Shop textiles and wearables from artists featured in WMQFA’s current exhibition, Conversations in Cloth / Kapad ni Vatchit / કાપડ ની વાતચીત.
Beautiful rugs, quilts, scarves, and decorative decor for everyone on your holiday list!
Join us on Friday, December 8, from 5:30–7:00pm, for a night celebrating the opening of the exhibition Conversations in Cloth / Kapad ni Vatchit / કાપડ ની વાતચીત.
Join us on Friday, December 8, from 4:30–5:30pm, for an immersive, guided tour with Guest Curator, Judy Frater, of the exhibition Conversations in Cloth / Kapad ni Vatchit / કાપડ ની વાતચીત.
Artist Biography:
I’m Diane Newbury, a very happy mid-life career changer. My prior working life was all about finance, computer systems, writing, and training, but now I get to pursue a life-long passion.
My love affair with museums and ancient things dates back a long, long way. My husband reminds me that no matter where we’ve gone in the world, I “drag” him to a museum or to some crumbling archaeological ruin.
In 2014, I completed my Master’s degree in Anthropology (emphasis: Archaeology) and Museum Studies through a joint program between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM). My thesis was based on a beautiful collection of archaeological Peruvian featherwork artifacts housed at MPM, as well as museums in New York and Peru.
Through my thesis work, I found a new passion for research. I am now studying and documenting a very large collection of Peruvian archaeological textiles at the MPM and a smaller collection here at the WMQFA.
