Quilt

Never Forget 9.11.2001

Description

Quilt titled Never Forget 9.11.2001 created by Keiko Goto and made with fabric, batting, and thread. The top of this quilt has embroidered text: "Never Forget 9-11-2001." The center of the quilt has fabric cutouts resembling the Twin Towers. Yellow stars swoop from the top of the towers and form a collective heart of stars. To the left is a patch of a bald eagle, to the right a patch of the Statue of Liberty. Toward the bottom and to the left of the towers is the embroidered text: "Hello again."

Historical Notes

Inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt, New York City–based arts educator Drunell Levinson conceived a September 11 Quilts Memorial that would bring together the work of artists from around the world. Drawing upon her academic research into mourning customs and her expertise as a quilter and fabric artist, Levinson issued a call for quilts on a website she created for the project. She offered thematic guidelines and requested a uniform size but left the choice of material, style, and subject to each quilter. Within the first year after 9/11, she had received 94 quilts. Over the next two years, the quilts—many using the Twin Towers as a focal point—were displayed throughout the United States and in Japan.