Quilt
Events Around the Great Lakes Region
Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry, An
African American Quilt Scholar
December 6, 2009 - September 5, 2010
Michigan State University Museum
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Cuesta Benberry of St. Louis, Missouri, was one of the twentieth-century's pioneers of research on American quiltmaking and she was the pioneer of research on African American quiltmaking. Benberry was a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group, was inducted into the Quilter's Hall of Fame in 1983, was among the first honorees of Faith Ringgold's Anyone Can Fly Foundation, and is a Quilt Treasure in the on-line multi-media project of Michigan State University Museum and the Alliance for American Quilts. In 1977, she gave the Quilter's Hall of Fame her study collection of over 800 quilt blocks, a scrapbook, and a few pieces of ephemera. In 2003 Cuesta gifted the American Folk Art Museum with the non-African American portions of her quilt ephemera collection. In 2007 Cuesta passed away leaving behind a legacy of public scholarship and her collections. In mid 2008, her family gifted the Michigan State University Museum with her collection of African and African American quilts and her quilt history collection and the museum also acquired Cuesta's extensive collection of quilt kits. In 2009, the American Folk Art Museum transferred their Benberry Collections to the MSU Museum so that the bulk of her work could be in one place where it could be more effectively accessed for research and educational uses. Over the past year, MSU Museum staff, students, and volunteers have been sifting through, cataloguing, and re-housing Cuesta's collection. In the process, these workers have been engaging in discussions of their observations about both the collection and the collector and the issues and insights that are raised when one "unpacks" the work of a scholar/collector. This exhibition, then, is an attempt to understand the work of Cuesta Benberry, one of America's important collector/scholars, through interacting with a selection of textiles, rare books, patterns, ephemera, and samples of her personal journals, correspondence, and extensive research files. Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of
Cuesta Benberry, An African American Quilt Scholar
runs in the MSU Museum's Heritage Gallery from **December 6, 2009
- September 5, 2010 before it begins a national tour. |
Denotes an Event at the MSU
Museum
2009
October 2, 2009 - January 28, 2010
Textile Extensions: Quilts in a New Context, the Work of Carole
Harris
Marshall
M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University
November 2009
Ciao, Italy, Part 1, Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Exhibit
Livonia Civic Center
, Livonia, MI
November 2009
Ciao, Italy, Part 2, Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Exhibit
Providence Hospital, Novi or Southfield, MI
November 17, 2009
Mary Andrews, lecture
Metro Detroit
Quilt Guild, Harper Woods, MI
November 17, 2009
Laura Vis Bailey, trunk show
Log
Cabin Quilters, Kalamazoo
November 19 & 21, 2009
Amy
Davidson, lecture
Cameo Quilters,
Clawson, MI
November 20-21, 2009
George Siciliano,
lecture and workshop
Across the Square Quilters, Charlotte, MI
Contact: apbrks@gmail.com
November 20-22, 2009
Rayna Gillman, lecture and workshops
Greater Ann Arbor Quilt
Guild, Ann Arbor, MI
November 23-24, 2009
Barb Vlack, lecture
West Michigan
Quilters' Guild, Wyoming, MI
December 2009
Ciao, Italy, Part 1, Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Exhibit
Waterford Library,
Waterford, MI
December 2009
Ciao, Italy, Part 2, Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Exhibit
Providence Hospital, Novi or Southfield, MI
December 4, 2009
Quilts and Textile Exhibit featuring Patrick Whalen, Jamie Waleen, Rosanne
Campisi and Billie Gunderson
Kalamazoo
Enterprise Center, 225 Parsons St., Kalamazoo, MI
December 6, 2009 - September 5, 2010
Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry, An African American
Quilt Scholar
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI
2010
January 2010
Ciao, Italy, Part 2, Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Exhibit
Romeo Public Library,
Romeo, MI
January 7, 2010
Anita Shackelford,
lecture and workshop
Oakland
County Quilt Guild, Rochester, MI
January 9, 2010
Crazy Quilt workshop
Great
Lakes African American Quilter's Network, Livonia, MI
January 12, 2010
Sheila DeRose,
lecture
Macomb
County Quilt Guild, Mt. Clemens, MI
January 14-16, 2010
Sue Nickels,
lecture and workshops
Great Lakes Heritage
Quilters, Bloomfield Hills, MI
January 19, 2010
Cheryl Dineen
Ferrin, lecture
Log
Cabin Quilters, Kalamazoo
January 21-23, 2010
Gwen
Marston, lecture
Cameo Quilters,
Clawson, MI
January 22, 2010
Quilting Bee with Gee's Bend Artists
Flint
Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
January 23-April 18, 2010
Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond
Flint
Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
January 23, 2010
Gee's Bend Artist workshop, Community Celebration
Flint
Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
January 24, 2010
Gee's Bend Artist luncheon
Flint
Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
January 26, 2010
Deb Karasik,
lecture
West Michigan
Quilters' Guild, Wyoming, MI
February 5-7, 2010
Katie Pasquini Masopust,
lecture and workshop
Oakland
County Quilt Guild, Rochester, MI
February 8, 2010
Michelle Mitchell, lecture
Macomb
County Quilt Guild, Mt. Clemens, MI
February 11, 2010
Becky Magnus, trunk show
Great Lakes Heritage
Quilters, Bloomfield Hills, MI
February 17, 2010
Edyta Sitar,
lecture
Piecemakers
Quilt Guild, Saginaw, MI
February 21, 2010
Brenda Fandrei, lecture and workshops
Capitol
City Quilt Guild, Okemos, MI
March 2010
Ciao, Italy, Part 2, Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Exhibit
Belleville
Area Historical Museum, Belleville, MI
March 11-12, 2010
Dianne
S. Hire, lecture and workshops
Great Lakes Heritage
Quilters, Bloomfield Hills, MI
March 17, 2010
Pat Speth, lecture
Piecemakers
Quilt Guild, Saginaw, MI
March 23, 2010
Bonnie Hunter,
lecture
West Michigan
Quilters' Guild, Wyoming, MI
April-June 2010
Ciao, Italy, Part 2, Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Exhibit
U of M Gifts of
Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
April 12, 2010
Chantal
Anderson, lecture
Macomb
County Quilt Guild, Mt. Clemens, MI
April 15, 2010
Mary Warner
Stone, lecture
Cameo Quilters,
Clawson, MI
April 16, 2010
Elsie Vredenburg, lecture
and workshop
Genesee Star Quilters Guild, Flint, MI
Contact: Carolyn Malaski, cfmalaski@aol.com
April 29 - May 2, 2010
Amy
Davidson, workshops
Thunder
Bay Resort,
Hillman, MI
May 10, 2010
Judi Ziozios, lecture
Macomb
County Quilt Guild, Mt. Clemens, MI
May 13-15, 2010
Pamela
Allen , lecture and workshops
Great Lakes Heritage
Quilters, Bloomfield Hills, MI
May 20 & 22, 2010
Sue Nickels,
lecture and workshop
Cameo Quilters,
Clawson, MI
May 21-22, 2010
Pieces and Patches Quilt Guild Show
St. John's School, Cooper St. (at Leroy St.), Jackson, MI
Contact: donandfern@comcast.net
May 22-23, 2010
For The Love of Quilting Show
Lansing
Area Patchers
The Summit, 9410 Davis Highway, Dimondale, MI
May 25, 2010
Velda Newman,
lecture
West Michigan
Quilters' Guild, Wyoming, MI
June 17, 2010
Mickey Dupre,
lecture and workshops
Capitol
City Quilt Guild, Okemos, MI
June 18, 2010
Edyta Sitar, lecture
Genesee Star Quilters Guild, Flint, MI
Contact: Carolyn Malaski, cfmalaski@aol.com
June 24-27, 2010
Mary Lou Hallenbeck,
workshops
Thunder
Bay Resort,
Hillman, MI
June 26, 2010
Berrien Towne and
Country Quilt Show
Beth Ferrier, trunk show
Lake Michigan College Mendel Center, 2755 E. Napier Ave., Benton Harbor,
MI
June 26-27, 2010
Berrien Towne and
Country Quilt Show
Lake Michigan College Mendel Center, 2755 E. Napier Ave., Benton Harbor,
MI
July 8-12, 2010
Quilters Treasure, workshops
Thunder
Bay Resort,
Hillman, MI
July-August 2010
Ciao, Italy, Part 2, Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Exhibit
Charlevoix
Public Library, Charlevoix, MI
August 26-29, 2010
Sherrie Jaqua, workshops
Thunder
Bay Resort,
Hillman, MI
September 18, 2010
Across the Square Quilters Quilt Documentation Day
Spartan Room of the Charlotte Community Library, 226 S. Bostwick, Charlotte,
MI
October 14-17, 2010
Ann Zemke,
workshops
Thunder
Bay Resort,
Hillman, MI
October 14-17, 2010
Nancy Odom,
workshops
Thunder
Bay Resort,
Hillman, MI
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