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From Heart to Hand: African American Quilts from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

​​April 10 – June 22, 2014


​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.