January 21, 2012
A new quilt museum has opened in LaGrange, Texas: Texas Quilt Museum.
Their web site is: http://texasquiltmuseum.org/txqm/home.html
The Museum states: It is housed in two historic 1890s buildings, which provide a fine showcase for both antique and contemporary quilt art . You’ll find a wide range of quilt art on exhibit year-round at the Museum, from fine antique quilts in traditional patterns to contemporary works.
The opening exhibition is “Texas Quilts Today: Selections from the Book Lone Stars III,” a three-part showcase of the best in modern quilt making from the last quarter century by artists living in the Lone Star State. A wide variety of techniques, styles, and subject matter will be seen in three separate segments of the exhibit that will run through summer 2012.
At present, sixty-two quilts from the book, Lone Stars III: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1986-2012, written by Museum Co-Founders and Co-Directors Karey Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes, and published by the University of Texas Press, are on view through mid-January 2012. The book, which serves as the catalogue for the exhibition, includes a total of 200 quilts. The second part of the exhibit will open in February 2012, and the third and final part in June 2012.
