Culcitology (QUILTS) with Luke Haynes, Olivia Joseph, and Joe Cunningham
2/26/20261 hr 46 min
Scrap quilts. Sewing bees. Secret codes. Political activism. Controversies. Three of your new favorite Culcitologists – Olivia Joseph, Luke Haynes, and Joe Cunningham – are stitched together for one mega episode on one of the most underappreciated and widely practiced arts in the world: quilting. We cover donated quilts, galleries vs. linen closets, incarcerated quilters, the ONE person you do not want to enter a fair with, quilting and covid, the Gee’s Bend Alabama quilters who turned modern art criticism on its head, and the icons you need to know about. Also: washing, preserving, appraising, repairing, and enjoying quilts. It’ll change the way you interact with your aunt, your local thrift store, art shows, and your very bed itself.
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First 90 secondsAlie Ward· Host0:00
Oh, hey, it's the guy whose outfit you wanna compliment, but you don't wanna make things awkward. Ally Ward, and I know you're thinking that the runtime of this episode is- ha- has to be a typo. It's not. It's real. We have a dive so deep for you, it'll change the way you interact with your aunt, with your local thrift store, with art shows, and your very bed itself. It's quilts, and it's a big one, because how could I not make a quilt of various experts to give me not only the history and the context and the how-to and the advice and the narratives woven into this incredibly underappreciated, and dare I say, highly political art form? So joining us today is an author, fine artist, and historical expert.
Joe Cunningham· Guest0:37
Mm-hmm.
Alie Ward· Host0:37
Say your first and last name and the pronouns you use, too.
Joe Cunningham· Guest0:40
Sure. Now?
Alie Ward· Host0:42
Yeah, go for it! We're rolling.
Joe Cunningham· Guest0:43
[chuckles] Okay. I'm Joe Cunningham, uh, and my pronouns are he, him.
Alie Ward· Host0:49
We also meet a museum curator, a textile conservator, and, though a non-quilter, a quilting scholar.
Olivia Joseph· Guest0:55
Olivia Joseph, and I use they, she pronouns.
Alie Ward· Host0:58
And rounding it out for this ology is another world-famous fine artist and quilter.
Luke Haynes· Guest1:03
Luke Haynes, he, him.
Alie Ward· Host1:04
Did you know that there's sort of an ology for quilting? Culcitology.
Luke Haynes· Guest1:09
No! No.
Alie Ward· Host1:09
There sort of is. I think one person has used it, but, um- [chuckles] ... in Latin, culcita means, like, patchwork blanket. Isn't that cool?
Luke Haynes· Guest1:20
That's really cool. I was curious about what the vernacular was going to be.
Alie Ward· Host1:23
[laughing] Now, this is not to be confused with our mosquitoes episode, which is culicology. Also, Jeopardy!, let