The fourth biennial symposium, Global Quilt: Cultural Contexts, was held April 2-4, 2009. This symposium explored the full breadth of contexts in which the quiltmaker's art is expressed and transmitted among and across cultures, including the ways in which quilts communicate cultural values, reflect cross-cultural transmission of style or technique, serve as a medium for social connection, or reflect and express environmental, artistic, scientific, and technological influences of the society in which they were made. Keynote Speakers included Jacqueline Atkins (Kate Fowler Merle-Smith Curator of Textiles at the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States) and
Jennifer Harris (Deputy Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery,
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom)
Sponsored by
International Quilt Museum
Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design
College of Education and Human Science
with support by:
UNL Office of International Affairs, UNL Academic Conferences, UNL University Libraries, and UNL Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Sponsored by
International Quilt Museum
Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design
College of Education and Human Science
with support by:
UNL Office of International Affairs, UNL Academic Conferences, UNL University Libraries, and UNL Women’s and Gender Studies Program
2009
Fractal Geometry in African American Quilt Traditions, Judy Bales
Mathematical Classroom Quilts, Elaine Krajenke Ellison
Quilting as a Mode of Self-Expression among Irish Women, Emer Fahy
Indo-Portuguese Quilting Tradition: The Cross-Cultural Context, Patrick J. Finn
Religion and Norwegian-American Quilts, Laurann Gilbertson
Ethnic Quilting Traditions in Magazine Articles 1900–1980, Colleen Hall-Patton
Swedish Quilts in the Context of the Hemslöjd Movement, Laurel Horton
2009 Symposium Speakers, Program & Schedule / The Global Quilt: Cultural Contexts / International Quilt Study Center & Museum 4th Biennial Symposium, International Quilt Study Center & Museum