Since 2021 I have served as a consultant for the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s acquisition, exhibition, and accompanying publication of the significant Amish quilt collection assembled by Faith and Stephen Brown. The exhibition was on view at SAAM through April-Aug 2024.
Purchase Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women
From the Smithsonian’s description:
Explore the creative practice of Amish quilters in the United States. Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women looks beyond quilting as a utilitarian practice. It reveals historical quilting among the Amish as an aesthetic endeavor that walked a line between cultural and individual expression. The quilts paradoxically twin the plain with the spectacular, tradition with innovation, and a dismissal of personal pride with objects often seen as extraordinary artworks.
