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Laura Baptiste

Laura Baptiste is Chief of Communications and Public Affairs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

Untitled (Old Maid's Puzzle). Holmes County, Ohio, circa 1930. This is the first quilt the Brown’s purchased, in 1976, that started their Amish quilt collection.

The Graphic Appeal of Amish Quilts

Celebrating National Quilting Day with a gift of Amish quilts

Lauren Fensterstock, The totality of time lusters the dusk, 2020, glass, Swarovski crystal, quartz, obsidian, onyx, hematite, paper, Plexiglas, wood, cement, lath, and mixed media, dimensions variable, (Courtesy Claire Oliver Gallery. Photo by Ron Blunt)

Lauren Fensterstock in Focus: Finding Inspiration in the End of the World

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Reflecting on the Natural Wonders of an Eclipse

Conservation of Wooden Figures from the Vidal Collection

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