"First Biennial Symposium - Wild by Design: Features 4 Exhibtions"
2003-02-14 until 2003-03-31
International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE, USA United States of America

Four new exhibitions from the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska open in February in Lincoln Nebraska as part of the Center's first biennial symposium "Wild by Design." View the exciting Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts quilt exhibition in the newly renovated Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Enjoy an exhibition of Midwestern Amish crib quilts at the Great Plains Art Collection Gallery and see contemporary art quilts by Radka Donnell at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery. Finally, discover New Design/New Dynamics: Quilt Concepts for the 21st Century, a juried, multimedia exhibition of work created by college students from around the nation. All exhibitions are conveniently located on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts showcases American quilts that explore innovation in color, abstraction, figuration and other modes of expression. This dynamic group of quilts ranges in date from the early 1800s to the present day and illustrates the thread of originality that runs through American quilt history.

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
February 14 - March 31, 2003

At the Crossing: Midwestern Amish Crib Quilts and the Intersection of Culture is the first public exhibition of all 90 quilts in the Sara Miller Collection. The Miller Collection is believed to be the largest collection of its type in the world.

Great Plains Art Collection
Hewit Place, 1155 Q St.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
February 14, 2003 - February 15, 2004

Radka Donnell:The Work of Touch Radka Donnell is a Bulgarian-born painter who gave up her brushes in 1965 to work full time with the medium of the pieced quilt. Her work was included in the Museum of Contemporary Craft's landmark exhibition "The New American Quilt" in 1976. Over the last 30 years, she has produced nearly five hundred quilts and written the eloquent book Quilts as Women's Art: A Quilt Poetics.

Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
February 14 ? March 7, 2003

NEW DESIGN/NEW DYNAMICS : Quilt Concepts for the 21st Century is a juried, multimedia exhibition of work created by college students from around the nation.

The Rotunda Gallery, Nebraska Union,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Feb. 19 - March 14, 2003

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