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Join curators Emelie Gevalt and Austin Losada for a behind-the-scenes look at <\/span>An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles <\/span><\/i>to learn more about the themes, the artworks, and the artists included in the exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch a recording of this program online<\/span> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","start_time":"1:00 pm","end_time":"2:15 pm","admission":"Virtual; free with registration","main_content":"

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles<\/span><\/i><\/a> traces the relationship between the environment and traditional quilting practices through a selection of quilts from the Museum\u2019s rich collection, dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show\u2019s co-curators\u2014AFAM\u2019s Deputy Director and Chief Curatorial & Program Officer, Emelie Gevalt and the Museum\u2019s Art Bridges Fellow, Austin Losada\u2014will lead a walkthrough of the galleries in dialogue with one another. Together, the speakers will highlight selected quilts and accompanying materials on view\u2014including watercolors, historical illustrations, swatch books, raw fibers, dye stuff samples, and instructional video\u2014while exploring the botanical knowledge and industrial techniques involved in producing textile materials, colors, and patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a focus on the environmental impact of quiltmaking, this walkthrough is a unique opportunity to learn about the many facets of global material culture that emerged in the early modern period and profoundly shaped the United States in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. <\/span><\/p>\n

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About the speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emelie Gevalt<\/b> is Deputy Director and Chief Curatorial & Program Officer at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Her exhibitions at AFAM include the critically acclaimed <\/span>What that Quilt Knows About Me<\/span><\/i> (2023) and <\/span>Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North<\/span><\/i> (2023). Gevalt received her B.A. in art history and theater studies from Yale University, her M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, and her doctorate in art history from the University of Delaware. Her two decades of art-world experience include positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Christie\u2019s, New York, where she was a Vice President in the Estates, Appraisals & Valuations department.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Losada<\/b> is Art Bridges Fellow working within the Curatorial and Collections & Exhibitions teams at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. He is a scholar and curator of American art and material culture with a specialty in the history of photography from its invention to the present day. Losada earned his M.A. in Material Culture Studies from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware and a B.A. in Art History and German from Rutgers University. He previously served as the Andrew W. Mellon Post-Graduate Intern at the Zimmerli Art Museum where he curated several exhibitions, including <\/span>\u201cBeauty Among the Ordinary Things\u201d: The Photographs of William Armbruster<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Space is limited; advance registration is required. Please consider making a donation when you register to support ongoing virtual programming.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions for joining with a Zoom link and password will be provided by email upon registration confirmation under \u201cAdditional Information.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Closed captioning will be provided in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For questions or to request accessibility accommodations, please email <\/span>publicprograms@folkartmuseum.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Images<\/strong><\/p>\n

Left: Tree of Life Cutout Chintz Quilt, probably Wiscasset, Maine, c. 1925\u20131935, cotton, 96 x 90 in. Gift of Cyril Irwin Nelson in honor of Elizabeth V. Warren and Sharon L.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Middle: Nicolas Regnault (1746\u20131810), \u201cL\u2019Anil, ou, l\u2019Indigo [indigo],\u201d from <\/span>La botanique mise \u00e0 la porte\u00e9 de tout le monde; ou, Collection des plantes d\u2019usage dans la m\u00e9decine, dans les alimens et dans les arts<\/span><\/i> [Botany made accessible . . .], 1774. Hand-colored engraving. New York Public Library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Right: 14. Wholecloth Quilt, England or United States, c. 1785\u20131790, cotton and linen, 96 x 93 in. Gift of Cyril Irwin Nelson in honor of Laura Fisher<\/span><\/p>\n","show_in_past_programs":true,"reserve_text":"WATCH HERE","reserve_link":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ESln_GNUprs","day":"30","month":"Sep","year":"2025","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/virtual-insights-an-ecology-of-quilts\/"},{"ID":35212,"post_type":"programs","title":"Educators\u2019 Open House","content":"","status":"publish","date":"2025-08-13 22:20:06","name":"educators-open-house-5","parent":0,"modified":"2025-09-04 18:48:59","series?":"Program","category":{"term_id":39,"name":"Educators","slug":"educators","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":18,"count":0,"filter":"raw"},"main_image":{"ID":34613,"id":34613,"title":"Educators' Open House","filename":"Educators-Open-House-scaled.jpg","filesize":620900,"url":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Educators-Open-House-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/educators-open-house-4\/educators-open-house-4\/","alt":"","author":"30","description":"","caption":"","name":"educators-open-house-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":34612,"date":"2025-03-04 18:54:53","modified":"2025-03-04 18:54:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/site\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1707,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Educators-Open-House-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Educators-Open-House-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Educators-Open-House-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Educators-Open-House-6000x4000.jpg","large-width":6000,"large-height":4000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Educators-Open-House-1536x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Educators-Open-House-2048x1365.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365}},"list_image":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Educators-Open-House-scaled.jpg","headline":"Educators\u2019 Open House","di_date":"2025-09-30","excerpt":"

Educators from around New York City are invited to join us for private tours of our upcoming exhibition, An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles<\/em>.<\/p>\n","start_time":"5:00 pm","end_time":"6:30 pm","admission":"Free with registration","main_content":"

Mark your calendar! Educators\u00a0from around New York City are invited to join us for private tours of our upcoming exhibition, An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles<\/em>. Meet new colleagues and learn about ways to connect the Museum\u2019s collection to your classroom curriculum. Light refreshments and free educational resources will be provided. Participants will be eligible for a 10% discount in the Shop.<\/p>\n

To participate in this special event or to learn about other opportunities for\u00a0teachers\u00a0at the Museum,\u00a0education@folkartmuseum.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","day":"30","month":"Sep","year":"2025","link":"https:\/\/folkartmuseum.org\/programs\/educators-open-house-5\/"}]