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Quilts in Women’s Lives Screening & Artist Talk

quilts-livesThis special screening of the groundbreaking 1981 documentary Quilts in Women’s Lives (dir. Pat Ferrero; 28 mins), a first-person series of portraits of quiltmakers engaged in traditional techniques, will be followed by commentary and a presentation by alt_quilts artist Sabrina Gschwandtner, who utilizes archival 16mm film footage in her work, including cuts from this film. Join a Q&A session with Gschwandtner concerning the backstory of the political and social themes found in her non-functional celluloid “quilts.”

Reservations are recommended: [email protected].











When: Wed., Nov. 13, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Where: American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square
212-595-9533
Price: Free
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quilts-livesThis special screening of the groundbreaking 1981 documentary Quilts in Women’s Lives (dir. Pat Ferrero; 28 mins), a first-person series of portraits of quiltmakers engaged in traditional techniques, will be followed by commentary and a presentation by alt_quilts artist Sabrina Gschwandtner, who utilizes archival 16mm film footage in her work, including cuts from this film. Join a Q&A session with Gschwandtner concerning the backstory of the political and social themes found in her non-functional celluloid “quilts.”

Reservations are recommended: [email protected].

Buy tickets/get more info now