there traditions alive and authentic. I have to laugh because I was eating in a plastic yurt with air conditioning and lighting and the walls were lined with plush wall hangings. I cannot wait to share photos because their work is both similar and different from ours. All the best, Karen

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/14/textiles-in-kyrgyzstan/feed/ 1 Flight to Osh http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/12/flight-to-osh/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/12/flight-to-osh/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:55:30 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/10/12/flight-to-osh/ I’m alive and well. However, I wanted to kiss the ground when I got out of the airplane in Osh. I have never been on a plane that vibrated so much that I could not understand the fligth attendant over the P.A. system. The door to the pilot kept coming open. Tray tables kept dropping down. We were offered green or black tea or water. My tea looked like it was boiling! A man in the seat next to us was so drunk that he didn’t even respond to the request to fasten his seat belt and the flight attendant just gave up and waled away. After getting into yhr flight, he might have been the wise one. What an adventure I am having! More soon, Karen

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/12/flight-to-osh/feed/ 1 Quilt Exhibit Opening! http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/12/quilt-exhibit-opening/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/12/quilt-exhibit-opening/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:07:57 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/10/12/quilt-exhibit-opening/ I am so pleased to report that the opening of the first joint exhibition of American and Kyrgyz quilts was a HUGE hit. As I predicted, it was packed with several hundred people in attendance. The museum and the Embassy was surprised and we quickly ran out of food and drink and catalogs. It didn’t matter. The exhibit is truly outstanding. The balance of old and new is wonderful. The American quilts are mixed together. The room is alive with creation and color. Definitely transforms the old Soviet building with life. Quilts once again get the recognition that they deserve. The exhibition is in the Museum of Fine Art which is housed in a Soviet building (meaning a stark cement building) that was built in the 1970s and has no work done to it since it was built. It does need help but this is a poor country. Actually Bishkek is a small city filled mostly with Soviet buildings. Remember Kyrgyz were nomadic people. Anyway, it was a great night for me and for quilts. Who could ask for anything more? I leave for Osh which is in the southern part of the country so you will not hear from me until I return in three days. I am quite excited about the trip to Osh as it was on the silk road. I will even get to visit a family that is making silk. All the best, Karen

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/12/quilt-exhibit-opening/feed/ 0 I Made to Kyrgyzstan! http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/09/i-made-to-kyrgyzstan/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/09/i-made-to-kyrgyzstan/#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:53:01 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/10/09/i-made-to-kyrgyzstan/ It took 34 hours door to door. Fortunately, the trip was pretty uneventful. The weather here is perfect in the 70′s with nice sunshine. I have been told that this will change quickly and that they will have snow by the end of the month. The mountains have snow on them all year round. I have been having lots and lots of meetings but I did leave Bishkek to see the ruins of a town from the 10th century. I found the most interesting stone sculptures with faces on them. I am told that they are all over Kyrgyzstan. I took lots of photos for I know that there is a mask of one of them in my future. Learning a lot about Kyrgyz crafts and culture. It is extremely interesting. Tomorrow morning I will hang the exhibitionat the Museum of Fine Art. I cannot wait to see all the Kyrgyz quilts. There will be many old and some new. Quiltmaking as we know it is a relately new craft. They were nomads and embroidering on fabric was what they did. However, I consider these works quilts also. I am sorry that I cannot share more at this time but I am on a tight schedule. I promise more detail tomorrow as I don’t have to hang the exhibition until 11. It is the last time I will have much free time. Paka, Karen

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/09/i-made-to-kyrgyzstan/feed/ 3 Connecting Cultures and Colors: Kyrgyz-American Quilt Exhibit http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/03/connecting-cultures-and-colors-kyrgyz-american-quilt-exhibit/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/03/connecting-cultures-and-colors-kyrgyz-american-quilt-exhibit/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:38:41 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/10/03/connecting-cultures-and-colors-kyrgyz-american-quilt-exhibit/ I am honored to announce that “Connecting Cultures and Colors: First Kyrgyz-American Quilt Exhibit” will open on October 11 at the Museum of Fine Art in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The exhibit will be up for 3 weeks (I don’t have the offical day it will come down yet). The following artist will have quilts in the exhibit–Frances Holliday Alford, Patricia Autenrieth, Beth Kennedy, Geri Kinnear, Scott Murkin, Karen Musgrave, Karen Stiehl Osborn, BJ Parady, Yvonne Porcella, Sue Reno, Pamela Robson, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Joan Schulze, Thelma Smith, Virginia Spiegel, June Underwood, and Karen Watts.

This is the fourth former Soviet country that I have taken an American quilt exhibit and the third country where the native quilts have hung along side American quilts (the part I love the best). I leave on Thursday and cannot wait to once again be inspired and to be able to share something I am so passionate. Check back for more news on my adventure!

From the heart,
Karen Musgrave

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/03/connecting-cultures-and-colors-kyrgyz-american-quilt-exhibit/feed/ 3 Interviews with New Zealand Quiltmakers http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/01/interviews-with-new-zealand-quiltmakers/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/01/interviews-with-new-zealand-quiltmakers/#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:54:26 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/10/01/interviews-with-new-zealand-quiltmakers/ If you would like to listen to the wonderful New Zealand accent, tune in to the audio replay on New Zealand National Radio of a recent interview with leading quilt artists. At the Wellington (New Zealand’s capital city) Academy of Fine Arts, a quilt exhibition (Capital Quilters Exhibition) was held, which encompassed not only the traditional, but contemporary forms of quilting and textiles. Of special interest was the use of recycled fabrics. The women who were interviewed all have important places in the New Zealand textile community and their thoughts and ideas were most interesting and enlightening. I found it also of great note that the male interviewer on National Radio spoke with respect and intelligence concerning textile art within New Zealand. You have to listen to two other short interviews before the one on quilting but then it will give you a taste of what the artistic environment is like in New Zealand! Go to: http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/afternoons/20060928 and scroll down to Arts Report With Justin Gregory and click on. I hope you will enjoy the international flavour. Karen

]]> http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/10/01/interviews-with-new-zealand-quiltmakers/feed/ 0 Genesee Valley Quilt Club and PAR http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/09/29/genesee-valley-quilt-club-and-par/ http://blog.allianceforamericanquilts.org/index.php/2006/09/29/genesee-valley-quilt-club-and-par/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:17:57 +0000 site admin http://centerforthequilt.org/webblog/index.php/2006/09/29/genesee-valley-quilt-club-and-par/ Forty-seven of the “Put a Roof Over Our Head” quilts are on their way to the Genesee Valley Quilt Club quilt show. I want to thank both Ruth Santos and Beth Davis for all their support and help with this. The quilts will be at the Webster Community Field House, 800 Five Mile Line Rd., Webster, N.Y. on Oct. 7-8. The following artist will have their work in the show–Yvonne Porcella,Keti Kasrashvili, Irina Lavrinenko, Nino “Chuchuka” Chargeishvili, Karen Musgrave, Pamela Allen, Diana Ramsey, Nanette Fleischman, Terry Pottmeyer, Robin Brooks, Therese May, Karen Bennick, Andi Perejda, Dodie Weinstein, Karen Griska, Diane Davis, Jenny Williams, Jan Patterson, Susanne McCoy, Leah Day, Fran Kordek, Ann Holmes, Naomi Adams, Pamela Morris, Rebecca Barr, Marijo Young, Sheila Rauen, Janet Jones Worley, Sherry Boram, Jan Wass, Sylvia Weir, Klara Schlafer, and Del Thomas. You can view the quilts by going to http://www.centerforthequilt.org/contest.php. You can also buy a wonderful CD of the show. Enjoy! Karen

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