Quilt
Exhibits
- American
Folklife Center -
The American Folklife
Center at the Library of Congress was created by Congress in 1976
"to preserve and present American Folklife." The Center
incorporates the Archive of Folk Culture, which was established at
the Library in 1928 as a repository for American Folk Music. The
Center and its collections have grown to encompass all aspects of
folklore and folklife from this country and around the world.
- Textiles
and Quilts - Selected
links to sites hosted by Smithsonian Institution museums and
organizations.
- The
Library of Congress' "Quilts and Quiltmaking in America,
1978-1996" - Quilts and
Quiltmaking in America showcases materials from two American
Folklife Center collections, the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife
Project Collection (1978) and the "All-American Quilt Contest"
sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' End, and Good
Housekeeping. Together these collections provide a glimpse into
America's diverse quilting traditions. The quilt documentation
from the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, an ethnographic
field project conducted by the American Folklife Center in
cooperation with the National Park Service, includes 229
photographs and 181 recorded interviews with six quiltmakers in
Appalachian North Carolina and Virginia. These materials document
quilts and quilting within the context of daily life and reflect a
range of backgrounds, motivations, and aesthetic sensibilities.
The materials presented from the Lands' End All-American Quilt
Contest collection include images of approximately 180 winning
quilts from across the United States. The collection represents a
wide range of quiltmaking, from highly traditional to innovative,
and the quilts pictured exhibit excellent design and technical
skill in a variety of styles and materials.
- San
Jose Museum of Quilts
and Textiles - This museum
has excellent resources online. A great place for kids to view
modern quilts!
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