Programs & Events 2008
"A Patchwork of Cultures: a Traveling Exhibit from Louisiana to France" opens in Paris Greater Area
October 02, 2008
Following stops in Angoulême, Périgueux and Rochefort the quilt exhibit, “A Patchwork of Cultures: A Traveling Exhibit from Louisiana to France,” presented by the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy in France, continues its route throughout France and was inaugurated at Toile de Jouy textile museum in Jouy-en-Josas, greater Paris, by Mrs. Stapleton and Mayor Jacques Bellier in the presence of approximately 250 guests. This exhibit, co-organized with the “Toile de Jouy” museum, displays 30 quilts: one half celebrates the Franco-American friendship and the other half introduces the African-American tradition of quilting. The museum also organized a series of lectures, gathering approximately 150 attendees, on “Quilting in America: A Social History” by Paris Dauphine Associate Professor Géraldine Chouard, and “Louisiana in French” by France Louisiane-France Américanie President Claude Teboul. Thanks to the embassy’s partnership with France Patchwork association, the museum was also able to accommodate two workshops attended by 50 quilters from the greater Paris metropolitan area.
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Quilts exhibit at Musée de la toile de Jouy
France Louisiane-France Américanie