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Winter Quarters of the 1819–1820 Long Expedition, Eastern Nebraska
EDITED BY JOHN R. BOZELL, GAYLE F. CARLSON, AND ROBERT E. PEPPERL
From October of 1819 until June of 1820 members of the Stephen Long Scientific Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains spent their time along the Missouri River in eastern Nebraska at quarters they called Engineer Cantonment. During the stay the party built log structures, held councils with resident tribes, and collected detailed information on the plants, animals, geology, and indigenous inhabitants. Expedition narratives and a rich collection of artwork have captured the occupation. The Long Party’s efforts produced America’s first biodiversity study and also resulted in collection of some of the earliest systematic ethnographic information about central Great Plains Native American life.
The location of Engineer Cantonment was unknown until 2003, when a History Nebraska archeological team discovered the site near Omaha through analysis of expedition artwork, ground-penetrating radar, and narrow mechanical trenching. An archeological exploration uncovered buried ruins such as building wall lines, fireplaces, pits, posts, and thousands of artifacts. It is the only Great Plains site with well-preserved archeological deposits that can be directly and specifically associated with a major expedition. This book is an account of the Long Expedition’s stay at Engineer Cantonment and its archeological discovery and exploration.
John R. Bozell, Gayle F. Carlson, and
Robert E. Pepperl have all played important roles in Nebraska archeological inquiry for decades. Bozell is currently the Nebraska state archeologist with History Nebraska and Carlson (now deceased) held that position before he retired. Pepperl began his career at the University of Nebraska but went on to become a leading Nebraska archeology consultant. These archeologists have published widely on important aspects of both Native American and Euro-American archeology in Nebraska.
NOW AVAILABLE 394 pp. • 8 1/2 x 11 • 65 photographs; 95 paintings, maps, and drawings; 81 tables; and 5 appendixes $29.95T • paperback • 978-0-933307-41-4 $40.00 Canadian / £23.99 UK
Nancy Crow, renowned artist, has exhibited her work and taught worldwide. Her quilts are in numerous private and public collections. Named a fellow of the American Craft Council and Master of Medium in Textiles by James Renwick Alliance, she has received many awards in recognition of her art during her forty-year career.
NOW AVAILABLE 104 pp. • 10 x 11 • Pictorial documentation of Nancy Crow’s art, photographs of Nancy Crow at work $34.95T • paperback • 978-1-7352784-0-7 $46.50 Canadian / £27.99 UK No ebook available
Nancy Crow
Drawings: Monoprints and Riffs
FOREWORD BY DAVID HORNUNG ESSAY BY JEAN ROBERTSON
Nancy Crow: Drawings: Monoprints and Riffs is a beautifully illustrated catalog showcasing the newest work of renowned artist Nancy Crow. Over the last decade Crow has transformed her quiltmaking by developing a unique monoprinting technique. Monoprinting on cotton fabric, she focuses on drawn lines, layered one upon another, that result in a complex visual tangle. The work in this series simultaneously produces both clarity and depth.
In her Riff and Drawing: Riff series, Crow has continued to explore her “drawing with fabric” approach. In these works Crow improvisationally cuts through layers of highly saturated hand-dyed fabrics, creating crisp forms with slight curves and undulations caused by subtle movements of her arm, which are then stitched together in dynamic compositions.
This catalog includes Crow’s descriptions of these innovative techniques as well as candid musings on her personal journey as a driven, passionate artist. In addition, Crow’s work is discussed in an essay by Jean Robertson, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita of Art History at the Herron School of Art and Design at Indiana University–Purdue University. Also featured is a foreword by David Hornung, professor of art and art history at Adelphi University, New York. The catalog accompanies a 2020 exhibition of Crow’s work at the International Quilt Museum, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870–1940
The International Quilt Study Center Collections Edited by Marin F. Hanson and Patricia Cox Crews $90.00 • hardcover • 978-0-8032-2054-6
Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50
EDITED BY MARIN F. HANSON CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: JONATHAN HOLSTEIN, CAROLYN DUCEY, SANDRA SIDER, JONATHAN GREGORY, NAO NOMURA, AND MARIN HANSON
Fifty years after its debut, the exhibition Abstract Design in American Quilts is remembered as a pivotal moment in the intersecting histories of art, craft, and design. Installed at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art in 1971, the exhibition presented traditional American pieced quilts on walls more commonly used to display modern art such as abstract expressionist paintings. The exhibition, curated by Jonathan Holstein and Gail van der Hoof from their own collection, unexpectedly struck a chord with museumgoers and art critics alike, breaking attendance records and subsequently traveling to museums across the United States, Europe, and Japan.
With Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50, an exhibition series that includes an installation of the original quilt group, the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln reexamines the half-century impact of this watershed exhibition. In five essays leading quilt scholars assess the areas upon which the exhibition, in its various iterations, had its greatest impact, most notably the growth of quiltmaking across the United States and in art circles. The essays also discuss broader cultural phenomena that produced an environment in which quilts and other forms of material culture could be viewed and valued in new ways. Marin F. Hanson is the curator of international collections at the International Quilt Museum (IQM), University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Jonathan Holstein is a collector, author, and co-curator of the original Abstract Design in American Quilts exhibition; Carolyn Ducey is the curator of collections at the IQM; Sandra Sider is an artist, curator, and editor of Art Quilt Quarterly; Jonathan Gregory is the assistant curator of exhibitions at the IQM; and Nao Nomura is associate professor of American studies at Saitama University, Japan.
MARCH 175 pp. • 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 • 130 color photographs (40 contextual and historical photographs and 90 full page quilt plates) $39.95T • paperback • 978-1-7352784-2-1 $53.00 Canadian / £33.00 UK
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The Cradle of White Corded Quilting Kathryn Berenson $29.95 • paperback • 978-0-9814582-4-3
