**UPDATE: Presenter by Zoom** New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell In-Person / Online
UPDATE: Presenter will be in Zoom, but you can still join us either in person in the Mayer Room, Howe Library or online via Zoom. Register for Zoom here.
This program is made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities. Learn more at: https://www.nhhumanities.org
Quilts tell stories, and quilt history is full of myths and misinformation as well as heart-warming tales of service and tradition. Nearly every world culture that has cold weather uses quilted textiles-quilting is NOT just an American art. Pam Weeks weaves world history, women's history, industrial history and just plain wonderful stories into her presentation.
Participants are invited to bring one quilt for identification and/or story sharing. Prompted in part by the material culture at hand, the presenter may speak about fashion fads, the Colonial Revival, quilt-making for Civil War soldiers, and anything else quilt-related she can squeeze in.
Pamela Weeks is the Binney Family Curator of the New England Quilt Museum. Author of the book Civil War Quilts and articles on quilt history, she lectures nationally on quilt-making and quilt history. Weeks uses quilts to tell stories of the Civil War, women's history, and industrial history.
- Date:
- Thursday, February 9, 2023
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Mayer Room, Online
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdumspz8vHNFd2bFigeq5KaakOkESqHoR
- Categories:
- Adult