The Textile Talk this week spotlights a new exhibit at the International Quilt Museum of the quilts collected by Jack Walsh entitled Water FEATURED. The exhibit "includes pieces commissioned by Walsh to celebrate his love of water, inspired by his career in water utilities and the proximity of Lake Michigan in his childhood and later, by the waterfalls of Watkins Glen, New York." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
In this week's Textile Talk, we'll hear from Christine Martens, an artist and researcher who'll speak on "her extensive travels in Central Asia and about the collecting of patchwork and quilted objects she has done." She will be in conversation with Marin Hanson, Curator of International Collections at the International Quilt Museum. Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
In 2011 Mrs. Rose’s husband, Daniel, proposed a special gift for her 80th birthday – a celebration of the Joanna S. Rose Red and White Collection in an exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. “Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts,” coordinated by the American Folk Art Museum, featured 651 extraordinary quilts. Now you can take a virtual tour of that exhibit!
You wanted to know, and now it's happening. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' quilt collection is now on display at Upcountry History Museum in Greenville, SC in the exhibit Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection through January 30, 2022.
On Friday we featured a video of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns talking about his quilt collection and his decision to finally exhibit them for the public. Now, take a virtual tour of the exhibit featuring his unique collection of quilts at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska in this video.
Celebrated documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is a lover of quilts, and a few years ago he decided to display his collection for the first time publicly at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Nebraska. Learn why he chose to share his quilts, why he chose Nebraska, and catch a glimpse of some of the quilts themselves.
The International Quilt Museum presents a conversation with Nancy Crow. Recorded in 2020 as part of their Virtual First Friday series, the IQM talked to Nancy about her exhibit, Drawings: Monoprints and Riffs, which "showcases two types of contemporary quiltmaking" by Nancy.
Have you recorded your video for the Go Tell It! series for the Quilt Alliance yet? The Quilt Show fan and guest of the show Meg Cox has, and after watching hers you'll see just how easy it is!
The Quilt Show is teaming up with the Quilt Alliance and the International Quilt Museum to collect and share stories about memorial quilts. If you have made a memorial quilt or received one in honor of someone in your life, we would love to hear your story.