Oct. 18, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cal Poly Public Affairs
(805) 756-1511
Cal Poly to Sponsor Free Lecture by Nationally Acclaimed Quilter Nov. 14
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Denise Campbell, whose quilts are on national display and scheduled to appear at the Smithsonian Institution, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Chumash Auditorium at Cal Poly.
Campbell’s slide presentation and talk is titled “The Signifying Quilt: Preserving Cultural Remnants through African American Quiltmaking.” She is presenting it as part of a Cal Poly LEAP (Linking Educators and Parents for the Arts) lecture.
The LEAP lecture is sponsored by the Central Coast Center for Arts Education and supported with funds from the San Luis Obispo Community Foundation. All lectures are free and open to the public. Lesson plans on quilting and integrating quilting into other content areas will be available free of charge to teachers.
Campbell is Cal Poly’s associate vice president for Student Affairs.
For more information on Campbell’s presentation or the LEAP program, contact Professor Susan Duffy of the Cal Poly Central Coast Center for Arts Education at
756-2935.
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