Quilting in United Kingdom lecture is March 19

On March 19 a visiting fellow to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's International Quilt Study Center will present "Patchwork and Quilting in the United Kingdom before the American Influence."

Susan Marks is a visiting lecturer in art history for the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom and holds the position of chair of selectors for the British Quilt Study Group. Her doctoral dissertation examined the positioning of quilts within the visual arts with particular reference to contemporary quiltmaking practice. She is a frequent contributor of articles and reviews to Selvedge, The Quilter and World of Embroidery. Her publications include "Quilts, Art and Feminism" in Quilt Art (2001) and "Perceptions of the Quilt in Twentieth Century Britain" in Quilt Studies (2000).

The lecture will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 31 of the Home Economics Building, north of 35th Street and East Campus Loop. It is free and open to the public.

A move some 20 years ago to Northumberland in northeast England, an area with a rich tradition of patchwork and quilting, stimulated Mark's interest in these crafts. Subsequent completion of a degree in fine art honed her awareness of the hierarchical structures evident in the visual arts, and set her on her research journey. Her concerns are not purely academic; she also taught practical classes in patchwork and quilting, including the British city and guilds courses, for more than 10 years.

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CONTACT: Maureen Ose, Communications Coordinator, International Quilt Study Center, (402) 472-7232