Reading the Rugs of Shelburne County: The Art of Scraps

LAURA MCLAUCHLAN AND JOAN YOUNG >:-:I:;....1definitions of and context that are so naturalized in dOlrne~snc art. We would like to h1T·tht~1" "''''fT'>''!,I-'I.I'"'I,I",.. or'....'t"\""\'In"'I ... 1"4::'1<;:I"hn" to the of rt1o,~,...,..,in""iA't"I of SPE~CU:IC READWG TIlE RUGS OF SHELBURNE COUNTY 431 of all ages who were involved in the cOlnrrlW1Lity emfircmn1entalJly s{)ci(;111d1 eVE!lo1='rnEmt, education- and who inune(jialtelv'imlOl'"ed me in any and all committees or causes that I would up for. The life of the cmnrrlUI1Llty exists in this group. 1) 432 LAURA MCLAUCHLAN AND JOAN YOUNG re}JlreS'en1ts a and its blue Yet this is an ocean which has borders which READING THE RUGS OF SHELBURNE COUNTY 433 named creative IT''1'"n)'1J'1111~1 sions of t"''1''..:~~''''iui+·u' the ........,...rI''',...~ ....... i; .... +,~.. y,••"H....... or in relation to this the women in my The texts which surround qw)ra'nOIlS mother and which frame the ae~agr\S remarks which contextualize the rug nOI:JKUng) historical 5) for art deJtbe'rat,elV folk art medium into the realm of fine art. 434 LAURA MCLAUCHLAN AND JOAN YOUNG illustration 1 lllustration 2 READING THE RUGS OF SHELBURNE COUNTY 435 OPPO:91tlon between art and folk art is Edell's art COIU01LffiliS ment. 436 LAURA MCLAUCHLAN AND JOAN YOUNG NOTE We would like to express our gratiulde to assistance with this article. Pickrem for her invaluable WORKS CITED ..rIo.LLC.U.H". Rose. 'A Feminist Recontextualization of paper. 1983 Dawkins, Heather. ILocal Herstories I 1984 Dia.rme, Mora. Edell: 'Art Nuns:' Recent Works. Halifax~ Art Scotia. 1991 of Nova 'Toward a Women's Poetics.' Feminist Issues in Scf.!()larsitm Ed Shari Benstock. Indiana Press 1987 Kate. American Hookedand Sewn Folk Art New York: E.P. Dutton and Co 1975 New York: Press. 1982 'From Ladies Auxiliaries to Wives' Committees: Housewives and the Unions.' the KitchenWindow: The Politics of Home and Toronto: Garamond Press 1990. 105-22 the r::.a::.t-.K.ag.,:!;ea Island-Little Harbour t1a1r1.);1l1~S. London: Gordon and Gotch l(OZSll