Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>October 7, 2022 – January 20, 2023<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>An American pastime, quilting was a hobby promoted by our museum’s founder Otto Lightner in his magazine Hobbies<\/em>. Writing in the 1940s about his plans for his St. Augustine museum of hobbies, Lightner envisioned the building, “decorated with museum material such as historical quilts, fine needle work, and rich fabrics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nLike many objects rooted in the everyday, quilts have the capacity to communicate stories about the context in which they were made and used. They represent maps of the quilters\u2019 lives\u2014living records of cultural traditions, rites of passage, relationships, political and spiritual beliefs, landmark events, and future aspirations. In the same way, a map is a pocket-sized abstraction of the world beyond what can be seen; in a quilt, a maker\u2019s choice of fabric and design reveals insights into the topography of her world and place within it.<\/span><\/p>\nHandstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts<\/em> invites viewers to read quilts as maps, tracing the paths of individual stories and experiences that illuminate larger historic events and cultural trends. Spanning the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the exhibition brings together 18 quilts from the collection of the\u00a0American Folk Art Museum, New York,\u00a0representing a range of materials, motifs, and techniques\u2014from traditional early American quilts to contemporary sculptural assemblage. The quilts in\u00a0Handstitched Worlds<\/em>\u00a0show us how this too-often overlooked medium balances creativity with tradition, individuality with collective zeitgeist.<\/span><\/p>\nHandstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts <\/em>opens at the Lightner Museum on October 7, 2022 and runs through January 20, 2023. The exhibition is <\/span>organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\")
<\/span><\/div>Jerry Gretzinger (MI, NY), <\/span>Jerry’s Map (E1\/N1, Generation 11)<\/span><\/i>, 2009-12, Felt-tip pen, colored pencil, acrylic, tape, and plastic clippings on cardboard, Image Courtesy of the American Folk Art Museum, Gift of the artist, Photo by Adam Reich<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The exhibition opening for Handstitched Worlds<\/em>\u00a0will take place during the Lightner Museum’s October 7 Community Open House<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>About International Arts & Artists<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>International Arts & Artists in Washington, DC, is a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally, through exhibitions, programs and services to artists, arts institutions and the public. Visit <\/span>artsandartists.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
October 7, 2022 – January 20, 2023<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>An American pastime, quilting was a hobby promoted by our museum’s founder Otto Lightner in his magazine Hobbies<\/em>. Writing in the 1940s about his plans for his St. Augustine museum of hobbies, Lightner envisioned the building, “decorated with museum material such as historical quilts, fine needle work, and rich fabrics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nLike many objects rooted in the everyday, quilts have the capacity to communicate stories about the context in which they were made and used. They represent maps of the quilters\u2019 lives\u2014living records of cultural traditions, rites of passage, relationships, political and spiritual beliefs, landmark events, and future aspirations. In the same way, a map is a pocket-sized abstraction of the world beyond what can be seen; in a quilt, a maker\u2019s choice of fabric and design reveals insights into the topography of her world and place within it.<\/span><\/p>\nHandstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts<\/em> invites viewers to read quilts as maps, tracing the paths of individual stories and experiences that illuminate larger historic events and cultural trends. Spanning the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the exhibition brings together 18 quilts from the collection of the\u00a0American Folk Art Museum, New York,\u00a0representing a range of materials, motifs, and techniques\u2014from traditional early American quilts to contemporary sculptural assemblage. The quilts in\u00a0Handstitched Worlds<\/em>\u00a0show us how this too-often overlooked medium balances creativity with tradition, individuality with collective zeitgeist.<\/span><\/p>\nHandstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts <\/em>opens at the Lightner Museum on October 7, 2022 and runs through January 20, 2023. The exhibition is <\/span>organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Jerry Gretzinger (MI, NY), <\/span>Jerry’s Map (E1\/N1, Generation 11)<\/span><\/i>, 2009-12, Felt-tip pen, colored pencil, acrylic, tape, and plastic clippings on cardboard, Image Courtesy of the American Folk Art Museum, Gift of the artist, Photo by Adam Reich<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The exhibition opening for Handstitched Worlds<\/em>\u00a0will take place during the Lightner Museum’s October 7 Community Open House<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>About International Arts & Artists<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>International Arts & Artists in Washington, DC, is a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally, through exhibitions, programs and services to artists, arts institutions and the public. Visit <\/span>artsandartists.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
An American pastime, quilting was a hobby promoted by our museum’s founder Otto Lightner in his magazine Hobbies<\/em>. Writing in the 1940s about his plans for his St. Augustine museum of hobbies, Lightner envisioned the building, “decorated with museum material such as historical quilts, fine needle work, and rich fabrics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Like many objects rooted in the everyday, quilts have the capacity to communicate stories about the context in which they were made and used. They represent maps of the quilters\u2019 lives\u2014living records of cultural traditions, rites of passage, relationships, political and spiritual beliefs, landmark events, and future aspirations. In the same way, a map is a pocket-sized abstraction of the world beyond what can be seen; in a quilt, a maker\u2019s choice of fabric and design reveals insights into the topography of her world and place within it.<\/span><\/p>\n Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts<\/em> invites viewers to read quilts as maps, tracing the paths of individual stories and experiences that illuminate larger historic events and cultural trends. Spanning the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the exhibition brings together 18 quilts from the collection of the\u00a0American Folk Art Museum, New York,\u00a0representing a range of materials, motifs, and techniques\u2014from traditional early American quilts to contemporary sculptural assemblage. The quilts in\u00a0Handstitched Worlds<\/em>\u00a0show us how this too-often overlooked medium balances creativity with tradition, individuality with collective zeitgeist.<\/span><\/p>\n Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts <\/em>opens at the Lightner Museum on October 7, 2022 and runs through January 20, 2023. The exhibition is <\/span>organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> International Arts & Artists in Washington, DC, is a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to increasing cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally, through exhibitions, programs and services to artists, arts institutions and the public. Visit <\/span>artsandartists.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jerrys-Map-E1N1-Generation-11.jpg\")
Jerry Gretzinger (MI, NY), <\/span>Jerry’s Map (E1\/N1, Generation 11)<\/span><\/i>, 2009-12, Felt-tip pen, colored pencil, acrylic, tape, and plastic clippings on cardboard, Image Courtesy of the American Folk Art Museum, Gift of the artist, Photo by Adam Reich<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The exhibition opening for Handstitched Worlds<\/em>\u00a0will take place during the Lightner Museum’s October 7 Community Open House<\/span><\/h4>\n
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