April 10 – June 22, 2014
Nora Ezell, Star Puzzle, 2001. Cotton, polyester. Courtesy of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Mary Maxtion, Everybody Quilt, ca. 1991. Cotton, polyester, wool, rayon. Courtesy of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Lucreca Outland, Roman Stripes Britchy Quilt, 1989. Polyester, cotton, wool. Courtesy of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Plummer T Pettway, Housetop/Strip Quilt, ca. 1960–70. Cotton, polyester, wool. Courtesy of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Yvonne Wells, Rosa Parks I, 2005. Cotton, polyester, plastic buttons. Courtesy of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Like other domestic arts largely practiced by women, quiltmaking has been undervalued, its artists nearly always anonymous, their artistry unrecognized. From Heart to Hand: African American Quilts from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts surveys twentieth-century African American artists from the South, restoring their identities and drawing in examples that range from stunning abstract compositions to brilliantly-conceived tributes to cultural icons like Jackie Robinson.
This exhibition is organized by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama.