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SUMMARY:Religion and Norwegian American Quilts
DESCRIPTION:Quilts and quiltmaking have been closely connected to the religious identities of Norwegian-American women in the Midwest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and to the churches themselves. \n\n\n\nThe Lutheran Church was an important institution\, socially as well as religiously\, for many Norwegian-American families.\n\n\n\nThrough Kvindeforening\, or Ladies Aid\, women learned to make quilts\, practiced English\, built and maintained social relationships\, and sold quilts and textiles to fund local\, national\, and global projects.\n\n\n\nSome quilts made by devout Norwegian Americans show evidence of faith in imagery and language with embroidered scenes from the Bible and Bible verses in Norwegian. \n\n\n\nThe Norwegian language persisted longest when it came to matters of faith.  Many quiltmakers attended a church that conducted services in their native language and their daughters often grew up worshiping (reading\, speaking\, and singing) in Norwegian.\n\n\n\nLaurann Gilbertson holds a BA in Anthropology and an MS in Textiles & Clothing\, both from Iowa State University. She was Textile Curator at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah\, Iowa\, for 19 years and is now the Chief Curator there. Among her duties are overseeing the collection of more than 30\,000 artifacts\, creating exhibitions\, and leading Textile Study Tours to Norway.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:#0F4146\;"><span style="font-family:inherit\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt\;">Quilts and quiltmaking have been closely connected to the religious identities of Norwegian-American women in the Midwest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and to the churches themselves.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nThe Lutheran Church was an important institution\, socially as well as religiously\, for many Norwegian-American families.<br />\n<br />\nThrough Kvindeforening\, or Ladies Aid\, women learned to make quilts\, practiced English\, built and maintained social relationships\, and sold quilts and textiles to fund local\, national\, and global projects.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#0F4146\;"><span style="font-family:inherit\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt\;">Some quilts made by devout Norwegian Americans show evidence of faith in imagery and language with embroidered scenes from the Bible and Bible verses in Norwegian.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nThe Norwegian language persisted longest when it came to matters of faith.&nbsp\; Many quiltmakers attended a church that conducted services in their native language and their daughters often grew up worshiping (reading\, speaking\, and singing) in Norwegian.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#0F4146\;"><span style="font-family:inherit\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt\;">Laurann Gilbertson holds a BA in Anthropology and an MS in Textiles &amp\; Clothing\, both from Iowa State University. She was Textile Curator at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah\, Iowa\, for 19 years and is now the Chief Curator there. Among her duties are overseeing the collection of more than 30\,000 artifacts\, creating exhibitions\, and leading Textile Study Tours to Norway.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Norwegian Heritage Center 277 W. Main Street Stoughton\, WI 53589
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URL:https://www.stoughtonwi.com/events/details/religion-and-norwegian-american-quilts-2303
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