We invite you to join us for a Virtual First Friday on May 1 at 4:30 p.m. Central streaming on our Facebook and YouTube channels. Collections Manager Sarah Walcott will present “Crazy Quilts and Mad Women: Quilting in the Age of Freudian Hysteria,” a lecture being held in conjunction with our next Virtual Pop-Up, launching this weekend on our website.

About the Program: Many of us are familiar with the aesthetic and decorative trends that influenced the rise and popularity of crazy quilts. Join us for a discussion of these, as well as deeper social and cultural forces at work on the crazy quilt phenomenon. 

About the Presenter: Sarah Walcott is the International Quilt Museum's collections manager. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Arts in textile history with a concentration in quilt studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Before joining the team full time, she interned at the museum in collections, exhibitions and education since 2014. As collections manager, her responsibilities include accessioning and deaccessioning objects, preparing objects for photography, preparing and receiving shipments, processing loan agreements and contracts, maintaining the IQM database and other functions to preserve the museum's collection. Walcott also curated "Hand and Mind in 19th Century Quiltmaking."