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Month In the Gallery Special Events
January

MUSEUM CLOSED FOR FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JANUARY. RE-OPENING TUESDAY, JANUARY 19.

Ongoing:
Masters:
40 Contemporary
Art Quilters

 

February

Masters:
40 Contemporary
Art Quilters

Closes February 25

Lowell Winterfest

School Vacation Week Programs:

Kids admitted free

February 16, 10am - 4pm:
Make an Amish Doll or Wallhanging

February 17:
10am - 11am:

Applique a Fleece Scarf
2pm - 3pm:
Make a Snow Angel Pillow
All Classes with Rhonda Galpern

 

 

March

Kinder Komforts:
Amish Crib Quilts

Opens March 4

Saturday, March 6, 1pm:
Opening Reception for
Kinder Komforts & Lecture on "The Amish Lifestyle & Their Quilts" by guest curator Bettina Havig

 

April

Kinder Komforts:
Amish Crib Quilts

Saturday, April 17 , 1pm:
"An Appreciation of Amish Color" lecture by Gerald Roy

Tuesday, April 20, 10am - 4pm:
Make an Amish Wallhanging
Class with Rhonda Galpern

Saturday, April 24, 9am - noon:
Textile Treasures Sale

May

Kinder Komforts:
Amish Crib Quilts
Closes May 9

Women's Writes:
Signature Quilts and Their Stories

Opens May 13

 

Saturday, May 15, 1pm:
Opening Reception for
Women's Writes
&
Program with Lorie Chase

Saturday, May 22, 10am - 1pm:
Victorian Inking
Class on Calligraphy by Faye Labanaris

June

Women's Writes:
Signature Quilts and Their Stories

Saturday, June 5
"Quilt Quest: How to Explore the Story of Your Quilt and Find Its Meaning"
Workshop with Lorie Chase

Saturday, June 19
"An American Album Quilt, Utah Territory, 1857: A Case Study in Object-Centered History"
Program by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

July

Women's Writes:
Signature Quilts and Their Stories

Closes July 11

Contemporary Broderie Perse: 
An Elegant Revival
Opens July 15

Saturday, July 17, 1pm:
Opening reception for Contemporary Broderie Perse & Historical Overview of Cut-out Chintz/Broderie Perse by
guest curator Anita Loscalzo

 

August

Contemporary Broderie Perse: 
An Elegant Revival

Lowell Quilt Festival, Aug 11 - 15

...a Citywide Celebration of Quilts

Images 2010: The Quilt Show at the Lowell Quilt Festival, Aug 12 - 14

August 12-14, 2pm every day:
Gallery talks by Anita Loscalzo during Lowell Quilt Festival

September

Contemporary Broderie Perse: 
An Elegant Revival

Sunday, September 12:
Trunk Show by Barbara W. Barber

Saturday, September 25:
Text & Textiles Fundraiser

 

 

October

Contemporary Broderie Perse: 
An Elegant Revival

Closes October 17

African-American Quilts Today:
A Celebration of Motherhood, Sisterhood & the Matriarchs

Opens October 21

Saturday, October 2, 10am - 4pm:
Broderie Perse Workshop with Marjorie Lydecker

Saturday, October 23, 1pm:
Opening Reception for
African-American Quilts Today
& Program with Dr. Pearlie Johnson

 

November

African-American Quilts Today:
A Celebration of Motherhood, Sisterhood & the Matriarchs

Saturday, November 6, 1pm:
Trunk Show from Sisters in Fibers

Saturday, November 13, 1pm:
Trunk Show from Sisters in Stitches

 

 

December

African-American Quilts Today:
A Celebration of Motherhood, Sisterhood & the Matriarchs

 

 

January 2011

MUSEUM CLOSED JANUARY 1 - 19

New England SAQA: No Holds Barred
Opens January 20

 
 
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Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
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