Recently more than two dozen of the most significant quilts discovered to date by the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project went on view at the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell in the exhibition Massachusetts—Our Common Wealth: Quilts from the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, which runs through September 20. So far, some six thousand quilts have been documented as a result …
Inspired by antiques: An American moon and stars quilt
This week I’m taking inspiration from a remarkable quilt that will be up for auction at Skinner’s American furniture and decorative arts sale this weekend (June 7). Dating from the turn of the 20th century, the design of this pieced wool quilt is comprised of four-point stars set between thirty-five full circles and ten half circles—known as a “moon and …
Amish Quilts and Recent Acquisitions at the Textile Museum
The Textile Museum’s recent acquisition of Amish Quilts
Living With Antiques: The House Collector
On an Alabama farm, a lover of vernacular architecture rescues and reimagines historic log cabins—preserving place, memory, and a powerful sense of home. ⬬
Guest Editor Letter – Pieter Estersohn
A letter from our September/October 2025 issue’s guest editor, Pieter Estersohn ⬬
When Edith Met Electra
A New York gallery maven and a forward-thinking collector, both women, drew the boundaries of the new field of American folk art collecting. ⬬
In Conversation: The Future of Vernacular Art in American Museums
We asked five curators at major institutions: How are you installing and considering folk and outsider art in the coming years? High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Katherine Jentleson, Senior curator of American art and Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art⬬
In Conversation: The Future of Vernacular Art in American Museums
We asked five curators at major institutions: How are you installing and considering folk and outsider art in the coming years? The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing, and Alyce Perry Englund, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts ⬬
Museums: Big Changes Are Coming to the American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square is ready for its much-anticipated refresh. ⬬
In Conversation: The Future of Vernacular Art in American Museums
We asked five curators at major institutions: How are you installing and considering folk and outsider art in the coming years? Leslie Umberger. ⬬







