While browsing the Metropolitan Museum of Art web site ...
I stumbled on this wonderful article
with several photos:
American Needlework in the 18th Century
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According to this article in the NYTimes, there are three needlework exhibitions going on
(wish I lived closer):
Connecticut Historical Society
Connecticut Needlework: Women, Art, and Family, 1740-1840
October 5, 2010 - March 26, 2011
Winterthur
Betsy Ross; the Life Behind the Legend
Oct 2, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011
Florence Griswold Museum
With Needle & Brush
Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley
October 2, 21010- January 30, 2011
(their web site has terrific photos + information)
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And, we cannot forget the one at
The Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston!
Embroideries of Colonial Boston: Samplers
November 20, 2010 - March 13, 2011
Gallery LG26
Aren't these pretty?
Flower from DH.
June Wayne's Narrative Tapestries: Tidal Waves, DNA, + the Cosmos
November 3, 2010–February 7, 2011
Gallery 50
The exhibit includes 11 dynamic tapestries inspired by Wayne’s innovative graphic designs
and woven between 1970 and 1974. Mag
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Museum Hours
Monday–Wednesday, 10:30–5:00
Thursday, 10:30–8:00 (Free Admission 5:00–8:00)
Friday, 10:30–8:00
Saturday–Sunday, 10:30–5:00
Admission
Adults: $18
Children, Students, and Seniors (65 and up): $12
Children under 14: Free
Members: Free
