{"id":4175,"date":"2013-02-04T23:01:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T23:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/?page_id=4175"},"modified":"2023-10-06T17:37:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:37:39","slug":"why-quilts-matter-history-art-politics-episode-1-image-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/resources\/image-resource-galleries\/why-quilts-matter-history-art-politics-episode-1-image-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics – Image Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eli Lilly Family Album (1847). Cotton. 104\u2033 x 105. Gift of Louise Emerson Francke, great-great granddaughter of Eli Lilly. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN<\/p><\/div>\n
What is a quilt? This episode introduces the audience to the brave new world of the American quilt, where that question has many different answers.\u00a0 If a \u2018real\u2019 quilt is a three-layer fabric sandwich sewn together and folded over a bed, how do we define the quilt that is an amalgamation of fabric, photography, print making and other media, and hangs on a gallery wall?\u00a0 Our experts contribute varying perspectives, setting the stage for the complexity of the series\u2019 larger topic: Why quilts matter and how they relate to history, art and politics.<\/p>\n
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