Uncommon Threads: Ohio’s Art Quilt Revolution

“Gayle Pritchard's book is a godsend, a serious, carefully researched study of the history and continuing development of quiltmaking by artists, full of valuable new information and insights. Pritchard's deep focus and solid scholarship are models for all future studies of the genre.”
–Robert Shaw, author of The Art Quilt

“At last—a book that records the story of Ohio’s central role in the art quilt movement of the late-twentieth century. Pritchard highlights the major contributions of key artists and leaders. Uncommon Threads: Ohio’s Art Quilt Revolution  is a well-written and long-needed book that provides excellent analysis. A good read from cover to cover.”
—Virginia Gunn, University of Akron, editor of Uncoverings (American Quilt Study Group), 1994–2003 

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Ohio’s long quiltmaking heritage prepared the way for the contemporary quilt artists of the 1970s and 1980s whose pioneering vision and dedication created a new art form and added a chapter to quilt history. Uncommon Threads: Ohio’s Art Quilt Revolution reveals for the first time the remarkable role Ohio artists, curators, institutions, and organizations have played in the evolution of today’s international art quilt movement.

Against the backdrop of America’s counterculture and civil rights movements, author Gayle A. Pritchard’s compelling narrative threads its way through the emergence of the art quilt, from artists working in isolation to the explosive “big bang” of the first Quilt National and its inevitable reverberations. Pritchard provides a fascinating and personal glimpse into the private world of these unique artists through in-depth interviews, rare photographs, and abundant quilt illustrations.

As Uncommon Threads demonstrates, the art quilt movement could not have occurred without Ohio’s unparalleled contribution. Quilt lovers around the world will relish this tale of the uncommon energy, vision, creativity, and devotion to self-expression that truly made a quilt revolution.

The catalogue page is available for download here (PDF - 536KB).