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4 0 | L O U I S V I L L E . E D U Highlights COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES International Honor Quilt fi nds home at UofL Across the quilt, familiar names such as Mother Teresa, Agatha Christie and Anne Frank appear. Beside them, women who may not be as recognizable but were inf uential in their own right take their places, women such as Stella Martel, Amy DeCou and Jeannette Rainville. Artists worldwide im- mortalized these women and their stories in the International Honor Quilt (IHQ), a collaborative feminist art project re- cently gifted to the Hite Art Institute by Through the Flower. Initiated by artist Judy Chicago after a 1980 "The Dinner Party" exhibit in Houston, the IHQ trav- eled the world and became a personal yet universal celebration of womankind throughout history. Through the Flower, the 501c3 organization founded by Chicago, archived the IHQ with Marilee Schmit Nason. In 2013, after the quilt spent almost 25 years in storage, Louisville resident Shelly Zegart, an international quilt expert and executive director and host of Why Quilts Matter: History, Art and Politics, served as the catalyst for placing the project with the univer- sity. The quilt will take up permanent residence at the Hite Art Institute where it will be available for research and study. An online database of individual pieces and the stories of the women behind them is now available at uof .me/ intl-honor-quilt. The IHQ will go on display at UofL later this academic year. For more information on the opening, visit louisville.edu/art. Rallying students to 'interconnect' ideas Stacey Reason does not fear a challenge. "I have a knack for getting myself into these huge projects," she confessed. The Louisville woman, who graduated in May with master's degrees in critical and curato- rial studies and in public administration with a concentration in nonprof t management, wound up leading a student- organized TEDxUofL conference. The TEDxUofL 2015: Interconnected event Feb. 28 attracted 290 people to campus for brief, powerful "TED-style" talks about sustainability, discovery and dynamism. The popular format of sharing "ideas worth spreading" began with a 1984 talk that tied in technology, entertainment and design (TED). After attending the f rst UofL talk in 2012, Reason sought out volunteers (10 directors and 50 others) who made it happen a second time. "I was really impressed with the response we had from the students," she said. Biology doctoral student Matt Hasenjager and engineering student Caleb Sheehan joined other UofL and commu- nity representatives whose talks were livestreamed so more attendees could listen and interact. Reason also helps catalog the International Honor Quilt that will go on public display at UofL's Hite Art Institute this year. As an indepen- dent curator, she recently was elected to Louis- ville's Commission on Public Art. Theo Edmonds, co-founder of IDEAS 40203, spoke on the role of artists as civic innovators during the February event.