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Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
Tuesday, October 4th
8:30am - 12:00pm
  • Location: Kentucky Museum - Education Room
  • Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm

Weaving Discovery

Kentucky Museum's Fall Break Camp will emphasize weaving.  Campers will discover Kentucky's white oak basket weaving tradition while exploring the White Oak Basket Exhibit. They will learn how to prepare and use natural materials such as reed, bark, willow, and honeysuckle to weave.

http://www.wku.edu/kentuckymuseum/education/fall_camp.php

Fall Camp is for ages 6 through 13.

9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Kentucky Museum
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

More than 30 quilts and wall hangings illustrate how Kentucky quiltmakers looked to both the past and to the future for inspiration. In the first part of the 20th century, Americans' interest in their Colonial heritage contributed to a revival in quiltmaking, yet modern trends such as Art Nouveau and Art Deco also brought a contemporary feel to the work of some quilters and pattern designers.  The revival that began around the time of the U.S. Bicentennial also had a dual effect with some quilters choosing traditional methods while others began experimenting with modern fabrics, techniques, and motifs.  This divergence in approaches continued into the 21st century.

These quilts were selected from the Kentucky Museum's nationally significant collection which numbers more than 250 quilts and textile samples.

9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Kentucky Museum - Gallery A
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

This exhibit explores the many facets of this white oak basket tradition and honors the basketmakers connected to this important regional art form. This exhibit will run through Jan. 31, 2017.

6:30pm
  • Location: Gary A. Ransdell Hall Auditorium
  • Time: 6:30pm

The WKU School of Journalism & Broadcasting will welcome Jineth Bedoya Lima, an award-winning Bogotá journalist, to campus in early October as the first recipient of the Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting.

Bedoya’s WKU visit is scheduled between two significant international events involving the speaker. She will arrive in Bowling Green following her attendance at the official peace accord signing by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), currently set for Sept. 26, where she will represent victims of the war. If passed during a national referendum on Oct. 2, the accord will end the Western Hemisphere’s longest war, lasting 52 years.

Bedoya and four other Colombian victims of violence are 2016 Nobel Peace Prize nominees for their work in defending the rights of women.  The winners of this prestigious award will be announced on Oct. 7.

The Award for Courageous International Reporting is given by the Fleischaker/Greene Fund for Excellence in First Amendment Issues at Western Kentucky University. Bedoya’s presentation and the award ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Gary A. Ransdell Hall auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

 

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