Deeds Not Words: Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Suffrage

Deeds Not Words is a well curated exhibition catalogue and collection of quilt art pieces celebrating the centenary of the 19th amendment in the USA. Due out 28th March 2020 from Schiffer, it's 96 pages and will be available in hardcover format.

The actual exhibition is scheduled to travel to different locales from 2020-2022 and includes shows and dates to be announced. Despite a careful read-through, I've been unable to find a complete listing of dates and venues, but it seems to be in association with equilter.com.

The exhibit contains a short history of the women's suffrage movement, some rare antique pieces which reference women's suffrage, along with the contemporary pieces by 28 modern day quilt artists. Each of the entries contains an artist's statement and vision as well as a little bit of background and one or more color photos of each exhibition piece. The artists' pieces are as varied as they are and represent a full spectrum of points of view. It's amazing to me how far we've come in a scant century and how far we still need to go to approach equality.

This would make a nice coffee table book of inspiration for a fiber artist or quilter's home library.

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes