Curator
International Quilt Museum
Curator of collections, International Quilt Study Center and Museum
International Quilt Museum

bio

Carolyn Ducey is curator of collections at the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She oversees new acquisitions and ongoing care of the museum’s collection. She has curated a number of exhibitions, including “Chintz Appliqué: From Imitation to Icon” and “The Collector’s Eye: Amish Quilts from the International Quilt Museum Collections,” and co-curated “Quilts in Common,” the inaugural exhibition of Center’s new museum. She is also author of the monograph “Chintz Appliqué: from Imitation to Icon” (2008), co-author of “What’s in a Name: Inscribed Quilts” (2012), and a contributing author of “Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts” (2003). She co-edited “American Quilts in the Industrial Age: 1760-1870”, released by University of Nebraska Press in 2018.