The Quilt Exhibit will feature Alice Beasley, a national recognized
and renowned fabric artist and quilter as the feature speaker during the Quilt
Exhibit Saturday, February 23 at
1:00pm.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 6-8pm the Quilt Exhibit’s Closing Reception. Featuring Sacramento’s premier screening of the film “Scenes of Siddis Life,” by Dr. Henry John Drewal, a film documenting the history of patchwork quilts known as kawandi and quilters of African descent living in India.
Our Sponsors: The Brickhouse Art
Gallery, The Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley, Fred and Ruth Foote, Cordia Wade, Dr. Hazel Mahone, The Talking Drums
Newsletter, NIA-Women of Purpose, Sacramento Area Black Caucus, Sac Cultural
Hub, Will Walker, Patrick Lord, Teresa Thompson Lawrence Sullivan Arts
Unlimited and Faye Wilson Kennedy
The mission of the SQC is to bring awareness of the historical value of
African-American quilts, as well as to celebrate and continue the tradition of
quilting
Founding Members:Jan Hollins, Barbara Range, Fredi Slaughter-Walker,
Barbra Lord, Kephera Alston and Faye Wilson Kennedy
Acknowledgements: Brickhouse
Art Gallery, Studio 7 Collective, Josephine
Lee, Teresa Thompson, Sacramento Observer, Sacramento Bee, Carl Pinkston, The River City Quilters' Guild - Needle Notes, underground books, Bill Johnson, Brother Amon,
Persis Ingram, Heather Hutcheson, Annie Manuel, Dinah Atcrah Yisrael, Margo
Rose-Burnson and Frankie Edwards Lee
For more info call: Jan Hollins, (916)-613-7401 or Barbara Range, (916) 475-1240
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This has been an extraordinary exhibit. The quilts submitted by the quilting artists have such diverse creativity and literally, each one will capture you with its beauty and story.
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