Museum Exhibitions

“American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870–1940,” International Quilts Study Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 23–November 15, 2009. Consultant/essayist.

“Mosaic Quilts: Paper Template Piecing in South Carolina,” The Charleston Museum, Fall, 2002. Consultant/essayist/lecturer.

“Needles & Pens: A Family Legacy,” Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC, September 1999–January 2000. Consultant/lecturer.

“Remember Me When I am Gone: Kentucky Friendship and Memory Quilts,” Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, April–July 1995. Consultant/lecturer.

“Material Histories, Continuous Threads: Quilts of the Shenandoah Valley,” Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum, Staunton, VA, March–May 1995. Consultant/lecturer.

“Needle, Cloth, and Time: A Celebration of Traditional Quiltmakers,” Texarkana Regional Art and Humanities Council, August–September 1993. Field researcher/curator/essayist.

“Quilts and Communities,” McKissick Museum, Columbia SC, February–March 1993. Guest curator.

“Fans, Stars, and Wedding Rings: Quilts from Two Tumultuous Decades, 1930–1950,” McKissick Museum, April–May1992. Guest curator.

“Stitching Memories: African-American Story Quilts,” Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, April–October 1989. Consultant/lecturer.

“Glorified Patchwork: South Carolina Crazy Quilts,” McKissick Museum, May–August 1989. Guest curator.

“Patterns in History: Nineteenth Century Quilts,” Charleston Museum, Charleston SC, August 1987–January 1988. Guest curator/essayist/lecturer.

“Comfort and Joy: South Carolina Quilts,” Traveling from McKissick Museum, 1986–1987. Guest curator.

“Social Fabric: South Carolina’s Traditional Quilts,” McKissick Museum (and other venues), 1986–1987. Guest curator/essayist, lecturer.

“Quilt Close-up: Five Southern Views,” Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN, April 1983. Guest curator/essayist.

“Appalachian Quilts,” Folk Art Program, Warren Wilson College, February 1982.

“Quilts: Fans, Stars, and Flower Gardens,” Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University, April–May 1981.

“North Carolina Country Quilts,” Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC, December 1978–January 1979. Consultant.