Detail: Sabrina Gschwandtner (American, b. 1977), Screen Credit (still), 2020. 3-Channel 4K video, color, silent; run time: 7:30 min. Courtesy of the artist and Pat Ferrero. Films are in distribution through New Day Films.
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This program took place on
Saturday, January 28, 2023
About the Program
Watch the award-winning documentary Hearts and Hands: 19th Century Women and Their Quilts, which explores how quilts have not only been part of everyday life, but also present in major movements from abolition to suffrage.
Stay for a conversation about the use of “women’s work” in activist causes with filmmaker Pat Ferrero, Los Angeles–based Jewish artist Sabrina Gschwandtner, and independent curator Louise Steinman.
Directed by Pat Ferrero (1988, 63 min. No MPAA rating.)
Spotlight on Sabrina Gschwandtner
Artist Sabrina Gschwandtner on KCET
Learn how Sabrina Gschwandtner uses 35mm film to create quilts that honor women in film and see her works on view in Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories.
Related to This Program
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Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories
November 17, 2022–March 12, 2023
Donor Support
Fabric of a Nation and its related educational programs at the Skirball Cultural Center are made possible by generous support from the following donors:
The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation
The Richard E. and Harriett F. Gold Charitable Fund
David and Sarah Harden
Jenni Kayne
The Keston Family
Alicia Miñana and Rob Lovelace
Additional support is provided by:
Coral Courts Foundation
Lois Neiter
Media sponsor:
This Women and Their Words series talk is made possible in part by support from:
Rebekah and Howard Farber
