Major Quilt Exhibit Sponsored by the American Folk Art Museum Opens in NYC
From March 25-30, New Yorkers will have a unique opportunity to see the largest quilt exhibition ever mounted in the city–and the experience is free. “Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts” is being organized in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory and is being sponsored by the American Folk Art Museum, an organization that is celebrating the “Year of the Quilt” with other exhibits as well.
The entire collection of red and white quilts being displayed belongs to collector Joanna S. Rose who plans to donate 50 of the quilts to the museum after the Armory exhibit. Rose became a collector almost 60 years ago–in 1957–when she was given her first red and white quilt shortly after the birth of her first child, and therein began a passion for collecting them.
To mount the exhibit, co-curators Elizabeth V. Warren, guest curator and an a leading authority on quilts, and Stacy C. Hollander, senior curator at the museum, have worked with Rose to select 650 quilts to be displayed in the Park Avenue Armory. Thinc Design developed the concept as to how to display and appreciate such a vast collection of quilts in the 55,000 square foot hall. The timing for this weekend’s exhibit is perfect. March is Women’s History Month, and of course, almost all quilts were made by women, and Saturday is National Quilting Day.
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