The International Quilt Study Center & Museum offers a range of classes to both graduate students and to interested individuals. Ongoing lectures, workshops, and symposia present unique opportunities for learning to those interested in building knowledge about quilts and their history. Subscribe to our Quilt of the Month for updates on educational programs and special events.
Please read the course and workshop descriptions carefully to learn about credit availability, pricing and registration deadlines. We are not permitted to offer non-credit enrollment in courses offered for academic credit.
Courses & Workshops
- Design Perspectives and Issues: Aesthetics and the Quilt
TXCD 905 D Design Perspectives and Issues: Aesthetics and the Quilt
Instructor: Michael James
Spring Semester 2009
3 credits -- Distance Delivery Course
ESTIMATED tuition and fees: Graduate credit: Nebraska resident, $700; non-resident, $1100
This online/distance delivery seminar will examine issues in aesthetics as related to both historical and nontraditional quilts. Extensive readings in the areas of aesthetics, contemporary art, design and craft theory, and social and critical theory will support investigative, analytical and critical writing about selected works from the collections of the International Quilt Study Center and elsewhere.
Michael James is the Ardis James Professor of Textiles and the Chair of the Dept. of Textiles, Clothing & Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He exhibits his work widely in solo and group exhibitions. He was honored in 1999 with a 25-year retrospective at the Museum of the American Quilter's Society in Kentucky, and his work has been included in six Quilt National competitions as well as in invitational shows at the Museum of Arts and Design (formerly the American Craft Museum) in New York City. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Arts and Design, the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, D.C., as well as the Mint Museum of Craft.
Only students admitted to a UNL graduate program will be permitted to enroll in this course. Registration begins October 27, 2008.
Technical requirements: PC Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or higher, Pentium processor 100MHz (minimum), 24 MB of RAM, 10 MB of hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, 28.8 KBPS (minimum) modem, Internet access. OR Mac: Mac OS system 7.6 or later, PowerPC processor 100 MHz (minimum), 24 MB of RAM, 10 MB hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, 28.8 KBPS (minimum) modem, Internet access.
- Textile and Costume Conservation Workshop
TXCD 890A Workshop
Instructor: Martha Grimm
July 13-17, 2009
1 credit
ESTIMATED tuition and fees: Graduate credit: Nebraska resident, $275; non-resident, $625;
This one-week workshop will present theoretical considerations and provide practical demonstrations and hands-on experience in the repair and stabilization of textiles and costume, wet cleaning, preparation of display mounts for exhibition, and preparation of storage mounts for items that pose unique challenges. This workshop is designed for graduate students in textile history, textile design, costume history and quilt studies. The workshop will complement, not duplicate the 3-credit course "Care and Conservation of Textile Collections" offered Spring 2010 during the semester of residency for students in the hybrid distance delivery program in textile history/quilt studies. It will offer demonstrations and hands-on experiences in repair and stabilization techniques, wet cleaning and more.
Martha Winslow Grimm is Executive Director of Textile & Costume Conservation Services, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona and has been a conservator in private practice for over twenty years. She is contract textile/costume conservator with the Missouri Historical Society, Phoenix Art Museum, Heard Museum and has worked with many other museums and historic houses throughout the United States. She has experience working with quilts, flags, samplers, couturier collections, ethnographic artifacts, and historic textiles and clothing.
Admitted students enrolling for credit may register starting March 2009. Students may audit this workshop. To audit a course, you must go through regular UNL registration procedures.
- Registration Information
Registration is a two-step process. First, you must apply for admission to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Once admitted, you may register for a workshop or course. Note: Because space is limited, please call 402-472-2911 to confirm that space is available before you begin the admission application process.
Non-degree seeking students who wish to earn college credit, may request the expedited application procedure when they call; no transcripts are required for this process. For more information, click on the link below for the Graduate Studies web site.
We encourage degree-seeking students to apply for admission by January 15 to ensure a smooth transition. You may apply for admission after that date, but you may not be admitted in time to register for classes on the first day of registration in March.
UNL offers several ways to work toward a M.A. degree with a Quilt Studies emphasis. For information on those programs click here. Forms for graduate admission are available from the Graduate Studies Office, 402-472-2878 or click on the link to their website below. Outside the Lincoln area, call 800-742-8800, ext. 2878.
Once you have been admitted, you will be given instructions on the University of Nebraska telephone registration system. Summer phone registration begins in early March.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate Studies
