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An author and professor of political science at Elmhurst University, Dr. Teri Walker shares research on the unique political power of quilted messages and quilt activists.

In the Spring of 2023, Hanson and Nomura conducted a series of interviews with leading Japanese quiltmakers. As part of their “Japanese Quiltmaker Oral History Project,” Hanson and Nomura asked these makers to reflect on their long careers as artists and teachers. The quiltmakers also shared about their work process and inspirations. Join Hanson and Nomura as they share some of the stories and ...

The International Quilt Museum returns for a second conversation with Basil Kincaid, an American artist who honors and evolves traditional practices through quilting, collaging, photography, installation, and performance. The conversation will be led by Dr. Sharbreon Plummer. Dr. Plummer is a strategist, educator, and independent researcher whose work focuses on Southern folkways and Black text...

Join the International Quilt Museum for a panel discussion featuring Sarah Walcott, IQM Collections Manager, and Jamie Swartz, IQM Collections Assistant, in conversation with Addison Henshaw, Tucker Smith, and Milo Hintz, students at the Arts and Humanities Focus Program in Lincoln, Nebraska. Walcott and Swartz co-curated the exhibition “Feed Sacks: An American Fairy Tale.” Henshaw, Smith, and ...

Quilt artist Ben Venom joins IQM Collections Assistant Jamie Swartz for this edition of Textile Talks. Under the banner of aggressive music, motorcycle culture and skateboarding, Venom makes quilts that look like a punk rock show sounds - abrasive, loud, and fun. Venom’s quilts are usually comprised of reclaimed fabrics including used jeans, workwear, donated band t-shirts and the like.

Quilt scholar and collector Sue Reich joins IQM Curator of Collections Carolyn Ducey for an online discussion of the exhibition "World War I Quilts: The Sue Reich Collection." Learn how quiltmakers during the World War I responded to the conflict with patriotic messages, personal stories and philanthropic efforts. Over the years, Reich garnered substantial collections of quilts and textiles fro...

Do you like scrappy quilts? Quilts with feedsack? Quilts used to express political messages, activist impulses, or group allegiance? How about Sears Century of Progress contest quilts or Kansas City Star pattern quilts? Maybe you love looking at historical photos that show quilts and textiles being made or used. Join historian Janneken Smucker and collector/author Roderick Kiracofe for A New De...

Artworks are generously incorporated into the legendary Burning Man gathering. While several hundred pieces of art are officially placed by the organization, hundreds more can be found at independent, themed camps strewn across the Nevada desert location. Join IQM Executive Director Leslie Levy and retired Wall Street Journal reporter Meg Cox as they explore the imaginative textile arts of Burn...

In this lecture, Dr. Janneken Smucker talks about how the federal government used quilts during the Great Depression of the 1930s as a way to put people back to work and symbolically to help lift public morale. Drawing on her book, "A New Deal for Quilts," published by the IQM in 2023, Smucker will share stories of American quiltmakers coping with the Great Depression and the government program...

Born in Sardinia and raised in Florence, Italy, Annamaria Brenti graduated with a degree in mathematics prior to relocating to the United States. It was there Brenti discovered a passion for American quilt styles. Her pictorial quilts are a combination of her Italian cultural background as well as her love of quiltmaking and mathematics. An exhibition of Brenti's work will be on display in the ...

Take a walk through a fabulous pop-up exhibit of Native American quilt history inside the archives at the International Quilt Museum. Our speakers are author, lecturer, and historian Teresa Duryea Wong and Carolyn Ducey, International Quilt Museum Ardis B. James Curator of Collections. Teresa will share info from her latest book "Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 - 2022". She ...

A walk through of Yoshiko Kurihara's retrospective exhibition in May 2023 at the nationally famous Tokamachi Quilt Festival in Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan.

Sewing Saturday Embellish Event for Kids! Ages 5 Adult Supervision Required September 9th from 10AM-12PM Feel So Good by LiQWYD | www.liqwydmusic.com Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

For geographers and other social scientists, "place" is not simply a physical location. The concept of place includes both tangible and intangible characteristics, and it reflects the ever-changing nature of a geographical area. Textiles are often key elements in defining a sense of place. Around the world, quilted, appliquéd, and pieced textiles help create specific spaces, especially temporar...

Textile Talks - A Conversation with Artist Basil Kincaid

Textile Talks - Miniature Costumes & Quilts: Geeta Khandelwal's Labor of Love

Textile Talks - Facilitating a Community Quilt Project for Adults with Disabilities in Tokyo, Japan

Textile Talks - Black at Work: Engaging Youth through Textiles & Artmaking, @ the Int'l Quilt Museum

Textile Talks - Quiltfolk: On Risk, Intuition, & The Power of Story

Textile Talks - Uncovering Black History: Quilts from the Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi

Power, Purpose, Perseverance: Visualizing Black History in Quilts by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi

First Friday Fun: On the Theme of Water

Textile Talks: Water FEATURED w/ collector Jack Walsh III

Barbara Brackman's The Quilt Detective: Clues in Turkey Red

First Friday Fun: Quilted Portraits

Textile Talks | Collecting Patchwork in Central Asia: A Discussion with Christine Martens

Quilt Conversation w/ Freddy Moran

First Friday Fun: Wild Textiles

Textile Talks: From the Studio with Curator Carolyn Ducey