{"id":1226,"date":"2011-10-30T20:43:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T20:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2023-10-06T17:20:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:20:32","slug":"why-quilts-matter-history-art-politics-on-ket2-episode-9-quilt-scholarship-romance-and-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/news\/why-quilts-matter-history-art-politics-on-ket2-episode-9-quilt-scholarship-romance-and-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"“Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics” on KET2 – Episode 9, “Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Episode 9, “Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality,” premiers on KET2 on Monday, October 31, at 7PM EST.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Presentation<\/a>From the colonial period to present day, quilts have always been a means of creative expression.\u00a0 They are virtually one of the only art forms with an unbroken chain of production for more than 200 years.\u00a0 Because quilts are icons of American culture, quilt scholarship is vital. “It is important for the same reason any historical art research is important.”\u00a0 Elizabeth Warren, trustee and guest curator at American Folk Art Museum in New York, added, “otherwise it\u2019s just a beautiful object. It needs to be placed in context, in history… so you know something about its past.\u00a0 You can look at art and appreciate it and you can look at a quilt and appreciate it but there is more meaning if you know something about it.”\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t agree more!<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, some facts have a way of growing and changing just like a good game of gossip.\u00a0 One of the most common quilt myths involves the Underground Railroad.\u00a0 As the story goes, quilts supposedly told runaway slaves which direction to go in order to escape to safety.\u00a0 Although a nice thought, these types of stories were nearly impossible to prove and highly unlikely.<\/p>\n

Universities around the country are offering more and more classes about quilts.\u00a0 Because quilts began with domestic roots, they weren’t studied academically until the 19th century.\u00a0 Now, experts are teaching students how quilts are central to many historic and artistic topics. Academics ultimately provide a broader level of interpretation of these vital pieces of material culture.\u00a0 This is what this series is all about.\u00a0 I hope the Scholarship episode will show you how far quilt scholarship has come over the years, and why debunking the legends and folklore really does matter!<\/p>\n

If you can let us know about a piece of quilt scholarship that most people don’t know about, please join us for a discussion on Facebook!<\/a><\/p>\n

– Shelly Zegart<\/p>\n

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\u2192 Find out more about Episode 9, “Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality”<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2192 Watch Episode 9 Preview<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2192 Image Resource Guide for Episode 9<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/em><\/p>\n

Top: The International Quilt Study Center and Museum University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska. www.quiltstudy.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Left: Presentation Quilt<\/em>, (1871). By the members of The Young Ladies Sewing
\nSociety for Susan Elizabeth Daggett. Cotton. 68″ x 76″. Photo by Geoffrey Carr
\nFormerly in the collection of Shelly Zegart. Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago<\/a>. Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n

\"Old<\/a>Learn more about the story of and research behind the Presentation Quilt in the “Old Maid, New Woman” article<\/a> by Shelly Zegart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.\u00a0 They are virtually one of the only art forms with an unbroken chain of production for more than 200 years.\u00a0 Because quilts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6569,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/6569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}