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Curator's Talk | A Distinctive Artistic Tradition

When:

July 16, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Where:

Asheville Art Museum, 2 S. Pack Square, Asheville, NC

Source:

6AM City Asheville – Events

Co-creator of Warp, Weft and the Grid, Kathleen Curtis Wilson Curator Kathleen Curtis Wilson will present a series of photographs and share personal stories about her collection of bed coverlets woven by women in southern Appalachia, 1850-1930. An appreciation of Appalachian weaving was hindered by stereotypical images of Appalachia as a poverty-ridden, art-poor region. These images and a lack of women’s material culture studies in the region once made it easy to dismiss Appalachia as void of ob