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Consulting Services for Collectors, Artists, and Organizations 30 Distinguished Quiltmakers of the World exhibition Curated by Robert Shaw Tokyo Great International Quilt Festival Quilt lectures and Workshops by Robert Shaw Useful links for quilt lovers, artists and collectors

Felis Forever I, Nancy Erickson, 2003 Courtesy of the artist Articles and essays by Robert Shaw A History of the Art Quilt Approaching Museums and Galleries On Artistic Integrity A Quiet Talk about Artist's Statemen Some Thoughts About Art Quilts John M. Walsh III: Passionate Patron of the Art Quilt

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CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ARTISTS, COLLECTORS & ORGANIZATIONS 

· APPRAISER: Current, accurate, market-based appraisals are essential to every collector, institution, or artist. I offer formal written appraisals of quilts for tax and insurance purposes. I have appraised quilts for artists,  collectors, and institutions wishing to establish and document insurance values for their work and for collectors donating quilts to museums.

· AUTHOR, EDITOR, BOOK PRODUCER: I have written many critically acclaimed books, articles, and essays on traditional and contemporary folk art and hand crafts, and have edited and produced books, catalogs, and calendars for museums, corporations, publishers, and individuals. I can help you produce a high quality publication of any kind and provide expert design, photography, printing, and distribution options to you, taking your idea from concept to bound book or facilitating anything in between. My Vermont-based team can provide book development and editing, copy editing, and book and cover design, and guide your book through printing by award-winning presses.

· CONSULTANT AND ART ADVISOR: Knowledge is power. Every serious collector needs and relies on unbiased expert advice. My experience can save time and money and help avoid costly mistakes. I have worked with many museums, businesses, and private collectors to analyze and catalog collections and set goals for collection development and care. I can act as your private curator and help you focus your collecting activities, set realistic goals, and find and acquire appropriate objects. I can also advise on museum-quality care, display, and conservation of your collections.
 
· CURATOR: I can plan and organize your exhibition, make arrangements for loans, photography and shipping, and write and edit catalogs. I curated the landmark exhibition, "The 100 Best American Quilts of the 20th Century," shown at International Quilt Festival in 1999, and also have curated exhibitions at the Tokyo Great International Quilt Festival, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery,  the University of Michigan Art Museum, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, The Shelburne Museum, the Dallas Museum of Natural Science, the New England Quilt Museum, and many other institutions and expositions in the US, Europe, and Japan. 

· SHOW AND CONTEST JUROR: I have juried dozens of quilt shows, contests, and competitions, including Quilt National, Quilt Visions, The Husqvarna Gallery of Quilt Art, The Millennium Quilt Contest, The Great Arkansas Quilt Festival, The Front Range Quilters "Elements" exhibition, Hands All Around: International Quilts, and Tactile Architecture. My extensive curatorial knowledge and broad artistic perspective will lend depth and credibility to any show or contest.

The Alliance for American Quilts: Center for the Quilt Online The Alliance is a non-profit organization which is bridging the worlds of grassroots quilt research and academia together, opening up new horizons for quilt study and appreciation. Their web site provides information about their many projects as well as dozens of links to other quilt sites.

American Quilt Study Group The oldest quilt research organization. The AQSG Library is now at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where it is accessible to the International Quilt Study Center. Many books are available for loan

The Library of Congress The mother lode. Anyone with an interest in folk art or traditional American culture is directed to the LOC's American Folklife Center.

Quilt National is a biennial international juried exhibition of contemporary innovative quilts. The first Quilt National was shown in 1979. Quilt National '05 is the fourteenth of these exhibitions.. Quilt National's purpose is "to carry the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what it always has been -- an art form."

Quilt San Diego/Quilt Visions is a not-for-profit international arts organization "dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of the quilt as art." To that end Visions presents a biennial juried exhibition and s also planning to open a non-profit gallery in San Diego in 2006.

Studio Art Quilt Associates The largest and most active organization of and for contemporary studio quilt makers. SAQA sponsors exhibitions, conferences, and workshops for quilt makers, and promotes awareness of the art quilt to galleries, museums, collectors, and the public-at-large.

Smithsonian Archives of American Art has collected roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documentation that supports the study of the history of the visual arts in America. Among the approximately 2,000 interviews conducted for AAA's Oral History Program are extensive talks with Nancy Crow and Michael James.