Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design & the Studio Quilt

Quilts by 21 contemporary artists were assembled from the permanent collection of the International Quilt Museum and complemented by several related works in various mediums owned by local collectors.

Michael James, internationally recognized quilt artist and chair of UNL's Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design and fellow fiber artist and New York City-based art critic Sandra Sider curated the exhibition and wrote the accompanying catalog (available at the museum kiosk or online) and audio tour. Works in the exhibition were from five countries and ranged from abstract to whimsically concrete.

The contemporary studio quilt evolved from earlier quilting traditions. This exhibition highlighted how today's innovators give quilts new meanings.

Works in the Exhibition

Number 47
Pamela Studstill
Pipe Creek, Texas
1985
60.5 x 85 inches
Ardis and Robert James Collection, 1997.007.1061

PW Block #5
Ellen Oppenheimer
Oakland, California
2003
65 x 65 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2004.022.0001

Colourwash Spillikins
Deirdre Amsden
Norfolk, England, U.K.
1998
62.5 x 80 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2005.038.0001

Dot Flag
Mary Anne Jordan
Lawrence, Kansas
2006
109 x 43 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2006.052.0001

MOOG
Jan Myers-Newbury
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2006
68 x 71.5 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2007.024.0001

Wind over Water
Pauline Burbidge
Allanton, Scotland, U.K.
2003
72 x 71.5 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2005.004.0001

A Lake/A Bowl
Dorothy Caldwell
Hastings, Ontario, Canada
2003
108 x 119.5 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2006.038.0001

Pantelleria
Teresina Gai
Pinerolo, Piedmont, Italy
c. 2006
56 x 52 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2007.019.0001

Oil Rig
Jo Budd
Bungay, Suffolk, U.K.
1996
98 x 125.5 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2007.039.0002

Lake Superior Quilt
Terrie Hancock Mangat
Taos, New Mexico
77.5 x 63 inches (quilt)
Gift of Terrie Hancock Mangat, 2009.021.0001

Sawblade
Therese May
San Jose, California
1985
69 x 77 inches
Ardis and Robert James Collection, 1997.007.1079

The Men: Mask Face Quilt #2
Faith Ringgold
New York, New York
1986
69.5 x 62 inches
Ardis and Robert James Collection, 1997.007.1083

Mums are Heroes
Lynn Setterington
Manchester, England, U.K.
2005
67.5 x 53 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2006.015.0001

The Sorrow of the Black Women
Ursula Rauch
Weingarten, Württemberg, Germany
1996
75 x 54 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2006.043.0012

Sock Monkey Jamboree
Mary Catherine Lamb
(b. Oakland, California 1949; d. Portland, Oregon, 2009)
Portland, Oregon
2007
61.5 x 46 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2007.043.0001

The Calendar/Moon: Card #18 in the Kitchen Tarot
Susan Shie
Wooster, Ohio
2007
89.5 x 69 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2008.002.0002

Caryatids
Emily Richardson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004
64 x 15 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2005.025.0001

Le labyrinth des signes (Pictographic Maze)
Anne Woringer
Paris, France
2006
39 x 40.5 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2008.022.0001

Autumn 1
Barbara Watler
Hollywood, Florida
2007
107 x 59 inches each, 107 x 254 inches overall
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2008.032.0002

Autumn 2
Barbara Watler
Hollywood, Florida
2007
107 x 59 inches each, 107 x 254 inches overall
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2008.032.0002

Autumn 3
Barbara Watler
Hollywood, Florida
2007
107 x 59 inches each, 107 x 254 inches overall
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2008.032.0002

Autumn 4
Barbara Watler
Hollywood, Florida
2007
107 x 59 inches each, 107 x 254 inches overall
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2008.032.0002

Through the Trees: Solstice Moon
Chris Wolf Edmonds
Berryton, Kansas
2001
67.5 x 39 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2005.005.0001

Through the Trees: Under The Storm
Chris Wolf Edmonds
Berryton, Kansas
2001
66.5 x 41.5 inches
Purchase made possible through James Foundation Acquisition Fund, 2005.005.0002

Works in the Exhibition