Art rooted in tradition ; 1970s quilt movement takes center stage at Duxbury art museum

From: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA | Date: May 10, 2008| Author: EDWARD B. COLBY | Copyright information

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DUXBURY

Of the 62 art quilts now hanging on the walls of the Art Complex Museum, Terrie Hancock Mangat's "Desert Storm" commands special attention.

The huge quilt, which features yellow ribbons, "looks comforting. You look up close, and you see there are skeletons on this quilt. And those sticks there, my goodness, they're missiles." said Judith Trager, quilt artist and curator in Colorado, who put together the collection for the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, where ...

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