Arts & Crafts, Traditional Films

Quilting
Quilting
1998 | 26mins
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Quilting
1998 | 26mins
This film explores the deep tradition of quilting in the U.S. with a focus on contemporary quilting. In doing so, the film considers both the tension between conservatism and…
Prairie Quilts
Prairie Quilts
1999 | 28mins
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Prairie Quilts
1999 | 28mins
Prairie Quilts explores the wonderful works of art, expressions of love, and legacies of comfort being made by contemporary quilters.
Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker
Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker
1979 | 32mins
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Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker
1979 | 32mins
From the placing of an order to the completion of the last stitch, the film details the entire process of creating a traditional Lone Star quilt. As the quilt grows, so does our…
Quilts in Women‘s Lives
Quilts in Women‘s Lives
1981 | 28mins
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Quilts in Women‘s Lives
1981 | 28mins
Quilts was a ground breaking film used by folklorists, anthropologists and historians of art and womens history that presented the lives, art, work and philosophy of ordinary…
Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter 09: Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality
2011 | 27mins
Quilt scholarship has grown into a serious discipline generating material of interest—not just to the quilt world — but to a dozen other important disciplines from material…
Why Quilts Matter: 06: How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
Why Quilts Matter: 06: How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 06: How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
2011 | 28mins
Part 6 traces institutional attitudes toward quilts as objects, rationales for their selection, and the public response to their exhibition.
Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter 08: Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!
2011 | 28mins
“Quilt making,” as one quilt maker says, “is the greatest mass movement nobody ever heard of.” The population of the American quilt world outnumbers those of many small countries,…
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 05: Gee‘s Bend: The Most Famous Quilts in America
2011 | 27mins
In 2002 the art world was rocked to its foundations by a group of unusual, abstract quilts made by African American women from an obscure hamlet in southern Alabama. People lined…
Why Quilts Matter: 07: Empowering Women
Why Quilts Matter: 07: Empowering Women
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 07: Empowering Women
2011 | 28mins
Unique among objects, quilts are both lowly “women’s work” and great art. They are something made from nothing; they are both nurturing and inspiring. They can communicate both…
Why Quilts Matter: 01: Antique and Contemporary
Why Quilts Matter: 01: Antique and Contemporary
2011 | 28mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 01: Antique and Contemporary
2011 | 28mins
Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics is a nine-part documentary series that will change the way you think about quilts. Uncover the unsuspected size and depth of quilt…
Why Quilts Matter: 04: What is Art?
Why Quilts Matter: 04: What is Art?
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 04: What is Art?
2011 | 27mins
The quilt is the perfect test case for a dozen theories about what makes art. The art vs. craft debate
Why Quilts Matter: 02: Bringing History Alive
Why Quilts Matter: 02: Bringing History Alive
2011 | 27mins
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Why Quilts Matter: 02: Bringing History Alive
2011 | 27mins
The quilt’s unique ability to preserve, not only our own family histories, but the history of America
Made in Mississippi
Made in Mississippi
1975 | 18mins
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Made in Mississippi
1975 | 18mins
A 1975 Bill Ferris film that features artists from a number of different craft traditions discussing and demonstrating their work, including quilting, sculpting, house building,…

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