search articles:     from the issue of March 10, 2005         Victorian fancy quilts topic of March 31 lecture Virginia Gunn, noted costume and textile historian, will present "The First Art Quilts: The Aesthetic Movement and Late-Victorian Fancy Quilts," at 11:30 a.m. March 31 in the auditorium (Room 11) of the Home Economics Building. Her talk is free and open to the public. Gunn is the 2005 Visiting Faculty Fellow of the International Quilt Study Center. Her recent research has focused on Quaker women and Quaker-made quilts. She is here to initiate research that will lead to identifying Quaker-made quilts in the IQSC collections. Her work will inform a future exhibition and contribute to the multivolume catalogue of the collections that is currently under preparation with support from the Getty Foundation. Gunn is a professor of clothing, textiles, and interiors at the University of Akron (Ohio). She teaches courses in history of fashion, history of interior design, textile conservation, and material-culture studies. She is curator of Akron's historic costume and textile collection. Gunn, a past president of the American Quilt Study Group, was editor of Uncoverings, AQSG's annual volume of research papers, from 1994 to 2003. Her research interests revolve around American textiles and dress of the 19th and 20th centuries including Civil War era quilts, agricultural fairs and their influence on American quiltmaking traditions, as well as the art needlework movement. GO TO: ISSUE OF MARCH 10 ARTS HEADLINES FOR MARCH 10 First MFA thesis exhibition opens March 21 20th Century clothing exhibited at Hillestad Gallery Friends of Chamber Music presents Leipzig Quartet March 18 Keaton film classic screened with Alloy Orchestra March 22 King of the Corner Reception Sponsors Omitted Live Husker Women's Gymnastics on NET1 Miss Miye Japanese Doll Exhibit at Morrill Hall Poet Haskins reading March 24 Theatre Arts member performs in cabaret Victorian fancy quilts topic of March 31 lecture 732015S34398X