Saturday, November 12, 2011
Today Pam and I spent some time planning for the President's exhibition. Mostly it was going through what's been done so far, determining which quilts have paperwork received from their owners, which quilts we need to send out paperwork on, etc. We have a few quilts that have been identified for the show that won't be needed. The paperwork referenced here is the contract between the NEQM and the owner giving us permission to use their quilt, stating the value of the quilt for our insurance purposes, and sometimes special shipping. Two of the quilts we will be using in the show require fine arts shipping which is very expensive. Often the expense of the shipping makes certain quilts inaccessible to the museum. In addition, the contract is accompanied with a questionnaire sent by the NEQM. It gives the owner the opportunity to tell us what they already know about the quilt. Several contracts have come back with the questionnaire and a page or two (or more) of typed information about the quilt or the quilt maker. This will be very helpful when it comes to writing the labels!
This afternoon Nadege from PeaceQuilts came back to demonstrate her sewing. Also, Dr. Michele David gave a talk about her work and the work of some other African American quilt artists. She also presented a trunk show of her own work. It was fun to see her work and to have her there in person describing the inspiration, imagery and technique she uses.
Today Pam and I spent some time planning for the President's exhibition. Mostly it was going through what's been done so far, determining which quilts have paperwork received from their owners, which quilts we need to send out paperwork on, etc. We have a few quilts that have been identified for the show that won't be needed. The paperwork referenced here is the contract between the NEQM and the owner giving us permission to use their quilt, stating the value of the quilt for our insurance purposes, and sometimes special shipping. Two of the quilts we will be using in the show require fine arts shipping which is very expensive. Often the expense of the shipping makes certain quilts inaccessible to the museum. In addition, the contract is accompanied with a questionnaire sent by the NEQM. It gives the owner the opportunity to tell us what they already know about the quilt. Several contracts have come back with the questionnaire and a page or two (or more) of typed information about the quilt or the quilt maker. This will be very helpful when it comes to writing the labels!
This afternoon Nadege from PeaceQuilts came back to demonstrate her sewing. Also, Dr. Michele David gave a talk about her work and the work of some other African American quilt artists. She also presented a trunk show of her own work. It was fun to see her work and to have her there in person describing the inspiration, imagery and technique she uses.
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