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![Elaborate fabric quilt featuring an arrangement of five star shapes in the center, surrounded by a border of smaller star shapes and an outermost border of appliqued fabric in a floral pattern.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/37848.jpeg.webp?itok=-BQS4Niv)
Object Story: "Lone Star" Appliqued Chintz and Pieced Quilt
Quilt made by Mary Seeds Moon around 1840 in the popular Lone Star pattern.
![Painting of white woman in voluminous grey dress with white sash and large locket around her neck seated before a window holding a prayer book and looking at the viewer.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/32038.jpeg.webp?itok=51NwzDS_)
Object Story: Portrait of Elizabeth Stone Coffin
Portrait of Elizabeth Stone Coffin painted by John Brewster Jr. in 1801.
![obra de arte de técnica mixta y ensamblaje sobre un pañuelo beige. sobre él hay una variedad de objectos pequeños incluyendo un corazón lleno de pequeñas cucharas y cuchillos de metal, pequeños abanicos, unas manos pequeñas adentro de una ventana pequeña, un pez, un mago y pequeños pedazos de encaje azul gris.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2023-10/BetyeSaar_The%20Fragility%20of%20Illusion_0.jpg.webp?itok=8y8ef7QZ)
Actividad: Mira de cerca
Crea tu propia obra de arte inspirada en la obra de Betye Saar, The Fragility of Illusion (La fragilidad de la ilusión).
![mixed media assemblage artwork on a beige handkerchief featuring an assortment of small items including a heart filled with small metal spoons and knives, small hands inside a window, small fans, a fish, a magician, and pieces of gray blue lace.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2023-10/BetyeSaar_The%20Fragility%20of%20Illusion.jpg.webp?itok=4K8-YvDH)
Activity: Look Closely
Make your own work of art inspired by Betye Saar's work, The Fragility of Illusion.
![View of eight quilts displayed in a museum gallery with a spinning wheel placed in the center of the room.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/Quilt%20display_Nilsen_0.jpg.webp?itok=ErozGXJ9)
Object Story: Stitching Statements and Sentiments
Explore quilt patterns that reflect women’s perspectives on the world and current events.
![Print on paper showing arrangement of squares; within each square there are strips of colored rectangles that are arranged asymmetrically in shades of red, blue, white, and black.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/37276.jpeg.webp?itok=KtZhIWhO)
Object Story: African American Quilting
Contemporary African American quilt traditions and their transformation into new artforms.
![Black and brown people wearing red, yellow, and white drape their bodies over the branches of a large tree.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2022-05/2019-5-filmstill1.jpg.webp?itok=fjjNgTwE)
Apariciones/Apparitions
"The body of the dancers, or phantoms, become sources of knowledge, and their gaze holds the viewer accountable, something that is too often missing from history and art; holding space in historically white spaces in ways that they have never been inhabited before.” -Carolina Caycedo, artist
![Color illustration of a plant with narrow palmate green leaves. Some of the leaves have holes in the center or rips near at the margin. The plant has a moth resting on a leaf and a moth flying near the stem. The plant has a larva resting on a stem and a cocoon attached to a stem. A large black yellow and red larva rests on a leaf. A cocoon rests on the stem and on a swollen root. A moth flies near the plant. A snake coils around the plant.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2022-06/RB145365_opp_p5.jpg.webp?itok=F39vskgP)
Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname
Merian discovered and shared new scientific information about insects, changing the way Europeans thought about entomology and ecology
![Color illustration of a plant with large green leaves and small flowers. Above the plant is a close up of a brown cylinder.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2022-06/p15150coll3_7933_full.jpg.webp?itok=6K1HNZ8E)
A Curious Herbal
In creating and publishing her scientific illustrations, Blackwell made important contributions to the medical field.