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CCSS: 7.G.B.5
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Geometric Art
Wally Dion
Dion’s translucent quilts channel the unity of the prairie ecosystem.
Usually, you snuggle up in a quilt to keep warm, but this quilt by Indigenous Canadian artist Wally Dion is so thin it’s see-through! Quilts are typically made of scraps of fabric sewn together and filled with warm material. But Dion’s quilts are a single lightweight layer.
Natural elements important to the Yellow Quill First Nation, like bison and prairie grass, inspire Dion’s quilts. When displaying his quilts in a museum, Dion hangs the quilts together. That way, the see-through parts overlap to create a unified image.
The quilt above is made of many parallelograms. Opposite angles in this shape have equal measurements and all four sum to 360°. Find all angles in the shape below. Record your work and answer on our Numbers in the News answer sheet.