{"product_id":"an-evolving-vision-the-james-collection-1997-2022-hardcover","title":"An Evolving Vision: The James Collection, 1997-2022 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Ducey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarin F. Hanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePenny McMorris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2022 the International Quilt Museum (IQM) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln celebrates a quarter century of studying, preserving, and exhibiting the Ardis and Robert James Collection. The Jameses' donation of their unparalleled one-thousand-piece collection in 1997 established the IQM and formed the solid base from which the museum has steadily grown. Today, the museum's collection includes more than six thousand quilts from five different centuries and over fifty countries, an expansion that has been encouraged by the James family, who continue to support the museum's efforts to represent global quiltmaking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This companion publication to the exhibition \u003ci\u003eAn Evolving Vision, 1997-2022\u003c\/i\u003e highlights important pieces from various segments of the collection: Classics--stunning antique American quilts; From the Studio--early and innovative art pieces; and New Horizons--quilt traditions from around the world. This book also includes a comprehensive catalog of the James Collection, comprising the quilts from the original 1997 gift as well as important groups given to the IQM in 2006 and 2009. \u003ci\u003eAn Evolving Vision\u003c\/i\u003e documents the significance of the James Collection and underscores the broad vision its collectors developed not only for themselves but for the museum they so vitally helped shape. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Ducey\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ardis B. James Curator of Collections at the International Quilt Museum (IQM) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Quilts in the Industrial Age, 1760-1870\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMarin F. Hanson\u003c\/b\u003e is the IQM's curator of international collections and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003ePenny McMorris\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, television producer, independent curator, and partner in the Electric Quilt Company, a quilt software design firm. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 11.02 x 9.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382306554034,"sku":"9781735278438","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4580bebeea02484a24644d5e3c579d53.webp?v=1777832806","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/an-evolving-vision-the-james-collection-1997-2022-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}