Episode 9, “Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality,” premiers on KET2 on Monday, October 31, at 7PM EST. From the colonial period to present day, quilts have always been a means of creative expression. They are virtually one of the only art forms with an unbroken chain of production for more than 200 years. Because quilts […]
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Episode 8, “Quilt Nation: 20,000,000 and Counting,” premiers on KET2 on Monday, October 24, at 7PM EST. 3,600,000,000 dollars per year! Who knew the quilting industry, which includes more than 20 million Americans, had such an economic impact. Quilting is alive and well, yet most people remain unaware of its size, diversity, and economic clout. […]
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Episode 7, “Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time,” premiers on KET2 on Monday, October 17, at 7PM EST. The land of the free was not always free for everyone. Women were not free to truly express themselves in the 19th century. However, they found ways to express their views, especially concerning politics. Whether obviously […]
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Episode 6, “How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected” premiers on KET2 next Monday, October 10, at 7PM EST. The 1920s weren’t just famous for flappers and bootleg gin! It was the decade that Americans rediscovered quilts and the era of colonial revival. Collectors and curators in the museum world were suddenly eager to reproduce […]
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Episode 5, “Gee’s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America?,” premiers on KET2 next Monday, October 3, at 7PM EST. In 2002, I had a life changing experience when I was able to visit the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. I visited them in their homes, shared meals with them, and was overwhelmed by the […]
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Episode 4, “What is Art?,” premiers on KET2 next Monday, September 26, at 7PM EST. This episode delves into the age-old question of “what makes art, art?” The quilt started out as a craft made for a useful purpose by women but what about when quilts are deemed ‘art’ as they cover museum walls? Vadis […]
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Episode 3, “The Quilt Marketplace,” premiers on KET2 next Monday, September 19, at 7PM EST. The marketplace for quilts has always been a bit of a mystery. It’s hard for most people to understand why some quilts are so much pricier than others, and why some quilts aren’t worth anything at all. The antique quilt […]
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Episode 2, “Quilts Bring History Alive,” premiers on KET2 next Monday, September 12, at 7PM EST. We all wonder how people really thought, dressed, traveled, and behaved in generations past, and we need only to look to quilts to find out. Quilts are informative as a textbook but much more fun to read! Women made […]
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Quilts may seem as American as apple pie but they did not originate in America! Quilting began as an ancient technique used in places like China, Turkey and Egypt. Quilts, as we know them, originated in England in the 17th century to form decorative bed covers. However, over the years, quilts have veered away from […]
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Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics by The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
