Author: Team Broadway Galleries

Just recently, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts held an exhibit titled Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories. The exhibition explored American history as told through quilting. They treated the quilts as both art and artifact—a debate on how museums display art within context. I first read this concept in a companion piece to Dr. Susan Vogel’s exhibit Art/Artifact and was given an assignment to visit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. The debate...

Introduction to the Art of Quilts Have you ever wondered about that old family quilt? The one draped over the arm of your grandfather’s chair or found in a trunk in the attic? Maybe you’ve thought about how old it is, who made it, or “why do we still have it after all these years?”. Quilts not only are family heirlooms, but memories and pieces of our history, examples of fine craftsmanship, and a look at the...