Quilting a Future: Contemporary Quilts and American Tradition
Columbus Museum of Art
Located in Lower Level Walter Wing
On view October 6, 2023–January 28, 2024
Admission Information
Quilting a Future: Contemporary Quilts and American Tradition is a special exhibition and requires an additional fee.
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Exhibition Description
Presenting a view of the past, present and future of American quilting, the exhibition examines how artists portray social, political and environmental concerns. Quilting a Future explores traditions of pattern and technique, the expression of narratives and hidden language, the influence of quilting on historic costume and contemporary fashion; and weighs ideas of material economies and ecologies, considering the trajectory of material waste across the globe. Offering a culturally sensitive, socially conscious and ecological perspective, the exhibition points a way toward a more thoughtful and respectful material future.
Learn More About the Exhibition
Quilt Stories Inspired by the Exhibition
To go along with the theme of storytelling, we want to hear from YOU about your experience with quilts, whether you create them, cherish them, or even if you were moved by a particular work in the exhibition.
Related Publications
In the Eye of the Beholder:
The Donna and Rodney Wasserstrom Quilt Collection
$ 45.95 USD
Purchase online, or in-person at the Museum Store.
Tura Oliveira, O Spirits of whom my soul is but a little finger, Direct it to the lid of its flesh-eye (They begin their journey into the brutality garden, the cosmic hedge maze) (detail), 2022. Hand-dyed cotton and cyanotype on silk. Courtesy of the artist and Geary Contemporary, NY; Photo: Walker Esner
