This is a reminder that Handmade Meaning: The Value of Craft in Victorian and Contemporary Culture, the exhibit put together by Martha Glowacki and Emily Pfotenhauer, in collaboration with Prof. Ann Smart Martin's Spring 2010 exhibitions class will be on view at the James Watrous Gallery until Sunday, February 6.
The closing celebration will also be on February 6, from 12:30pm to 3:30pm. There will be an exhibition tour followed by a reception and presentation, "History Through Women's Hands," at the Wisconsin Historical Museum auditorium. Presentation speakers include Nancy Mithlo (UW-Madison Department of Art History), Nicholas Reynolds (Oneida Nation Museum), Brian Bigler (Mt. Horeb Historical Society), Lyn Korenic (UW-Madison Art Library), and Emily Pfotenhauer (Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database).
There is also plenty of time to embroider a square for the Community Quilt Project! The project, inspired by the redwork quilts made for community fundraisers during the late 1800s and early 1900s. To participate, pick up a packet from either the James Watrous Gallery or Stitcher's Crossing on Odana Road, stitch one of the designs, and return it to the gallery. Finished squares will be pieced together to create a quilt. Check out the exhibit's blog, Handmade Meaning, to see other squares for the project!
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