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Marin F. Hanson is the IQSCM's Curator of International Collections and is responsible for building and interpreting the museum's non-Western collection.
In this video, she shares with TQS the development of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum's international collection and talks about the wishlist of textiles she would like to acquire. She also discusses the acquisition process and the steps required for a textile to reside in the museum's collection.
Marin also talks about the Indian textile behind her in the video, which was donated to the museum by Helen Blumen. Marin's interview ends with a description of the purpose of the new Community Gallery.
Did you know that you can search their online database? Marin gives you the key to deciperhing the number's associated with the textiles.
See a detail of the Indian quilt below the video.
Artist unidentified. Embroidered and beaded textile. Made in India circa 1975-2000.
Image courtesy of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. Collection 2016.024.0001.
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