TWO CENTURIES OF QUILTS: NECESSITY TO FINE ART

TWO CENTURIES OF QUILTS: NECESSITY TO FINE ART
8 WEEK ONLINE ZOOM CLASS
June 4 - July 30, NO Class on July 23
Final class on july 30
TUESDAY 7pm - 8:30pm ET
​$170 JRACRAFT MEMBERS | $210 NON-MEMBERS

Discover the history of quilting in the U.S. in this eight week course studying the quilt’s evolution from a functional object of necessity to collectable fine art. This course will chronologically examine the history of quilting and introduce students to distinctive styles and practices that emerged as quilt making grew in popularity throughout the 20th century. Students will also discover quirky quilt stories, from the 1933 quilt kit loathed by competitors but loved by judges, to NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg’s 2013 quilt block in space.
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In addition to eight live Zoom classes, you will receive extensive resources for further readings and watching. Can’t make a class? No worries, classes will be recorded and made available for all class registrants.

tOPICS iNCLUDE

• Roots of quilting & pivotal milestones in the history of quilting
  
• Introduction to influential quilt makers in the 20th and 21st centuries
  
• Quilt making practices in Native communities, including in boarding schools and in communal spaces
  
• Impact of quilt exhibitions, from local and state fairs to museums and galleries
  
• Contemporary quilting styles and the emergence of the art quilt
  
• Quilts for healing, celebration & youth
  

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR: teresa duryea wong

Teresa Duryea Wong is an author, lecturer, and quilt historian. She is the author of Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022, and five additional books covering Japanese quilts and textiles, American quilts and cotton, and quilts for social justice. She is a contributing writer for Quiltfolk. Teresa is a member of the International Quilt Museum advisory board and the Quilt Alliance board. She has been recognized as a scholar by the Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego and the Texas Quilt Museum. Her lectures are popular with American quilt guilds, and she is invited regularly to lecture at the annual Quiltcon and International Quilt Festival events. She is also a quiltmaker and antique quilt collector. 

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