Profile profile for bowmand
Research Specialties:
Hand and machine-made needlework and lace made or used in America. Related tools, implements, and machines.
Projects:
Current Projects:
Rotation of quilts in Artifact Walls exhibition case. Continuation of many years of regularly scheduled public programs and behind-the-scenes tours related to the quilt, needlework, and lace collections.
Past Projects:
- Exhibit Curator: Victorian Needlework: Or the Rise of the Printed Pattern, the first Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition with three-dimensional objects.
- Exhibit Curator: Putting Her Best Quilt Forward: Exhibiting at the Fair.
- Exhibit Curator: Quilts, A Selection from the National Collection.
- Exhibit Co-Curator: Needlework sections of Textile exhibition halls.
Awards, Honors, and Special Recognition:
Smithsonian Institution Unsung Hero Award
Blog Posts
Did Susan Holbert make this quilt?
July 29, 2010
Publications
American Quilts
(Smithsonian Treasury). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991.