Quilt
Photo credit: © Drunell Levinson. All rights reserved.
Accession Number: C.2007.8.58
Dimensions: 6 ft X 3 ft X 0.375 in
Dimensions (Metric): 15.24 cm X 7.62 cm X 0.9525 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 15.24 cm X 7.62 cm X 0.9525 cm
Source: Drunell Levinson
Credit Line: Gift of Drunell Levinson and of the contributors to the September 11 Quilts Memorial Exhibition
The Captain Brian C. Hickey Quilt
Keywords
Artistic Response
First Responders
Memorialization
New York City Fire Department (FDNY)
Tributes
Victims
Artistic Response
First Responders
Memorialization
New York City Fire Department (FDNY)
Tributes
Victims
Description
Quilt titled The Captain Brian C. Hickey Quilt created by Gail Pickett and Ed Ziegler and made with fabric, batting, thread, and photo transfers. This quilt is a tribute to Brian Christopher Hickey of Rescue 4. His photo is transferred onto the quilt in the upper right. In the surrounding squares are other photographs or FDNY patches. Other squares include things that represent him, such as shamrocks for his Irish heritage.
Quilt titled The Captain Brian C. Hickey Quilt created by Gail Pickett and Ed Ziegler and made with fabric, batting, thread, and photo transfers. This quilt is a tribute to Brian Christopher Hickey of Rescue 4. His photo is transferred onto the quilt in the upper right. In the surrounding squares are other photographs or FDNY patches. Other squares include things that represent him, such as shamrocks for his Irish heritage.
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.
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.
