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March Update from The New England Quilt Museum Screening of The Skin Quilt Project-The Stories of African-American Quilters Director Lauren Cross to Attend March 20, 1:30pm Locally produced in Waltham, MA, The Skin Quilt Project is a full-length documentary film that explores colorism in the African-American community through the stories of African-American quilters and the art form that was passed down through generations to celebrate its culture. As many African-American quilters come from the families of quilters who've passed down quilting techniques to their children and grandchildren, today's quilters represent African-American men and women who have become concerned with telling the story of their cultural heritage. In The Skin Quilt Project, these quilters tell the story of skin color politics in African-American culture while crediting the art of quilting with empowering self-confidence in their community. For more information, visit www.skinquiltproject.com. Join us for a special screening of the film on National Quilting Day, March 20, and meet the director, Lauren Cross, at 1:30pm. The cost is included with regular admission to the Museum. Take our Survey and Get 20% Off in the Museum Shop Please take our survey and help us to bring you more of your favorite exhibitions, programs, shop merchandise, and classes! Tell us anything--what you like, what you don't like, how we can make this Museum even better...Your responses are completely anonymous, and will help us to tailor our programs to patron interests. As a token of our appreciation, we would like to give you 20% off any non-consignment item in the museum shop. to take the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JM89YMM Book Group, Volunteer Thursdays & NEQM in the Community Every Thursday, Outreach Program Manager Rhonda Galpern and volunteers meet to work on a variety of quilting projects: they assemble raffle quilts to benefit the museum, organize student projects or finish the quilts begun in local schools, as well as teach small groups the FUNdamentals of quilting. Visitors learn about quiltmaking and the museum’s connections with Lowell schools and community organizations. Join us for these fun and educational programs. Community Quilting: March 18 and 25, 10:00am - 3pm Book Group: March 18, 12:30 - 1:30-pm: The Storekeeper's Daughter by Wanda E. Brunstetter Franciscan Guest House--Book Your Next Quilt Workshop The Franciscan Guest House at Kennebunk Beach, Maine offers the ideal location for your guild's next workshop. Spacious workrooms, with large tables and plenty of light, great scenic views, and a convenient location make the Guest House perfect for weekend or week-long workshops. Reasonable rates, delicious food, and just 90 minutes north of Boston. A short walk to the beach and shops of Kennebunkport. For more information, visit the guesthouse website at www.franciscanguesthouse.com/quilt_retreats.html or call 207-967-4865. (Advertisement) Connecticut Piecemakers Quilt Guild: Spring Showers of Quilts XIII Judged Quilt Exhibit, Quilt Appraisals, Block Challenge, Quilts in Progress, Quilt Raffle, Vendor Mall, Create a Block Charity Challenge Trumbull Marriott Merritt Parkway, 180 Hawley Lane, Trumbull, CT 06611. Phone: 203-378-1400 Saturday, March 27, 2010: 10am to 5pm Sunday, March 28, 2010: 10am to 4pm For more information, send SASE to: CT Piecemakers Quilt Guild, c/ o Lucia Santos, 382 Papere Ridge, Shelton, CT 06484, or e-mail Ellie: ekustin@gmail.com To register quilts, send S.A.S.E. to: Marcy Clair, 15 Old Dairy Lane, Shelton, CT 06484, or e-mail Marcy: cpqgregistration@sbcglobal.net Or visit our website: http://www.ctpiecemakers.org FREE PARKING ~ BUSES WELCOME ~ LUNCH AVAILABLE ~ HOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE (Advertisement) Chelmsford Quilter's Guild "A Quilt Show to be Remembered" May 14-15, 2010 Friday 12 noon - 8pm, Saturday 9am - 4pm More than 100 quilts on display ~ Food court ~ Raffles ~ Boutique ~Silent Auction Admission $5.00 Church of St John the Evangelist, 115 Middlesex Street, North Chelmsford, MA Visit http://www.chelmsfordquiltguild.com/show.shtml for more information and quilt show submission form. (Advertisement) Tactile Travel Quilting & Knitting Tours Enjoy the way the New England Quilt Museum celebrates quilting creativity? We do, too. Join us as we explore the threads of our world; the Vermont Quilt Festival, New England and Italy. http://tactiletravel.com letsgo@tactiletravel.com +1.617.648.8119 (Advertisement) Help Fuel the Museum with Penny Power! Last summer, the New England Quilt Museum received a Cultural Facilities Matching Grant from Mass Cultural Council and MassDevelopment for $77,000, to be used to address deferred maintenance issues in our historic 1845 building. Having raised more than $40,000 from the current and past Board of Directors, we are campaigning to raise the remaining $35,000. One of the first projects we are undertaking with our matching grant funds are the upgrades we desperately need for our HVAC system-- that’s why we’re turning to you to help fuel the Museum with Penny Power. When you visit NEQM, look for Penny and Patches Pig, two lovely, embellished piggy banks, one on the front desk and one in the library. We are asking you and all our visitors to consider disposing of your pennies by feeding the pigs, helping us fuel the museum with Penny Power. We are also inviting Guilds to consider passing around a Penny Jar for the Museum at monthly meetings, as some of our supporting guilds already are. We are also asking every member to consider keeping a jar at home and emptying all your loose change into the jar at the end of the day. Find a spare penny in a pocket or on the sidewalk? Put it in your jar and then bring your jar into the museum to be emptied and tallied in with what we hope will be thousands of other pennies. It’s amazing how small change can add up! Meet Our Shop Manager Quita Schillhammer Quita Atchley Schillhammer received her first sewing machine at age 9 and has been sewing ever since. Loving color, unusual textures and fabrics, Quita has always designed her own clothes when she could not find what she wanted in stores. After a year at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York studying textiles, draping and pattern making, she left school to work on 7th Avenue and discovered her strength and her passion: selling beautiful fabrics and designs. This talent manifested itself in different ways through the years as she made quilts, clothes and costumes for her two children and her friends. Quita then turned to home decorating. She took classes in window treatments, slipcovers and upholstery, and worked for 11 years at Calico Corners in Acton. For the past two years she has been researching ancient cultural crafts at Lesley University, traveling to Japan to study indigo dyers and basket makers, taking classes in Asian painting and calligraphy at the DeCordova Museum, glass blowing at MassArt, and dyeing wool at ProChem & Dye. She graduated from Lesley with a B.A. in cultural arts in 2009. Quita is happy to be at NEQM, surrounded by beautiful colors, fabrics and creative people interested in preserving our textile history. Questions or Comments About Our E-Newsletter? Do you have questions, comments, or feedback about our e-newsletter? Email our e-newsletter editor, PR& Marketing Manager Chrissy Inge, at pubrel@nequiltmuseum.org. Call for Entries: From Fine Art to Fiber: Reinterpreting the Masters Deadline: May 15   The Whistler House Museum of Art hopes you will consider an entry to its juried art quilt exhibit this summer (in conjunction with the Lowell Quilt Festival). Send an email to jdyment@whistlerhouse.org to receive a prospectus. Entries are due by May 15th. This year's theme is "From Fine Art to Fiber: Reinterpreting the Masters." The exhibit will consist of quilts inspired by famous works of art includingpaintings, murals, and sculpture -- from Michelangelo to Warhol and beyond. Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen Street, Lowell, MA 01852, 978-452-7641. Wednesday through Saturday, 11am to 4pm www.whistlerhouse.org School Vacation Week Kids' Class: Make an Amish Doll or Wallhanging On April 20, NEQM will offer an all-day Amish Quilt workshop suitable for students age 8 – 12. Students may choose to assemble a wall hanging, a doll bed quilt, or a doll, learning hand and machine sewing. An adult may accompany a child. Workshop fee is $55 for members/$65.00 for non-members and includes the kit with all necessary supplies for the 18” X 24” (approx.) project. For additional information or to register, please contact Rhonda Galpern, outreach@nequiltmuseum.org or call 978-452-4207, ext 17. The deadline to register is April 9 by 4pm. A Stitch in Time: Quilts from the Collection of the Greenwich Historical Society March 3 - June 13, 2010 More than 25 rarely exhibited quilts made during the 1800s by the descendants of Greenwich's founding families. These colorful and distinctive quilts made for many different uses and occasions provide a unique window into the lives of women at a time in history when their accomplishments were rarely noted in traditional historical documents. Learn how Greenwich Historical Society researchers uncovered information about the lives of those who lovingly created these beautiful and useful objects as they passed through time and many hands. Also, held in conjunction with the exhibition, a historic quilt symposium: Stitching Our Stories: Quilting Traditions from Our Past Saturday, March 27, 9am - 4pm The day-long program will feature talks by leading scholars as well as smaller sessions led by experts in textile documentation of quilt history. Explore new research in American and Connecticut quilt history and also enjoy curator-led tours of the exhibition in the museum gallery and Bush-Holley House. Fees: $45 for Greenwich Historical Society members, $60 for nonmembers.Fee includes box lunch. Speakers include Sue Reich, Pam Weeks, and Stephanie Hatch. For program details, online reservations and directions, visit www.hstg.org or call 203-869-6899, ext. 18. Greenwich Historical Society, 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, CT 06807 Image: Stillson Benevolent Society. Mariner's Compass/Album, 1855 Greenwich Historical Society, Gift of Amelia Willis Mead The New England Quilt Museum 18 Shattuck Street Lowell, MA 01852 www.nequiltmuseum.org   This e-mail was sent from New England Quilt Museum Immediate removal with ® Secure. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, . To change your e-mail address or update preferences, .