Schedule

2013 Symposium Schedule

Quilts in Context: The Making of Meaning
Sixth Biennial Symposium
April 26-27, 2013

The sixth biennial symposium focuses on how the meaning of quilts is shaped and altered by various contexts:

• Domestic interiors, decorative, furnishings, and architectural contexts
• Relationships between quilts and fashion/style that situate them within shared material contexts
• Appearance in photos, print, advertising that show real or imagined contexts made possible by technology

2013 Schedule

Thursday, April 25
7:30-9 p.m.
Reception –The weekend begins with a get-acquainted reception for all symposium attendees.
Location: Holiday Inn Downtown, 141 N. 9th St., Lincoln, NE

Friday, April 26
9 a.m.
Shuttle bus departs Holiday Inn Downtown

9:30 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
Location: IQSCM-- Lower Lobby

10 a.m. Morning Program
Location: IQSCM – Campbell/Hodder Seminar Room

10 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Patricia Crews, Director, International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Michael James, Chairmen, Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design

10:15-11:15 a.m.
“A New Look at Old Photographs”
Joan Severa, Curator emeritus of costume at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and author of the award-winning book, Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840–1900.

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tours
Location: International Quilt Study Center & Museum (IQSCM)
Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Conservation Work Room with Kim Taylor, IQSCM Collections Manager or Carolyn Ducey, Curator of Collections. On view will be a selection of seldom seen, distinctive and unusual quilts from the IQSCM’s Permanent Collection.
or
Tour of "Perfecting the Past: Colonial Revival Quilts" with Jonathan Gregory, IQSCM Assistant Curator of Exhibitions
or
Tour of "Indigo Gives America the Blues" with Marin Hanson, IQSCM Curator of Exhibitions
or
Tour of "Civil War U.S. Sanitary Commission Quilts Reproductions" and "Post 9/11 Memorial Quilts" with Don Beld, quiltmaker and founder of Home of the Brave Quilt Project

(Participants will be divided into groups of approximately 20 persons for the tours and will have the opportunity to attend all tour options)

12:30 p.m.
Box Lunch
Location: IQSCM Reception Hall

1:30 p.m.
Afternoon Program
“Discovering Meaning in Historic Quilt Photos”
Janet Finley, author of Quilts in Everyday Life, 1855-1955: A 100-Year Photographic History, combined her life-long fascination with photography and quilts into a collection of 1,000 historic photographic images with quilts. A selection is on view in the exhibition ‘Posing with Patchwork: Quilts in Photographs, 1855-1955,’ for which she served as guest exhibition curator.

2:30–3 p.m.
Afternoon Break

3-4 p.m.
Tours (Repeat)
(Participants will be divided into groups of approximately 20 persons for the tours and will have the opportunity to attend all tour options)

4 p.m.
Optional Activity – Walk to Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery and view current exhibition.

4:30 p.m.
Reception and Informal Fashion Show featuring fashions designed by UNL Apparel Design Students, which incorporate fabric manipulations inspired by quilting and quiltmaking traditions.

5:30 p.m.
Keynote Lecture
“Domesticating Quilts: Furnishings, Formalism and Folk Art”
Linda Eaton, John L. & Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles at Winterthur Museum

7 p.m.
Shuttle bus returns to Holiday Inn Downtown

Saturday, April 27
Location: International Quilt Study Center & Museum for entire day

9 a.m.
Shuttle bus departs Holiday Inn Downtown

9:30 a.m.
Registration and Coffee

10 a.m. Morning Program
Welcome & Introductions
Patricia Crews, Director, International Quilt Study Center & Museum

“Intertwined Threads: Quilts & Costume”
Lynne Bassett, an independent scholar specializing in New England's historic costume and textiles. From 1995-2000 she was the curator of textiles and fine arts at Old Sturbridge Village.

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tours (Repeat)
(Participants will be divided into groups of approximately 20 persons for the tours and will have the opportunity to attend all tour options)

12:30 p.m.
Box Lunch
Location: IQSCM, Reception Hall

1:30 p.m.
Afternoon Program
Location: IQSCM, Campbell/Hodder Seminar Room

“Discovering Context: Current Research in the IQSCM Collections”
A panel presentation by IQSCM Curators Carolyn Ducey, Marin Hanson and Jonathan Gregory

2:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks

2:45- 3 p.m.
Afternoon Break

3-4 p.m.
Tours (Repeat)
(Participants will be divided into groups of approximately 20 persons for the tours and will have the opportunity to attend all tour options)

4:30 p.m.
Shuttle bus returns to Holiday Inn Downtown

Conference Fee Includes:
• All lectures, four curator-led tours, fashion show by UNL apparel design students
• Coffee breaks and lunches (Friday & Saturday)
• Receptions --Thursday and Friday evenings
• General Admission (Friday & Saturday) to the International Quilt Study Center & Museum)