KEN BURNS LIVE!

UNCOVERED | A Conversation with Ken Burns

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 | 6 PM

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Join us for a LIVE Virtual evening featuring celebrated documentary filmmaker and avid quilt collector Ken Burns! Learn about his, until recently, secret love of collecting quilts. Led by Chief Curator Bill Conger, the event features a panel of esteemed quilting experts and art historians, including Leslie Levy, executive director of the International Quilt Museum which created the "UNCOVERED | The Ken Burns Collection" exhibition.

See Ken Burns quilts in person during "UNCOVERED | The Ken Burns Collection," March 5 - June 5, 2022 at Peoria Riverfront Museum, the final stop of its limited tour! Explore American Quilts like you've never seen before during this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition!

PANELISTS

Laurie Baker, Guest Curator, Editor & Quilting Expert

Flo Banwart, Quilting Expert, Exhibition Sponsor

Bill Conger, Event Moderator, Chief Curator, Peoria Riverfront Museum

Bill Heidrich, Guest Curator, Peoria Riverfront Museum

Leslie Levy, Executive Director, International Quilt Museum

COST

Public: $20, Members: $10, Visionary Society: FREE

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Questions? Contact Angela Drach or call (309) 863-3016.

KEN BURNS

Ken Burns has been making films for almost forty years. Since the Academy Award nominated “Brooklyn Bridge” in 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made. Burns' works are treasure troves of archival materials; he skillfully utilizes period music and footage, photographs, periodicals and ordinary people's correspondence, the latter often movingly read by seasoned professional actors in a deliberate attempt to get away from a "Great Man" approach to history. Like most non-fiction filmmakers, Burns wears many hats on his projects, often serving as writer, cinematographer, editor and music director in addition to producing and directing.

Photo credit: Evan Barlow

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

The museum gratefully acknowledges our exhibition presenting sponsors, Flo & Sid Banwart, with additional support from Laurie & Todd Baker, Visionary Society and Illinois Arts Council Agency.

In partnership with Gems of the Prairie Quilters .

"UNCOVERED | The Ken Burns Collection" exhibition was organized by the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which owns the world’s largest publicly held quilt collection.