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Elise Schebler Roberts

Primary Affiliation:: Globe University (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, MN, United States)

Globe University

Humanities

Humanities

Roberts, E.S.. (2007). The Quilt: A History and Celebration of an American Art Form. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press.
Cornell, Kari (ed.). (2006). Remembering Odin in Around the Quilt Frame: Stories and Musings on the Quilter's Craft. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press.
Minnesota Quilt Project. (2005). Connections to Minnesota History in Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past. Minnesota, MN: Voyageur Press.

Student Success (Current)
- Globe University/Art in the Modern World – Career Development
- Six week course for new students,emphasizing critical thinking and information literacy skills.
Art in the Modern World (Spring 2008)
- Globe University/Minnesota School of Business – Humanities
- Advanced course emphasizing western visual arts from 1850 to the present.
Film and Society (Winter 2008)
- Globe University/Minnesota School of Business – Humanities
- Introduction to film as a social and art form.

Finalist, Minnesota Book Award (04/2006)
For Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past

Social Action Quilting, 09/05/2008
On-line television broadcast of The Quilt Show. Features quilts made for Gulf War veterans, Hurrican Katrina victims and other social awareness projects.
The Quilt: A History and Celebration of an American Art Form, 10/29/2007
Author book talk and signing conducted at the Washington County (MN) Historical Society.
Writing Ethical Wills, 10/16/2005
Sunday lecture series at Minnesota Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Explains the purpose of the "ethical will", a document through which an individual passes his/her beliefs and values onto heirs.