Interview with Cindy Friedman, July 22, 2003

Interview Summary

Megan Dwyre interviews Cindy Friedman, a quilter and fiber artist based in Pennsylvania. She discusses personal aspects of quilting, including how she began to quilt, her style and creative processes, and her feelings on what makes a great quilt and quilter. She talks about her accomplishments as a quilter, including her charity work, commissioned pieces, and how her quilts have been received in the quilting and art worlds. She talks with Dwyre about the art form of creating art quilts, including how these quilts have transformed the art world in recent years. She talks about the various mediums quilts interact with, particularly wearable arts and other forms of textile arts. Friedman also discusses her personal feelings about quilting as an art form, its impact on American and women's history, as well as its impact on her life.

Interview Keyword

Art quilts Traditional quilts Quilting as an art form Contemporary quilts Youth culture Quilts for charity Commissioned artworks Quilting guilds Quilting communities Artistic processes Creative processes

Interview LC Subject

Quilts Quilting Textiles Textile crafts Fabrics Fabric arts Quilts--United States--Exhibitions Art--Commissioning Crafts & decorating Quilting today Creativity Families Communities

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