Valerie Miller Villafane & Mary Anne Ciccotelli
08/05/20 • 10 min
Valerie Miller Villafane and Mary Anne Ciccotelli discuss the power of fabric and quilts as they are passed from one generation to the next. The interview with Valerie Miller Villafane was recorded on January 12, 2020 at the ArtsWestchester building in White Plains, NY. The interview with Mary Anne Ciccotelli was recorded on February 29th at the Pelham Arts Center in Pelham, NY.
Podcast audio with images at: https://youtu.be/ihp-yoEE6uA
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Sewing Community is part of ArtsWestchester's Folk Arts Program, made possible in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Valerie Miller Villafane and Mary Anne Ciccotelli discuss the power of fabric and quilts as they are passed from one generation to the next. The interview with Valerie Miller Villafane was recorded on January 12, 2020 at the ArtsWestchester building in White Plains, NY. The interview with Mary Anne Ciccotelli was recorded on February 29th at the Pelham Arts Center in Pelham, NY.
Podcast audio with images at: https://youtu.be/ihp-yoEE6uA
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Sewing Community is part of ArtsWestchester's Folk Arts Program, made possible in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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Sewing Community - Valerie Miller Villafane & Mary Anne Ciccotelli
Transcript
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I’m Valerie Miller Villafane. I was born in Minnesota, grew up in South Dakota, came out here almost 30 years ago. In both my family and my husband’s family, I become the keeper of fabrics. As the older women are getting close to end-of-life and know that they want to pass on their prized fabric to someone that actually cares...I get both the fabric and the china. It’s a real treasure to have that. I have my husband’s grandmother’s little singer sewing machine, which she used
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