QuiltVoices, an exhibition featuring the work of twenty-five contemporary quilters from throughout the U.S., will open on Sept. 9, 2005, at the University Gallery at the University of Delaware.

In 1999, recognizing the fragility of the bonds between quiltmakers and their quilts, The Alliance for American Quilts in partnership with the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware initiated Quilters’ S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.). The mission of The Alliance is to be a catalyst for bringing together institutions and individuals from creative, scholarly and business aspects of quilts to advance the recognition of quilts in American culture using state of the art technology. Q.S.O.S’s mission is to record, preserve and share the stories of quiltmakers and their quilts at the Center for the Quilt Online,

         QuiltVoices draws on the Quilter’s S.O.S. (Save Our Stories) project in addressing the relationship between the quilts and the narratives told by their makers; excerpts from these interviews will be featured in the accompanying text to the 25 quilts on view.

         Madge Ziegler, Juanita Yeager, Katharine Brainard, Adrienne Yorinks, Ellen Kochanszky and Jean Ray Laury are among the artists whose works and stories will be represented. The exhibition also gives special attention to the works of quiltmakers from Delaware, including Edna Kotrola, Celeste Kelly, Arlene Favreau Psyher and UD alumna Teresa Barkley. Two quilts from Gee’s Bend will also be on view. A variety of events, including a quilting bee and a full day symposium are being planned. Please follow the programs & lectures link for more information.