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- Title
Quilt Documentation Projects, 1980 A989: Exploring the Roots of an National Phenomenon.
- Authors
Humphrey, Christine E.
- Abstract
One of the most notable aspects of the 1980s' surge of interest in quilt history is the documentation of thousands of quilts by small groups throughout the United States-yet, it has been one of the least talked-about aspects of quilt history. This study examines the phenomenon of quilt documentation projects of the 1980s to gain a better understanding of the social and cultural factors that influenced the organizers and the participants. Organizers in thirty-six states initiated or completed statewide documentation projects by 1989. This study examines five of those statewide projects (the Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc., the Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, the North Carolina Quilt Project, the Nebraska Quilt Project, and the Kansas Quilt Project), utilizing archival materials and local, state, and national media coverage to investigate the goals, objectives, and motivations of the project organizers and the project participants.
- Subjects
UNITED States; QUILTS; ART documentation; HISTORY of American art; TEXTILE arts -- History; HISTORY
- Publication
Uncoverings, 2014, Vol 35, p115
- ISSN
0277-0628
- Publication type
Article