In conjunction with the exhibition Ambiguity & Enigma: Recent Quilts by Michael James, the International Quilt Study Center & Museum presents a free public lecture by Janet Koplos. In this talk, Koplos, former senior editor at ‘Art in America’ and co-author of ‘Makers: A History of American Studio Craft,’ explores the labor of art-making and what it means for artists and for their audiences. Koplos will speculate on why artists so often take progress to extremes and will pull examples from a broad range of mediums including, but not limited to painting, sculpture, installation, contemporary crafts such as textiles, ceramics and jewelry, performance art, and even photography.

This lecture is funded in part by a grant from the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas, Helena Hibbs Endowment Fund, and by the Department of Art & Art History, and the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture Series.