Antique Quilt Exhibits: Spring & Summer 2019
Here's a list through the end of summer 2019.
Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Bold Improvisation: Searching for African-American Quilts, The Heffley Collection. Through May 5, 2019
http://fsram.org/exhibitions/bold-improvisation-120-years-of-african-american-quilts/
http://fsram.org/exhibitions/bold-improvisation-120-years-of-african-american-quilts/
The Old State House Museum. A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans. Years ago the late Cuesta Benberry curated this exhibit of quilts from the collection, now rehung, up through Fall, 2019.
http://www.oldstatehouse.com/rotating-exhibits/a-piece-of-my-soul
Folsom History Museum, Memories Matter. Through April 14, 2019.
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/87eac1_08349ea003d34bf1bf553a23a2658b4d.pdf
Colorado, Golden
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Henry Hite's Hawaiian Quilts dating from 1890 to 1992.
April 22 - July 20, 2019
Connecticut, Brimfield
Antique Market Week. May 14 & 15.
https://brimfieldantiquefleamarket.com/
Sarasota, Florida
Ringling Museum of Art, The Fabric of India, traveling exhibit of 140 pieces from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
July 7 - October 13, 2019
Sarasota, Florida
Ringling Museum of Art, The Fabric of India, traveling exhibit of 140 pieces from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
July 7 - October 13, 2019
Florida, Trenton
Florida Quilt Museum. Exhibit of Judy Kaman Grow's collection. Through March, 2019.
Wylie House Museum. Annual antique exhibit curated by Mary Figueroa.
March 7– May 31, 2019
https://libraries.indiana.edu/antique-quilt-exhibition
March 7– May 31, 2019
https://libraries.indiana.edu/antique-quilt-exhibition
Indiana, Indianapolis
Butler University Arts Center. Imagine the Possibilities: An Exhibition of Traditional, Antique and Vintage Quilts. One of three consecutive quilt exhibits, traditional, transitional and contemporary.March 19- April 12
https://butlerartscenter.org/event/i-imagine-possibilities-exhibition-traditional-antique-and-vintage-quilts
Iowa, Winterset
https://butlerartscenter.org/event/i-imagine-possibilities-exhibition-traditional-antique-and-vintage-quilts
Iowa, Winterset
Iowa Quilt Museum.The 2nd annual Airing of the Quilts with quilts all over town. April, 27, 2019.
Stitched Through Time: A History of Quilting
July 9th – September 29th, 2019
July 9th – September 29th, 2019
Massachusetts, Lowell
New England Quilt Museum. Just For the Fun of It: Favorites from the Pilgrim Roy Collection Through March 30, 2019
International Quilt Study Center & Museum. Old World Quilts. The oldest quilts in the collection.
April 25 - April 27, 2019
http://www.museumquilttours.com/
North Carolina Museum of History, QuiltSpeak: Uncovering Women’s Voices Through Quilts
May 4, 2019 - March 1, 2020
https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/quiltspeak
Catalog available for $20 at the museum's shop:
https://www.ncmuseumofhistoryshop.com/
Curator Diana Bell-Kite's gallery tour, May 18th, 2-3.
Ohio, Hardin
To celebrate the county's bi-centennial anniversary a quilt show April 27, 2019 at the Hardin United Methodist Church.
Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown
Winters Heritage House Museum. 28th Annual Quilt Exhibit. May 1-31, 2019.
http://www.elizabethtownhistory.org/may-2018-quilt-show
http://www.elizabethtownhistory.org/may-2018-quilt-show
Packwood House Museum, another of their periodic shows of Pennsylvania quilts.
June 1 - October 5, 2019
https://packwoodhousemuseum.com/event/packwood-house-museum-quilt-exhibit/?instance_id=1351
South Carolina, Charleston
AQS Exhibition. The antique quilt show: From Hands Alone: Selected Quilts from the Collection of Chris Moline. September 15-27, 2019.
Tennessee, Nashville
Tennessee State Museum. Between the Layers: Art and Story in Tennessee Quilts.Quilts from the collection. Through May 27, 2019.
https://www.tn.gov/museum/news/2018/11/19/tennessee-state-museum-to-explore-the-art-and-story-in-tennessee-quilts-with-new-exhibition.html
Saturday, April 13 the Museum will host an all day event featuring lectures and quilt identification session byMerikay Waldvogel, Margaret Ordonez and Teri Klaussen.
Saturday, April 13 the Museum will host an all day event featuring lectures and quilt identification session byMerikay Waldvogel, Margaret Ordonez and Teri Klaussen.
Vermont Quilt Festival. The antique exhibit this year: Quilted Treasures of New York, curated by Sharon Waddell.
June 26 - 29 2019
Vermont: Shelburne
Shelburne Museum: Ink + Icons: Album Quilts from the Permanent Collection. Nine quilts from the collection.May 1 - October 31, 2019
https://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibition/ink-icons-album-quilts-from-the-permanent-collection/
https://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibition/ink-icons-album-quilts-from-the-permanent-collection/
Virginia Quilt Museum, Treasures From the Vault: Virginia Stars. Through July 13, 2019
Treasures From the Vault: Mutual West Virginia &Virginia Quilts. July 23– December 14, 2019www.vaquiltmuseum.org
April 9, 2019. Noon. Curator Alden O'Brien lecture: "Candidates and Celebrities in 19th century Quilts"
Washington D.C.
DAR Museum. A Piece of Her Mind: Culture and Technology in American Quilts
Through December 31, 2019
November 15, 2019. “Culture and Technology in American Quilts: A Symposium.”
Washington, La Conner
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, Hartsfield Family Collection. Quilts from several generations of an African-American family.