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Quilt Museum announces Mourning and Meaning Through Cloth seminar
Habits and processes of mourning in America run deep in our culture and tie strongly to our heritage.
Virginia Quilt Museum hosts reception for the Floyd Quilt Guild Artists
A reception for the quilt artists of the Floyd Guild’s “A Potpourri of Quilts” exhibition will be held at the Virginia Quilt Museum.
Quilts inspired by the National Parks arrive at Virginia Quilt Museum
To borrow from Trey Amos, “The Art of the Natural” finally arrived this week at the Virginia Quilt Museum in the form of 177 small quilts.
Museum artfully celebrates National Park Service Centennial
Stace Carter presents “Sharing Your Outdoor Adventures: Digital Storytelling 101” at Court Square Theater on Monday, June 25 at 7:00 pm.
Art is the human work: Nature is everything else
Arts and the Parks is hosted by the Virginia Quilt Museum in partnership with Arts Council of the Valley.
Arts and the Parks at the Virginia Quilt Museum
In recognition of the National Park Service Centennial, the Virginia Quilt Museum kicks off a month-long celebration of Arts and the Parks.
Virginia Quilt Museum participates in Blue Star Museums program
The Virginia Quilt Museum will offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel through Labor Day as part of the Blue Star Museums program.
Virginia Quilt Museum: American pride in every stitch
The Virginia Quilt Museum continues the Christopher C. Grandle Lecture Series on Saturday, June 11, and tickets are on sale now.
Community Quilting Bee at Virginia Quilt Museum
The Virginia Quilt Museum opens its doors for First Friday, May 6, from 5:00-8:00 pm. Commence the 2016 Community Quilting Bee!
Quilter, historian Kyra E. Hicks to lecture on The Roosevelt Postage Stamp Quilt
Kyra Hicks became a believer in quilts as storytellers upon seeing a traveling exhibition of Eva Ungar Grudin’s “Stitching Memories: African-American Story Quilts” in 1990.
Virginia Quilt Museum opens 2016 season on Feb. 2
The Virginia Quilt Museum opens its 2016 Season on Feb. 2 featuring quilts as story-tellers.
Internationally known quilt artist coming to Virginia Quilt Museum
30 Quilts for 30 Years, a colorful artistic quilt exhibit by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, will grace the Virginia Quilt Museum on Main Street Harrisonburg.
Civil War quilts at Virginia Quilt Museum
Civil War re-enactors must be exhausted after commemorating Civil War battles and camps for the past four years but imagine what life was really like at the end of the Civil War.
Virginia Quilt Museum announces new executive director
The Virginia Quilt Museum announces the appointment of a new executive director, Kimberly L. McCray.
Virginia Quilt Museum celebrating 20 years
Visitors to the Virginia Quilt Museum will be greeted with celebration on every floor when new exhibits open on May 5. Three different exhibits spotlight the museum’s 20th anniversary.
Virginia Quilt Museum opens 2015 season
The Virginia Quilt Museum opens its 2015 exhibit season on Feb. 3 featuring quilts by internationally-known fabric designer Jinny Beyer of Great Falls, Va.
Men Who Quilt featured at Virginia Quilt Museum
A special event related to the Men Who Quilt exhibit will be a lecture on Oct. 25 by well-known quilt maker Jonathan Gregory, Assistant Curator of Exhibitions at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Virginia Quilt Museum features Tidewater
Virginia’s Tidewater region — where the Chesapeake Bay, the James River, and the Atlantic Ocean meet — is home to the largest concentration of military bases and facilities in the world.
Virginia Quilt Museum exhibit ending its run
“From Bedroom to Boardroom – Quilts of Southwest Virginia” will be on display through April 26 at the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, Va.
Virginia Quilt Museum appoints curator
The Virginia Quilt Museum announces that Gloria Comstock has been appointed Curator/Registrar. As curator/registrar, Comstock is responsible for the care and record keeping of over 300 objects in the museum’s collection, which focuses on Virginia-made quilts.
Stargazing at the Virginia Quilt Museum
Every exhibit at the Virginia Quilt Museum brings visitors closer to understanding why quilts have been accepted as fine art.
Virginia Quilt Museum names new executive director
The Virginia Quilt Museum announced this week that Meegan Carr has been selected as its new executive director.
Quilts of Hazel Carter on display
The Virginia Quilt Museum will exhibit quilts made and collected by Hazel Carter of Vienna, Va., from May 22 to Aug. 18. This is the first exhibit to feature her quilts even though her name is familiar to quilters across the country. She is recognized as a quilt historian and appraiser, a founding member and […]
Historic and contemporary fiber art open season at the Virginia Quilt Museum
The Virginia Quilt Museum will open the new exhibit season on Feb. 1, with “Shenandoah Valley Counterpanes” and “Art Under A Microscope.” These new exhibits will be open until May 12. In addition, rare Civil War quilts made in the Valley, 20th century quilts and sewing machines from the Museum’s collection will be featured in […]
