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Etkitatiogs ocote-up "First Flowerings: Early Virginia Quilts:: until October 18, 1987, at the DAR Museum, Washington, DC, brings together for the first time twenty quilts and counterpanes made in Virginia prior to 1840... Pieced Quilt by Susan Goosley Campell; • Virginia;1820-1830; The DAR Museum, gift ofMassanutton Chapter "Folk Art of the People:: an exhibition of Navaho art organized by Chuck Rosenak, a prominent collector of twentieth century folk art, will be at the Craft Alliance Gallery,St.Louis, MO,until September 26,1987... • Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York City, presents "After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America 1780-1800:' through October 2, 1987... • The first exhibition to focus exclusively on the unique and beautiful clothing, tools and artifacts of the Alaskan native peoples opens October 31 and runs through December 20, 1987 at the San Francisco Craft rances Usugan ofToksook Bay, Alaska, with dried seal gut and Folk Art Museum at Fort Mason. Called "Innerskins/ Outerskins: Gut and Fishskin:' the exhibition will travel to three museums in Alaska... • An exhibition of the work of The Nantucket Historical Asso- Women: Their Lives and Their Lancaster County's favorite ciation's exhibition "The Deco- Needlework; The Colonial Furmemory painter, antiques dealer rative Arts and Crafts of Nan- niture of New England; and Hattie Klapp Brunner will be tucket;' which runs through on display at the Heritage Cen- October 17, 1987, at the Assoter of Lancaster County, in ciation's Fair Street Museum, downtown Lancaster, PA, until Nantucket, MA, will be highlighted by a symposium entitled November 21, 1987... • "The Decorative Arts in a MarThe work of 18 contemporary itime World" on Saturday, Ocself-taught artists will be fea- tober 3, 1987, at the Bennett The National Historic Commutured in the exhibition Hall of the First Congregational nal Societies Association will "American Mysteries: Re- Church. Topics for the day-long hold its 14th annual conference discovery of Outsider Art::from event include: The Quaker Con- at the restored Swedish colony October 1 to November 7, 1987, tribution to the Decorative Arts, of Bishop Hill, Illinois, from at the San Francisco Arts Com- Artificial Curiosities and South October 15 to 18, 1987. The Sea Collectors; American theme is "Immigrant and Native mission Gallery, Grove Street.
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Silver on Nantucket. For further information contact Marjorie Harris, 617/228-2252.
Coilesiesce 4t 1344op JJiIt Communitarians: Ethnicity, Ideology and Material Culture:: For registration or further information contact Dina Nelson. Bishop Hill Heritage Association, Bishop Hill, IL 61419; tel 309/927-3899. 15