Miriam Nathan-Roberts (May 14, 1942, Pittsburgh, PA - August 21, 2018, Berkeley, CA) was an American textile artist who specialized in
Studio Art Quilting. Her work was centered on abstract "illusions of three dimensions on flat or semi-flat surfaces."
Nathan-Roberts received many awards at the
Quilt National
The Quilt National is a juried biennial exhibition of contemporary quilt art, first held in 1979. The primary exhibition is held at the Dairy Barn Art Center in Athens, Ohio in odd-numbered years. The exhibition includes between 80-90 quilts. ...
over the years, including Best in Show (1982, 1999), the People's Choice Award (1985), and the Juror's Award of Merit (2013); she served as Juror in 2005.
Her work
Changing Planes' (1992) was featured in ''The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts: Celebrating 100 Years of the Art of Quiltmaking'', a 1999 exhibition and catalogue. The PBS documentary
A Century of Quilts: America in Cloth' (PBS Home Video, 2001–06) was based on this exhibition and Nathan-Roberts was interviewed in part 1 "Moments in Time."
Her work is in the collection of the
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is an art museum in Downtown San Jose, California, USA. Founded in 1977, the museum is the first in the United States devoted solely to quilts and textiles as an art form. Holdings include a permanent colle ...
and has been featured in ''Art/Quilt Magazine'', ''Quilter's Newsletter'', and ''American Quilter'', along with many books including ''America's Glorious Quilts,'' ''Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation'' and ''The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts: Celebrating 100 Years of the Art of Quiltmaking''.
References
External links
*Miriam Nathan-Roberts, interview with Nancy Bavor for her book ''Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation'' (Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA, 2018
(2009)
* Webpage for Miriam Nathan-Roberts on PBS website for Webpage for documentary ''A Century of Quilts: America in Cloth
* Miriam Nathan-Roberts
Temple Gate by Firelight(collection of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles).
*Quilt National Archiv
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20th-century American artists
American quilters
1942 births
2018 deaths
20th-century American women artists
20th-century women textile artists
20th-century American textile artists
Artists from Pittsburgh
Textile artists from Pennsylvania