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Art Quilts in Perspective

overview by Hilary Morrow Fletcher, Quilt National Project Director

A History of the Art Quilt

from the 1997 book 'The Art Quilt,' by Robert Shaw

Research Problems: Art Museum Research on Fiber Art and Craft

discusses discrimination against fiber in the creation of the formal curatorial record on contemporary American craft

Cloth and Culture

ways of looking at African textiles: as art, as communication, in economics and politics...

What is Fiber Art?

brief overview by Susan Taber Avila