What happens when our most intimate possessions end up in art museums? Blankets comfort and keep us warm. They accompany us through our lives. They are keepers of some of our most intimate stories. We look at a group of artists who harness this power of blankets and quilts as totems for memory, community and cultural survival. Guests: Loretta Pettway Bennett, Gee's Bend quilt maker Marie Watt, artist Ally Barlow, associate conservator, Department of Textile Conservation, The Met Louisiana P. Bendolph, Gee's Bend quilt maker Louise Williams, board president, Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy Featured artworks: Qunnie Pettway, Housetop, ca. 1975: https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/qunnie-pettway/work/housetop Marie Watt, Untitled (Dream Catcher), 2014: <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/849042">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/849042</a> Louisiana P. Bendolph, Housetop quilt, 2003: <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/654095">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/654095</a> Annie E. Pettway, “Flying Geese” Variation, ca. 1935: <a href="https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/annie-e-pettway/work/flying-geese-variation">https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/annie-e-pettway/work/flying-geese-variation</a> Willie "Ma Willie" Abrams, Roman Stripes quilt, ca. 1975: <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/654081">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/654081</a> For a transcript of the episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/immaterialblankets #MetImmaterial Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camille Dungy. Our production staff includes Salman Ahad Khan, Ann Collins, Samantha Henig, Eric Nuzum, Emma Vecchione, Sarah Wambold, and Jamie York. Additional staff includes Julia Bordelon, Skyla Choi, Maria Kozanecka, and Rachel Smith. Sound design by Ariana Martinez and Kristin Muller.Original music by Austin Fisher.Fact-checking by Mary Mathis and Claire Hyman.Sensitivity listening by Adwoa Gyimyah-Brempong. Immaterial is made possible by Dasha Zhukova Niarchos. Additional support is provided by the Zodiac Fund. Special thanks to Eva Labson, Scott Browning, Curator Amelia Peck, and Avery Trufelman.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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