International Honor Quilt

The University of Louisville’s Schneider Hall Galleries is pleased to present an exhibition exploring the relationship between feminism, craft, and socially engaged art. Featuring the International Honor Quilt exhibited for the first time in its entirety, “Capturing Women’s History” celebrates Judy Chicago’s significant and ongoing impact on the history and production of feminist art. The International Honor Quilt was facilitated by Susan Hill and Diane Gelon, and is composed of 539 individual triangular quilts produced by women and groups from around the world.Each panel celebrates a woman, organization, or issue central to feminist engagement, and combined they map an expansive network of voices in solidarity.

In addition to the Quilt, the exhibition features the 1985 Hot Flash Fan, a work initiated by Ann Stewart Anderson and Judy Chicago. Like the Quilt, the Fan is a collaborative project, and features mixed media quilting contributions from 50 Kentucky artists. The exhibition also includes historical documentation of the projects and material related to the history of socially engaged art. In 2013, the Hite Art Institute was gifted the International Honor Quilt and its ephemera by Through The Flower, a non-profit organization created by Judy Chicago in 1980. The Hite Art Institute in association with the University of Louisville is charged with utilizing the project to promote social engagement and inspire change.

Capturing Women’s History: Quilts, Activism, and Storytelling

Schneider Hall Galleries, Belknap Campus
Hite Art Institute | University of Louisville
On view: February 1 - March 19
Opening reception: February 12, 6 - 8 p.m.
Remarks by Suzanne Lacy at 7p.m.

Judy Chicago: Fire Works

Cressman Center for Visual Arts
Hite Art Institute | University of Louisville
100 East Main Street
On view: February 18 - April 16
Opening reception: March 4, 6 - 8 p.m.

A Judy Chicago Trifecta in Louisville
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/A-Judy-Chicago-Trifecta-in-Louisville.html?soid=1102329572044&aid=BPfcoLoh1Jw

Great interview by Professor Margaret Leininger on Good Day Live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9kdit9-Y0U&feature=youtu.be

Interview with Shelly Zegart on the The International Honor Quilt!
http://www.pbs.org/video/2365619304/

Feminist quilt to be displayed at U of L
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/01/15/feminist-quilt-displayed-u-l/78848054/#

Courier Journal
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/arts/visual/2016/02/15/international-honor-quit-gets-rare-showing/79614064/#

LEO
http://www.leoweekly.com/2016/02/hot-flash-fan-and-international-honor-quilt-on-display/

International Quilt Database
http://uofl.me/intl-honor-quilt