Quarantine Quilts

Description

Learn from 97 artists’ experiences and ideas for creative quilting in solitude.

Learnhow our creative development is shaped by experiences that isolate us from other people. The insightful words of 97 contemporary quilt artistscombine with evocative photos of their quarantinecreationsduring the COVID-19 pandemic’s first months.

Giving us a fascinating perspective, these visual and personal stories ofconcerns, despair, and ideascan help connect our own experiences with pandemic to the larger world of creativity.Topics include:

Coronavirus Circling the Globe
Home Is Where the Art Is
Be Smart, Be Vigilant
Pandemic Patterns
Pandemic Landscapes
Politics and Protest

Learn from makers’ notes, their reactions to and experiences with COVID-19, and the visual results of creators’ new ways of thinking.Front cover image: quilt by Anne Bellas. Half of the authors royalties will be donated to Doctors Without Borders[AuthorName]By Sandra Sider and Foreword by Meg Cox[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Sandra Sider, a studio quilt artist, holds an MA in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She is the author of many books, editor of SAQA’s Art Quilt Quarterly, and curator of the Texas Quilt Museum. www.sandrasider.com
Meg Cox is a nationally known thought leader on the topics of quilting and of family traditions. www.megcox.com[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]100 color images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Creativity in the Midst of Chaos[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]100 color images[/ColorPattern]