Quilts as home decor, art growing trend these days
KIM COOK | Associated Press
In this winter of hunkering down at home, there s a trend that s just right for the times: quilts as decor and as art.
An artistic quilt might be displayed prominently on a wall, thrown over a couch, or just folded and hung from the rungs of a ladder. (Or you could cozy up with it.)
“Quilts bring warmth, depth and texture to any room,” says Suzy Williams, a quilter and graphic designer in Oak Park, Illinois. She offers tutorials and patterns for quilt making on her website, Suzy Quilts.
Exhibition at Marc Straus presents a new body of work by Marie Watt
Installation view.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Marie Watt (b.1967, Seattle) is a citizen of the Seneca Nation, the largest of six Nations in the Iroquois Confederacy. Mythologies and history from her Native American heritage inform her process and are seamlessly interwoven in her art with commentary on international politics and pop culture references.
Her layered points of influence are often reflected in her use of text elements featuring language drawn from Indigenous knowledge and Iroquois proto-feminism, the matriarchal structures of certain Native American tribes, the rise of social activism throughout the 20th century, and the anti-war and anti-hate content of 1960s and 1970s music- such as the Marvin Gaye song, Whats Going On. Messages of both longing and hope from the past that still resonate today.
National Plan for Vacation Day is January 26, and
now is the time to start planning for travel when the time is right.
“Vacation planners have a wide variety of choices when considering what to do in Arkansas,” said Stacy Hurst, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. “From Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to incredible new hiking and biking trails, we have something for everyone. A trip in The Natural State is the perfect getaway.”
For information about planning a trip in Arkansas, visit www.arkansas.com. To learn how tourism and hospitality partners are keeping visitors safe, visit www.arkansas.com/arkansas-ready-travel.
Send Public relations and content marketing firm presidents Natalie Ghidotti and Sharon Tallach Vogelpohl each collect PRNews recognition and other glories.
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary Report on 2020 Efforts to Expand Outreach and Diversify the Museum
January 13, 2021
Bentonville, Ark. – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary report on 2020 efforts to expand outreach and diversify the museum through new initiatives, acquisitions, exhibitions, programs, as well as staff and board updates.
“In 2020, as our country navigated COVID-related challenges and grappled with racial inequities that threaten our democracy, Crystal Bridges embraced our role as a community-centered institution and committed to the ongoing work of being an anti-racist museum,” said Rod Bigelow, executive director and chief diversity & inclusion officer. “With the support of local partner organizations, we mobilized staff to meet the needs of those most vulnerable in our community, expanded access to art with the opening of the Momentary, our new satellite contemporary art space, developed more online programs