Antique Quilt Shows Fall 2019 & Winter 2020

Embroidered & dyed roadster needlework

Hop in the roadster and head for a quilt show featuring antique quilts.

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Buzz Saw, Docella Wilson, Bradley Arkansas

Arkansas, Little Rock
Old State House Museum. A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans. Years ago the late Cuesta Benberry curated this exhibit of quilts from the collection, now rehung, up through Fall, 2019.
http://www.oldstatehouse.com/rotating-exhibits/a-piece-of-my-soul

California, Los Angeles

Craft in America Center. Quilts: Highlights From the Episode coordinates with the PBS TV series Craft In America: Quilts, premiering on PBS December 27th. Show: January 11-March 21, 2020.

https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/4261-deep-dive-into-quilts-with-craft-in-americas-new-pbs-episode-and-

Colorado, Golden

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. In The British Style: English Paper Pieced Quilts and Antique Paper Pieced Quilts from the RMQM Collection. October 21 - January 18, 2020
http://rmqm.org

Connecticut, Hartford

Connecticut Historical Society, Connecticut Quilts, curated by Lynn Z. Bassett.

Through May 16, 2020. Tours of the exhibit every Saturday.

https://chs.org/exhibition/coming-soon-connecticut-quilts/

Georgia, Carrollton

Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum. Antique Quilts from the Collection of Marti Michell

Through January 25, 2020

https://www.southeasternquiltandtextilemuseum.org/

Louisiana, New Orleans

New Orleans Museum of Art: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Five new purchases. Through March 8th, 2020.

https://noma.org/exhibitions/the-quilts-of-gees-bend/#about

Nebraska, Lincoln

International Quilt Study Center & Museum

Old World Quilts. The earliest quilts in the collection, curated by Carolyn Ducey. Through July 12, 2020.

New Views: Shape Shifters. Recent acquisitions. Through March 29, 2020.
Quilts from the Claire Vlasin Collection. Through February 23, 2020.

https://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibition/old-world-quilts

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North Carolina, Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of History, QuiltSpeak: Uncovering Women’s Voices Through Quilts
Through March 1, 2020
https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/quiltspeak
Catalog available for $20 at the museum's shop:

https://www.ncmuseumofhistoryshop.com/

Ohio, Kent
Kent State Museum. Ohio quilts from the collection.
https://www.kent.edu/museum/news/explore-ohios-rich-history-ksu-museums-ohio-quilts-exhibit

South Carolina, Columbia

McKissick Museum, Piece by Piece: Quilts from the Permanent Collection. Three rotations illustrating the evolution of this textile tradition.

Through July 18, 2020.

Washington, Spokane

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Memory and Meaning: Textiles from the Permanent Collection, featuring an embroidered 17th-century Bengali quilt.  

Through January 12, 2020

https://www.northwestmuseum.org/exhibits/current-exhibits