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