Collectors Articles of interest to art quilt collectors
The Art of Collecting Art Quilts
The Art of Collecting Art Quilts
The Hendricks Collection and Alegre Retreat (pdf file)
by Sandra Sider, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Fall 2012
The McMinn Collection of Contemporary Art (pdf file)
by Sandra Sider, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Fall 2011
Mary Anhaltzer and Her Life in Quilts (pdf file)
by Sandra Sider, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Spring 2011
Suggestions for Collectors
Adapted from Contemporary Quilt Art: An Introduction and Guide
by Kate Lenkowsky, PDF version This book is available from the SAQA Store
The First Quilt
by Lynne Davis, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 2007
What Makes a Great Collection? An interview with Cliff Einstein
by Barbara Isenberg, from Time Magazine (4/9/07).
Collector's Eye: Art Quilts
Missy Sullivan, Editor
(PDF File), reprinted from The Forbes Collector, February 2005, vol. 3, no. 2
note: this is the complete issue; the article begins on the bottom of page 1
reprinted from Art & Antiques, March 2006 (PDF file)
Frequently Asked Questions:
Two Collectors Respond
Warren and Nancy Brakensiek, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall 2001
How I Became a Quilt Collector
by Necia Wallace, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, Fall 2006 (PDF file)
John M. Walsh III: Passionate Patron of the Art Quilt
by Robert Shaw, originally published in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, January-February 2006
An Interview with Peter Brooks, Art Quilt Collector
by Linda MacDonald, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2002
Opinion: A Collector's View
by John M. Walsh, III, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter/Spring 2005
History
A History of the Art Quilt
by Robert Shaw, reprinted from www.roberteshaw.com/Quilts.html
FREE eBook - Brief History of the Art Quilt
by Robert Shaw, reprinted from SAQA Journal
Caring for Your Collection: Conservation, Insurance, Appraisals, and Donations
by Mary Juillet-Paonessa, reprinted from the SAQA Journal, Summer 2010
For information on art quilt care and other conservation issues, from the International Quilt Study Center.
Everything You Wanted to Know about Getting Your Quilt Appraised
by Eileen Doughty, (PDF file) reprinted from The Professional Quilter
Leaving a Legacy: Donating Quilts to Museums
by Andi Reynolds
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