The International Honour Quilt (IHQ)
The IHQ is a collaborative, grassroots feminist art project initiated by Judy Chicago in 1980 “to extend the spirit of The Dinner Party” on its tour of venues throughout North America, Europe and Australia. It consists of a collection of 539 individual quilts that can be assembled into a multi-sectional, monumental work of art. The panels, which utilize a wide variety of materials and techniques, have been made by different women or groups honoring and addressing individually selected women, women’s organizations or women’s issues, to expand the number of women honored by Chicago’s The Dinner Party.
The IHQ was gifted to the University of Louisville and its Hite Art Institute in October 2013 by Through the Flower (TTF), a 501(c)3 non-profit feminist art organization founded in 1978 by Judy Chicago. (International Honor Quilt Collection, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville.)
In addition to the individual panels, the collection contains documentation about the makers, honorees, and techniques used. Panels were added to the quilt at each of the tour venues, beginning in 1980 and continuing through 1988.
Books:
The Flowering, The Autobiography of Judy Chicago by Judy Chicago, Cloria Steinem (Foreword by)
Judy Chicago In the Making by Thomas P. Campbell et al
The Complete Dinner Party by Judy Chicago
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