Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Janneken is a professor of history at West Chester University and author of "Amish Quilts: Crafting and American Icon" (Johns Hopkins, 2013) and "A New Deal for Quilts" (International Quilt Museum, 2023). She hosts Running Stitch: A QSOS Podcast, a project of the Quilt Alliance, drawing on oral histories with quilters. She wrote the exhibition catalog for "Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women," on view through Aug. 2024 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She lives in Philadelphia with her 13-year-old daughter, and is an avid cyclist, yogi, and participant in civic life.
Saturday, February 22, 2025
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM MT