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...good old American-Gothic kind of families, a new child was welcomed into the family with a quilt. Mom needlepointed and pillows became lively decorations when strewn about the house. A hundred years later, those same familial objects that used to adorn a home are now displayed in a museum. But are quilts, dolls, toy chests and family portraits art? Does a weathervane belong in a museum...
...stepped boldly into the realm of all-inclusive art. Curators choose to place value not on the technique present in each work of art but on the objects importance as a cultural artifact. Does this redefinition mean that a slaves quilt ought to receive the same artistic consideration as a Vermeer or a Raphael? The MFA itself offers few clues. Folk art, according to the MFA, is art for the people by the people, a visual demonstration of America’s democratic values. All Americans, at least in MFA literature, can produce art. Theory aside, “American...
...pattern? It's as genuine as Grandma's quilt. After a 10-year bender of gaudy dreams and godless consumerism, Americans are starting to trade down. They want to reduce their attachments to status symbols, fast-track careers and great expectations of Having It All. Upscale is out; downscale is in. Yuppies are an ancient civilization. Flaunting money is considered gauche: if you've got it, please keep it to yourself - or give some away...
...their services. Stephanie Soderblom of Mesa, Ariz., has a nontraditional and nondiscriminatory fee system. She asks $450 for a birth but will do payment plans, sliding scale and even barter for services. Says Soderblom: "I'll never do a birth for free, but I've done births for a quilt, a picture frame and even homemade cookies." Her payment philosophy comes from her experiences working with young, single mothers. "I didn't want these girls to feel as if they were charity cases," Soderblom says. "Everybody has something of value to give, and I asked them to think about what...
...current grid, the result of nearly a century of evolution, was developed to distribute electricity in an age when most production was run by states and provinces. Today a haphazard quilt of regimes governs transmission across thousands of miles of wire. Ontario, still contemplating deregulation, shares power with New York State, which is fully deregulated, and with Michigan, which is not. A huge transmission line from James Bay in northern Quebec can carry 2,000 MW of power south, but when the juice reaches the grid to New England, U.S. wires are capable of transmitting only 1,500 MW. "There...