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2. Shelly Zegart - Wikipedia

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   Shelly Zegart was born in Western Pennsylvania in 1941. In 1968, Zegart moved with her family to Louisville, Kentucky. Zegart's love for quilts began in the 1970s. Ever since then, she had been a quilt collector, lecturer, curator exhibitions and even an author on any and all aspects of quilt aesthetics and history.

3. Alma Lesch - Wikipedia

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   Alma Lesch (March 12, 1917 – May 15, 1999) was an American fiber artist known for her fiber portraits. [1] She was "the undisputed grande dame of Kentucky textile arts." [2] A historic marker notes her achievements in Shepherdsville, Kentucky where Lesch lived and had her studio. [3]

4. Susan Hudson (quilter) - Wikipedia

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   Susan Hudson (born 1957 or 1958) is an American and Navajo Nation quilter. A 2024 National Heritage Fellow , she works on ledger art quilts with historical narratives, focusing on Navajo history. Biography

5. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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   Native American Rugs, Blankets, and Quilts; American Indian Featherwork; The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco “The Mechanics of the Art World,” Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820. "PreColumbian Textile Conference Proceedings VII" (2016) "PreColumbian Textiles in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin" (2017)

6. Joyce J. Scott - Wikipedia

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   Joyce J. Scott (born 1948) is an African-American artist, sculptor, quilter, performance artist, installation artist, print-maker, lecturer and educator.Named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016, [1] [2] and a Smithsonian Visionary Artist in 2019, [3] Scott is best known for her figurative sculptures and jewelry using free form, off-loom beadweaving techniques, similar to a peyote stitch. [4]

7. Narrative quilting - Wikipedia

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   American Map Quilt, created in Virginia, 1886 (Utah Museum of Fine Arts) Narrative quilting describes the use of blanket weaving and quilting to portray a message or tell a story. It was a means of sending messages and recording history for women that were unable to participate in politics throughout time.