Our fall exhibits at the Texas Quilt Museum include an impressive personal collection, specialized works from a unique artist (who will also be giving a lecture), and selections from a recent groundbreaking book! The exhibits will run from Sept. 29-Dec. 18.
“New York Beauties from the Volckening Collection” features stunning examples of this much loved quilt style from the personal collection of Bill Volckening. Intending simply to purchase a single quilt for display in 1989, Volckening’s passion for New York Beauties soon became consuming as he built his one-of-a kind collection. His quilts have been on display in venues ranging from New York to Tokyo, and have formed the basis of his book New York Beauty Quilts from the Volckening Collection.
“Infinite Imagination: The Quilted Art of Terrie Hancock Mangat” showcases the work of this highly distinctive artist. Mangat studied printmaking and ceramics at university before making quilts and creating fabric. She began by specializing in “scrap bag quilts”—or vintage 20th century quilts—patched together from many fabric remnants, later adding embellishments to her work and developing her collage aesthetic. Many of her works take their inspiration from Mangat’s life in the form of a personal feeling, memorable event, or belief. The quilt shown on the below was featured in The Twentieth Century’s Best American Quilts exhibit and magazine. Mangat will give a lecture on her work on October 1. Museum admission is free beginning at 2 p.m., lecture starts at 3 p.m.
Finally, “Marvelous Medallions From the 500 Traditional Quilts Book” displays a variety of Medallion style quilts that were chosen for inclusion in this groundbreaking overview, juried for her book by Museum cofounder Karey Bresenhan. And while the Museum has featured other quilts from her book in exhibits, this show is an all-new grouping cocurated by Dr. Sandra Sider & Vicki Mangum.
The Texas Quilt Museum, housed in two adjacent, historic, and refurbished 1890s buildings, is also home to the Pearce Memorial Library and Material Culture Center and a Museum store. On the grounds is “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” with flourishing native plants and flowers that sit beneath the massive mural Quilts…History in the Making.
The Texas Quilt Museum is located at 140 W. Colorado St., La Grange, TX 78945. It is open Thurs.-Sat. from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and on Sun. from Noon-4 p.m. It is located at 140 West Colorado St. in La Grange,
Texas 78945. Learn more at www.texasquiltmuseum.org.