Public Gallery Tour: Parallel Lines

Public Gallery Tour: Parallel Lines

Join curator Dr. Marina Moskowitz to discuss the quilts on view, ask questions, and explore the materials and methods in the exhibit.

By Nancy M. Bruce Center

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Nancy Nicholas Hall

1300 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706

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Parallel Lines: Quilts and the American Landscape explores the parallel processes of quilt-making within the American home and place-making on the American landscape. Featuring nineteenth- and twentieth-century American quilts drawn from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, the exhibit examines some of the most familiar quilt forms – such as nine-patch squares, eight-pointed stars, and “log cabin” blocks with cloth strips radiating outward from a central square “hearth”– as the basis for individual creativity and innovative design. Visitors will be encouraged to view American quilts through a new lens, by comparing these geometric motifs and strong linear compositions to the boundaries, pathways, and structures of the built environment.

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