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Professor Mark Kornbluh
Director
MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts and Letters Online
Michigan State University
(517) 355-9300 (tel)
(517) 355-8363 (fax)
mark@mail.matrix.msu.edu
www.matrix.msu.edu
Marsha MacDowell
Curator of Folk Arts
Michigan State University Museum
(517) 355-6511 (tel)
macdowel@msu.edu
Amy Milne
Executive Director
The Alliance For American Quilts
125 S. Lexington Avenue,
Suite 101,
NC 28801
(828) 251-7073 (tel)
amy.milne@quiltalliance.org
http://www.quiltcenter.org
Others:
Kathie Johnson
Archivist
University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Merikay Waldvogel
Quilt Researcher
Quilts of Tennessee
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Quotes and Additional Press Contacts
“This tool represents
a major advance in American material culture studies, and is an
invaluable addition to visual arts databases in general. The Quilt
Index builds upon the national twenty-year effort to document American
quilts through state-by-state documentation projects (a work of
citizen scholarship equal to the best work of the WPA era). In its
initial stage, the Index provides the public with unparalleled access
to the photographs and written documentation from four of the state
projects, and should eventually serve as the gateway to this vast
repository of information on the entire history of quilting in America.
The suberbly designed search interface gives researchers and the
general public ready access to information that is currently scattered
geographically, and will allow them to make connections that would
have been impossible otherwise. The site also contains a wealth
of compelling features in addition to the database, including virtual
exhibits and online interview videos, that will engage visitors
at any level of interest.”
Doug DeNatale
Senior Research Consultant
New England Foundation for the Arts
denatale@comcast.net
“The first generation
of quilt history books were the generalist books that were necessary
to develop an overall understanding and appreciation for quilts and
their history. The second generation of quilt history books, mostly
as the result of the state documentation projects provided an encapsulated
view of each state's or region's quilting characteristics. They were
limited in numbers to the criteria set by state documentation projects.
Now with the Quilt Index, the sky is the limit (or maybe I should
say cyber space). Now all of those quilts that were left behind (including
ours in Connecticut) will be seen and shared on the computer screen
for everyone to research. Believe me when I say that the world of
quilt history research is about to explode!!!”
Sue Reich
Connecticut Quilt Search Project
mreich@attglobal.net
“I've been clicking my
way through the site, and it is wonderful! Congratulations. This is
a triumph … for the Alliance, and for quilting and quilt research.”
Alan Jabbour
Director, 1976-1999
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
jabbour@myexcel.com
“It is especially gratifying
for me to be at the helm of the Alliance for the very important
launch of this landmark online resource to provide first-of-its-kind
access to quilt information and images.This Quilt Index project
has personally been a passion of mine since a small group first
talked in the late 1980's about the need for accessibility to quilt
information.”
Shelly Zegart
Co-Founder The Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc.
Board President, The Alliance for American Quilts
ZegartQuilt@aol.com
Additional contact: Karey Bresenhan, kareyb@worldnet.att.net
“The Quilt Index is a
gift to all who love the quilt. Quiltmakers and their quilts reflect
the very heart of the American experience. Brightly colored quilts
are made in virtually every American community, and they are proudly
displayed in homes as well as in musuems throughout the nation. Millions
of quilt lovers, as well as students and scholars in fields like art
history, folklore, and women's studies, will welcome this exciting
new resource on American quilts.”
William Ferris
Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of History
Adjunct Professor in the Curriculum in Folklore
Senior Associate Director
Center for the Study of the American South
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“One of the major goals
of The Alliance, since its inception, has been for some of the results
of the state quilt documentation efforts to be available for online
research and comparative study. All of us who were involved in state
quilt searches will now find rich new material to examine easily
and quickly on our own computers.”
Nancy O’Bryant
Executive vice-president and director of publications and public
information, Quilts, Inc |
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