 – Viewing at the National Quilt Museum are currently an array of exhibitions from the museum’s collection of over 600. The collection is quite diverse, including quilts…){kind=link}
PADUCAH, KY (AAPNW) – Viewing at the National Quilt Museum are currently an array of exhibitions from the museum’s collection of over 600. The collection is quite diverse, including quilts of many different styles from quilters throughout the world. The current shows are:
“Tribute to the Civil Rights Movement: Quilted Swing Coats” through Saturday, December 30, 2022. The Civil Rights Movement led by African Americans used nonviolent civil disobedience actions that transformed the United States and became a catalyst for other national and international civil disobedience actions that followed. This movement started in the courts because African Americans wanted better lives that consist of equal opportunities in education, housing, employment, and transportation.
Many African American women made major contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. These 19 story quilts created in African American traditional quilting design and construction technique, structured in the shape of a swing coat, illustrate their stories.
“The Quilter’s Night Before Christmas” through Tuesday, January 10, 2023 tells it was in December 1822 when Dr. Clement C. Moore penned his immortal poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” His intention was to present a gift of a holiday poem to his five young children.
Two hundred years later, ten generations of children have fantasized about a jolly, old elf arriving with goodies each Christmas Eve. Parents continue to carry forth the tradition of reading what is now known as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
To keep quilts in Christmas and to honor the 200th commemorative year of Dr. Clement C. Moore’s poem, Curator Sue Reich challenged her quilt-making friends to pick a stanza and recreate their memories of reading this famous childhood poem.
“Confessions of a Textile Conservator” through Tuesday, January 17, 2023 is a collection of antique and vintage quilts from around the world. This selected group of quilts is from the private collection of Harold Mailand, textile conservator from Indianapolis.
“Say Your Piece-Black Women: Mothers, Martyrs, and Misunderstood” through Tuesday, February 21, 2023 is the first installation of a three-part series of “Say Your Piece.” The exhibit is a visual journey that includes a combination of symbolism and inspiration attached to the African diaspora, heightening our sense of cultural awareness. It is a unique experience as it provides the artists an opportunity to display what speaks to them, to you, to us.
Curated by Stacey A. Watson, NQM Director of Equitable Partnerships, she enlightens the viewers on specific issues that have and continue to affect Black women in America.