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Antique Quilt Exhibits: Winter to Summer 2017
Alabama, Montgomery
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts.
Through April 16, 2017.
http://mmfa.org/exhibitions/sewn-together-two-centuries-of-alabama-quilts/
Illinois, Chicago
DuSable Museum of African American History. Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry, An African American Quilt Scholar.
Through February 28, 2017.
In 2018 the show will be at the Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
http://www.dusablemuseum.org/
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Kentucky, Bowling Green
Elizabeth Richardson Quilt Gallery, Kentucky Museum. Backward & Forward: 20th Century Quilts.
Through March 5, 2017.
http://www.wku.edu/kentuckymuseum/exhibits/exhibits.php
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Quilt Week is April 25-29. The Rotary Antique Quilt Show theme is Variations.
http://nequiltmuseum.org/exhibitionsevents.html
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Minnesota, Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts. Cut from the Same Cloth: American Quilts at Mia. 14 quilts from the collection.
Through March 19, 2017.
http://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/cut-from-the-same-cloth-american-quilts-at-mia/
Nebraska, Lincoln
International Quilt Study Center & Museum/Quilt House.
Nebraska Quilts. Through April 8, 2017
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Pennsylvania, Harleysville
Mennonite Heritage Center. A Riot of Color: Quilts from the Community. Thirty colorful quilts from the Mennonite communities of Bucks and Montgomery Counties.
Through March 2, 2017.
http://mhep.org/exhibits/
Rhode Island, Kingston
The New England Regional Quilt Study Group is meeting April 8, 2017 at the University of Rhode Island. Speakers: Drs. Margaret Ordoñez and Dr. Linda Welters. Program: Materials from the Historic Textile and Costume Collection at the University of Rhode Island.
Indiana, Bloomington
Bloomington Monroe County Convention Center. Annual Indiana Heritage Quilt Show. March 2-4 2017.
Local shows include quilts from the collection at the Wylie House Museum and Dolls and Their Quilts up all of March at the Farmer House Museum.
Quilt historian and folklorist Teri Klaussen will speak:“Polk’s Fancy: A Southern Indiana Quilt Pattern of the Mexican War Era” Friday, March 3, 2:00pm.
Kansas, Lawrence
National African-American Quilt Convention. July 12-15, 2017. Local shows may include antique quilts.
Elizabeth Richardson Quilt Gallery, Kentucky Museum. Backward & Forward: 20th Century Quilts.
Through March 5, 2017.
http://www.wku.edu/kentuckymuseum/exhibits/exhibits.php
Kentucky, Paducah
National Quilt Museum. New Quilts from an Old Favorite & Antique Flying Geese
March 31 – June 20, 2017
Finalists and winners from the annual competition are showcased along with traditional examples featuring the theme of the Flying Geese piecework.
March 31 – June 20, 2017
Finalists and winners from the annual competition are showcased along with traditional examples featuring the theme of the Flying Geese piecework.
Massachusetts, Lowell
New England Quilt Museum. Gilding the Lily: Embroidery in Quilts Past and Present. August 31 - December 30http://nequiltmuseum.org/exhibitionsevents.html
Minnesota, Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts. Cut from the Same Cloth: American Quilts at Mia. 14 quilts from the collection.
Through March 19, 2017.
http://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/cut-from-the-same-cloth-american-quilts-at-mia/
Nebraska, Lincoln
International Quilt Study Center & Museum/Quilt House.
Nebraska Quilts. Through April 8, 2017
Bill Volckening Polyester Collection
May 26 - August 27, 2017
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/
The second annual Intensive Quilt Study Weekend at Quilt House is planned for August 10-12, 2017. Topic: When Quilts Speak. A look at the inscribed quilts in the collection.
http://www.museumquilttours.com/
May 26 - August 27, 2017
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/
The second annual Intensive Quilt Study Weekend at Quilt House is planned for August 10-12, 2017. Topic: When Quilts Speak. A look at the inscribed quilts in the collection.
http://www.museumquilttours.com/
Joes Meester tells us her early Dutch family quilt
will be shown at the Fries Museum
The Netherlands, Leeuwarden
Fries Museum. Chintz, Cotton in Bloom. Perhaps readers in the Netherlands can tell us more about this exhibit. March 11- September 10, 2017
Fries Museum. Chintz, Cotton in Bloom. Perhaps readers in the Netherlands can tell us more about this exhibit. March 11- September 10, 2017
Pennsylvania, Doylestown
Mercer Museum. The Mary Schafer Collection: A Legacy of Quilt History, traveling exhibit from the Great Lakes Quilt Center. May 13 - August 13, 2017.
Mennonite Heritage Center. A Riot of Color: Quilts from the Community. Thirty colorful quilts from the Mennonite communities of Bucks and Montgomery Counties.
Through March 2, 2017.
http://mhep.org/exhibits/
Rhode Island, Kingston
The New England Regional Quilt Study Group is meeting April 8, 2017 at the University of Rhode Island. Speakers: Drs. Margaret Ordoñez and Dr. Linda Welters. Program: Materials from the Historic Textile and Costume Collection at the University of Rhode Island.
https://www.facebook.com/nequiltstudy/
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Texas, Round Top
Briscoe Center. Winedale Historical Complex. Comfort and Glory is the annual quilt exhibition. Thirteen quilt treasures from the Winedale Quilt Collection.
Tiger Lily by Bertha Stenge, 1940
Texas, Round Top
Briscoe Center. Winedale Historical Complex. Comfort and Glory is the annual quilt exhibition. Thirteen quilt treasures from the Winedale Quilt Collection.
February 13—25, 2017http://dev.cah.utexas.edu/news/press_release.php?press=press_winedale_quilts_2017
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U.K. Cheltenham, England
Cheltenham Town Hall. Quilty Pleasures: tours of the Wilson Art Gallery quilt collection.
Three hour-long tours on March 11, 2017
http://www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/quilty-pleasures-168155/
U.K. Torquay, England
The Quilters Guild holds its 38th annual conference 31 March - 2 April 2017.
http://www.quiltersguild.org.uk/about/conference-agm
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Virginia, Harrisonburg
Virginia Quilt Museum.
Two Golden Ages of Applique. Curated by Debby Cooney. Explores various forms of textile applique in two different eras: 1840-1870 and 1920-1940.
Treasures From the Vault: Wool for Winter, curated by Gloria Comstock.Open February 21, 2017
http://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/upcoming-exhibits/
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Virginia, Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. A Century of African-American Quilts features twelve quilts from the collection dating from 1875. Through January, 2018.
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/do/art-museums/rockefeller-museum/century-of-quilts/
In conjunction with the exhibit Printed Fashions: Textiles for Clothing and the Home, 1700-1820, a conference is scheduled for March 26 - 28, 2017.
http://www.cvent.com/events/printed-fashions-textiles-for-clothing-and-the-home/event-summary-cf13f005b41d415e861abce1869909fa.aspx
Washington DC
DAR Museum. An Agreeable Tyrant: Fashion after the Revolution considers how Americans fashioned a new identity through costume.Fifty manikins in twelve period room explore clothing from 1780 to 1825. No quilts advertised but what the heck.
Through April 29, 2017. Inside information indicates a symposium is planned for the spring. Stay tuned.
http://www.dar.org/museum/exhibitions/current-exhibition
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Cheltenham Town Hall. Quilty Pleasures: tours of the Wilson Art Gallery quilt collection.
Three hour-long tours on March 11, 2017
http://www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/quilty-pleasures-168155/
U.K. Torquay, England
The Quilters Guild holds its 38th annual conference 31 March - 2 April 2017.
http://www.quiltersguild.org.uk/about/conference-agm
Vermont, Essex Junction
Vermont Quilt Festival. June 23-25, 2017
Virginia, Harrisonburg
Virginia Quilt Museum.
Two Golden Ages of Applique. Curated by Debby Cooney. Explores various forms of textile applique in two different eras: 1840-1870 and 1920-1940.
Treasures From the Vault: Wool for Winter, curated by Gloria Comstock.Open February 21, 2017
http://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/upcoming-exhibits/
Virginia, Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. A Century of African-American Quilts features twelve quilts from the collection dating from 1875. Through January, 2018.
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/do/art-museums/rockefeller-museum/century-of-quilts/
In conjunction with the exhibit Printed Fashions: Textiles for Clothing and the Home, 1700-1820, a conference is scheduled for March 26 - 28, 2017.
http://www.cvent.com/events/printed-fashions-textiles-for-clothing-and-the-home/event-summary-cf13f005b41d415e861abce1869909fa.aspx
Washington DC
DAR Museum. An Agreeable Tyrant: Fashion after the Revolution considers how Americans fashioned a new identity through costume.Fifty manikins in twelve period room explore clothing from 1780 to 1825. No quilts advertised but what the heck.
Through April 29, 2017. Inside information indicates a symposium is planned for the spring. Stay tuned.
http://www.dar.org/museum/exhibitions/current-exhibition
Wisconsin, Cedarburg
Wisconsin Quilt Museum. Hexagon Quilts from the collection. February 2 - April 30, 2017.
Wisconsin, Wausau
Wisconsin History Center. Pieces of the Past: Quilts Tell a Story. Through May, 2017.