Interview with Yvonne Porcella, August 9, 2003
Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Alliance Raffle Quilt
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Karen Musgrave interviews Yvonne Porcella, a member of the Quilters Hall of Fame, about the 2003 Quilt Alliance's raffle quilt. Porcella describes her artistic contributions to the quilt's design and what they mean to her, personally. She also discusses quilting as an art form and the importance of visual storytelling within the art of quilting.Interview Accession
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Quilts Quilting Women Textiles Textile artists Artists Decorative arts Crafts & decorating Performing arts Visual arts StorytellingInterview Rights
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Porcella, Yvonne Interview by Karen Musgrave. 09 Aug. 2003. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Porcella, Y. (2003, August 09). Interview by K. Musgrave. Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Alliance Raffle Quilt. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Porcella, Yvonne, interview by Karen Musgrave. August 09, 2003, Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Alliance Raffle Quilt, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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