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Do you like folk art like I do? Then check this out: You are invited to join us at The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD) and Warren Wilson College (WWC) for Gees Bend in Translation: A Symposium on November 14 and 15, in conjunction with the current exhibition, Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints currently on view at Benchspace Gallery & Workshop (CCCD) and Elizabeth Holden Gallery (WWC) in Asheville, North Carolina. Learn more and register for the symposium at: craftcreativitydesign.org/gees-bend-symposium/ Scholars and artists will use the Gee’s Bend quilts and prints as a starting point from which to discuss the broader theme of translation in fine art. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints. Symposium Keynote and Reception—Friday, November 14, 2014 | 5:30 – 7:30pm Location: The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, 67 Broadway, Asheville Keynote Address: “Quilt Spaces in the Borderlands of Contemporary Craft and Art” Dr. Bernard Herman, George B. Tindall Professor of American Studies at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Symposium Panels—Saturday, November 15, 2014 | 9 am – 3:30 pm Location: Warren Wilson College’s Music Recital Hall in Kittredge Building on the campus of Warren Wilson 701 Warren Wilson Road in Swannanoa. Participants include: William Arnett Atlanta-based art historian and founder of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Louisiana Bendolph Quilt maker and Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints exhibiting artist, Gee’s Bend, AL Dr. Julie Levin Caro Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints Co-Curator and Professor of Art History, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC Jennifer Duncan Director, Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), Washington, DC Emma Parker Project Manager, Quilt Alliance oral history programs: Quilters’ S.O.S. – Save Our Stories and Go Tell It at the Quilt Show, Asheville, NC Dr. Karin Petersen Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Asheville Dr. Alvia Wardlaw Director, Texas Southern University Museum, Houston, TX Marilyn Zapf Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints Co-Curator and Assistant Director, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Asheville, NC Learn more and register for the symposium at: craftcreativitydesign.org/gees-bend-symposium/
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:36:04 +0000

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