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The series will air on a limited number of PBS stations over the next three years. Consult your local listings for the PBS scheduled airings of Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics.
Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics is airing on KETKY
from April 11, 2013 to August 8, 2013.
Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics aired on Kentucky Educational Television (KET2)
through October 2012.
Image Resource Galleries
If you’ve seen Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics, you know each episode is chock full of beautiful quilt images. We’ve now put all these beautiful images online in a Pinterest-friendly way, and we’re rolling out one episode at a time for your pinning pleasure.
Quilts 101–Antique & Contemporary Quilts
Eli Lilly Family Album (1847). Cotton. 104″ x 105. Gift of Louise Emerson Francke, great-great granddaughter of Eli Lilly. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Quilts Bring History Alive
Crazy Friendship Quilt (detail) Mattie Layman c. 1896 Wool with cotton backing 70 1/2″ x 78 1/4″ Kentucky Library & Museum Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY
The Quilt Marketplace
Quilts: An American Romance. May 12 – 17, 1980. Somerset Mall, Troy, Michigan. Courtesy Shelly Zegart.
What is Art?
Summer Echo Joy Saville 1994 Cotton, linen, silk 51″ x 54″ Collection of John M. Walsh, III
Gee’s Bend-The Most Famous Quilts in America?
Gee’s Bend Ferry sign.
Courtesy Joe Cunningham and Julie Silber
Episode 6:
How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
Collection of John M. Walsh III exhibition. 2009. Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville, KY.
Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time
Tuley Park Exhibition, 1930s. Tuley Park Quilt Club.
Chicago Park District. Chicago, IL.
Courtesy of Susan Salser.
Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
Photograph of International Quilt Festival Quilts, Inc. and International Quilt Festival Houston, Texas
Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
Quilt books and exhibition catalogues.
Photo by Focal Point.
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