From Flying Down to Rio
Buy yourself a seat inside the plane and take a trip to
see these shows and conferences.
California, Pasadena
Huntington Library. Becoming America: Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection. The Fieldings' new wing exhibits objects from their folk-arts collection including quilts. Their focus: American ingenuity in art for utilitarian purposes by craftspeople in 18th & 19th century rural New England. Through October, 2019.
California, San Diego
Mingei Museum of Folk Art. Kantha, 40 Indian pieces made from recycled sari and decoratively stitched. October 28 -March 25, 2018.
https://mingei.org/exhibitions/
https://mingei.org/exhibitions/
Massachusetts, Lowell
New England Quilt Museum. Gilding the Lily: Embroidery in Quilts Past and Present. August 31 - December 30
IQSCM staff Eduardo Jimenez at Off the Grid
Nebraska, Lincoln
International Quilt Study Center & Museum/Quilt House.
Off the Grid: The Bill Volckening Collection. Through August 27, 2017.
Block by Block: American Quilts in the Industrial Age. Curator: Janice Frisch. August 4-November 30, 2017.
Red & White Quilts from the IQSCM Education Collection. September 26-November 22, 2017
The Netherlands, Leeuwarden
Fries Museum. Chintz, Cotton in Bloom. Through September 10, 2017.
New York City
American Folk Art Museum. War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics. September 6, 2017–January 7, 2018. 29 quilts made by men using British uniform wools.
Ohio, Cincinnati
Taft Museum of Art. Elegant Geometry: British & American Mosaic Patchwork Quilts. Traveling Exhibit from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. October 21, 2017–January 21, 2018.http://www.taftmuseum.org/
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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.
South Carolina, Charleston
Charleston Museum. This year's quilt show: Piece by Piece Quilts Inspired by Nature. Through August.
Texas, LaGrange
Texas Quilt Museum. Hearts and Flowers: Antique Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. Through October 1, 2017
Vermont, Shelburne
Pieced Traditions: Jean Lovell Collects. Through October 31, 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.
July 27 - 29: "Friction, Fray, and Fabric: Textiles in the First World War" - 3rd Annual Virginia Quilt Museum Symposium
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.
Printed Fashions: Textiles for Clothing and the Home, 1700-1820 includes a few quilts (one with a John Hewson panel) and a lot of early fabrics.
Wisconsin, Wausau
Wisconsin History Center. Pieces of the Past: Quilts Tell a Story. Extended through August, 2017.http://marathoncountyhistory.org/facilities/exhibits