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A Stitch and a Story
Bedford Gallery’s first show of an exciting 2008-09 season lets quilts
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- Arts
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- Diablo Arts magazine, July 01, 2008
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- 422 words
- 14.1 inches
Every woman has a story to tell, but in centuries past, she had to find creative ways to tell it. That’s the idea behind Untold Stories: Early American Quilts from the Collection of Susan Brooks, an exhibition that will run from September 14 to November 23 at the Bedford Gallery. Thirty quilts made during the 18th and 19th centuries will be on display, and a message from the creator is embedded into each one’s patterns, says Bedford Gallery Curator Carrie Lederer.
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Fantasy Meets Reality
Bedford Gallery's diorama display is magical.
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- Arts
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- Diablo Arts magazine, April 01, 2008
- Metainfo:
- 546 words
- 18.2 inches
When Lauren Davies was a child, she enrolled in a public school program that allowed her to visit an art and natural history museum in her native Pittsburgh every Saturday. She enjoyed taking the drawing classes, but it was the tours of the museum that inspired her to become an artist.
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