Time to plan an excursion to see some antique quilts
in these museum shows for fall 2015 and into the winter.
Detail of a Confederate applique quilt made by
Susan Robb,1861-1862.
Collection of the Museum of Texas Tech University
California, Los Angeles.
The Autry Museum in Griffith Park. Empire and Liberty: The Civil War in the West. There's only one quilt in this large exhibit but it's the spectacular Susan Robb figural quilt. Through January 3, 2016.
http://civilwar.theautry.org/
California, San Diego
The Mingei Museum will display changing selections from the Pat L. Nickols collection throughout 2015 in its Theater Gallery. Check before planning a trip.
http://www.mingei.org
The Mingei Museum will display changing selections from the Pat L. Nickols collection throughout 2015 in its Theater Gallery. Check before planning a trip.
http://www.mingei.org
A wall installation in San Jose
California, San Jose
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Found/Made. Curator Roderick Kiracofe includes found quilts from his collection and those of Julie Silber and Marjorie Childress. Made quilts include contemporary quilts constructed with found materials as well as contemporary art based on quilt themes.
Through November 1, 2015
http://www.sjquiltmuseum.org/exhibitions.html
See more about the contemporary quilts in the exhibit here:
http://hifructose.com/2015/05/29/foundmade-exhibition-connects-quiltmaking-to-contemporary-art/
California, Santa Ana
Bowers Museum. The Red That Colored the World; Cochineal. 100 objects-textiles, sculpture, paintings, manuscripts, decorative arts, clothing and more- the exhibition explores the history of cochineal and the seductive visual nature of red.
October 31, 2015 - March 21, 2016
http://www.bowers.org/index.php/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/417-the-red-that-colored-the-world
October 31, 2015 - March 21, 2016
http://www.bowers.org/index.php/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/417-the-red-that-colored-the-world
Colorado, Golden
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. It's What We Do: 25 Years of Collecting. Through October 27, 2015.
https://www.rmqm.org/exhibits
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Georgia, Athens
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. It's What We Do: 25 Years of Collecting. Through October 27, 2015.
https://www.rmqm.org/exhibits
Cut-out-chintz quilt,
MESDA Collection
Georgia, Athens
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. MESDA Textile Symposium: Interwoven Georgia: Three Centuries of Textile Traditions, January 14-16, 2016, in conjunction with the Georgia Museum of Art's exhibition, Georgia Girlhood Embroideries: "Crowned with Glory and Immortality."
A celebration of over 250 years of Georgia's rich textile heritage, from 18th-century silk production to girlhood embroideries, bed furnishings, the contributions of African Americans to textile production, and chenille fashions of the 20th century
http://www.mesda.org/programs_sprite/prog_calendar_sprite/mesda_2016-mesda-textile-seminar-georgia.html
A celebration of over 250 years of Georgia's rich textile heritage, from 18th-century silk production to girlhood embroideries, bed furnishings, the contributions of African Americans to textile production, and chenille fashions of the 20th century
http://www.mesda.org/programs_sprite/prog_calendar_sprite/mesda_2016-mesda-textile-seminar-georgia.html
"Lycurgus G. Wright...shot Feb 16, 1865
Oh this war"
Kansas, Topeka
Kansas Museum of History. The Great Soldier State: Kansas and the Civil War. Exhibit featuring flags from the Civil War and a single quilt from 1877 embroidered with genealogical information about a family's Civil War losses.Through January 3, 2016.
https://www.kshs.org/p/the-great-soldier-state-kansas-and-the-civil-war/18970
Quilt Museum. Red, White and Quilted. Contemporary and antique quilts.
October 16, 2015 - January 12, 2016
Red Cross quilt from World War I
The Eleventh Hour: Quilts of World War I, curated by Sue Reich.
November 13, 2015 - February 9, 2016
http://quiltmuseum.org/
Massachusetts, Lowell
New England Quilt Museum.
November 13, 2015 - February 9, 2016
http://quiltmuseum.org/
Massachusetts, Lowell
New England Quilt Museum.
The American Quilt Study Group's Civil War Era Quilt Study of reproduction quilts will be up through October.
Small Wonders: Doll and Crib Quilts
November 5 - December 26, 2015
http://nequiltmuseum.org
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Michigan, East Lansing
Michigan State University Museum. Quilts of Southwest China. American and Chinese museums, led by the MSU Museum and the Yunnan Nationalities Museum (Kunming), have documented Chinese patchwork tradition for this exhibit up through April 30, 2016.
November 5 - December 26, 2015
http://nequiltmuseum.org
From Quilts of Southwest China
Michigan, East Lansing
Michigan State University Museum. Quilts of Southwest China. American and Chinese museums, led by the MSU Museum and the Yunnan Nationalities Museum (Kunming), have documented Chinese patchwork tradition for this exhibit up through April 30, 2016.
Quilt by an Unknown Maker, Cargo Collection
Nebraska, Lincoln
International Quilt Study Center & Museum/Quilt House. African-American Quilts from the Cargo Collection. Through May 25, 2016
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/nowshowing/
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International Quilt Study Center & Museum/Quilt House. African-American Quilts from the Cargo Collection. Through May 25, 2016
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/nowshowing/
Applique quilt,
Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil, ca. 1865. Chandlerville, Illinois.
Gift of George E. Schoellkopf, 2013 (Detail)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, Manhattan
Metropolitan Museum of Art. American Quilts and Folk Art includes recent quilt acquisitions in two rotations: The first with 8 quilts through January 8, 2016. The second through August 7, 2016.
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/american-quilts-and-folk-art
Oklahoma, Kingfisher
Seay Mansion. Charity, Companionship & Comfort- A Historic Quilt Show. Chisholm Trail Museum will show 40 quilts from November 1, 2015 through the winter.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Quilts and Color from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Nearly sixty quilts with bold palettes and inventive designs from the Pilgrim/Roy Quilt Collection.
November 7, 2015-February 7, 2016
Detail of Wheels Quilt
Collections of the Quilt Museum
Pennsylvania, Doylestown
James A. Michener Art Museum. Blanket Statements: New Quilts by Kaffe Fassett and Historical Quilts from the Collections of the Quilt Museum and Gallery, York, UK. Fifteen historical quilts from 1780 and 1949 and twenty from Kaffe Fassett's studio. November 14, 2015 - February 21, 2016.
The show will travel to the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles in spring, 2016.
Arsworth quilt, center detail
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life includes the Museum's spectacular floral album quilt by Cinthia Arsworth. Baltimore, Maryland.
October 27, 2015 - January 10, 2016
http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/818.html
Virginia, Harrisonburg
Virginia Quilt Museum. The American Quilt Study Group's Civil War Era Quilt Study will be up from November through March 1, 2016.
100 Years of Quilts: The Unger Family.
Treasures of the Vault: Curator's Choice.
http://www.vaquiltmuseum.org
Virginia, Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, McCarl Gallery. A Celebration of Quilts. Through June, 2016.
http://www.visitwilliamsburg.com/events/a-celebration-of-quilts/
