Ode to a Summer Garden
Georgia Bailey (1922-2008)
quilt

The Arts & Culture Alliance presents "Legacy: The Quilts of Georgia Bailey", a new exhibition celebrating 40 creative quilts by Georgia Bailey (1922-2008). The quilts will be displayed for sale at a silent auction at the Emporium Center on August 1. Visit the Emporium page on Art Museum Touring.com (Link...), or the Events page (Link...) for details.

The quilts will be on exhibition Aug. 1 - 29 at the Emporium Center.

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Sherrie

Strips and Strings, 2005
Mary Lee Bendolph

Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts and Beyond opens Thursday, July 10 at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Visit the KMA page on Art Museum Touring.com (Link...). Twelve dramatically designed, richly colored, improvisational quilts created by Mary Lee Bendolph and her family members—her mother Aolar Mosely, her daughter Essie B. Pettway, and her daughter-in-law Louisiana P. Bendolph—are presented alongside complex and evocative found object sculptures by noted African American self-taught artist Thornton Dial and visionary “yard art” artist Lonnie Holley. Both of these Alabama-based artists have been influenced by the quilts and the quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend.

Support your local galleries and museums! They are economic engines for your community.

Sherrie

The Museum's Annual Benefit Auctions will be held on Wednesday, April 23; Thursday, April 24; and Friday, April 25. The SILENT AUCTION will be held from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Friday in the Newsstand on the 2nd floor of the Executive Inn Convention Center. Different items including fabrics, notions, textile items and quilts will be available each day! Auction details on the National Quilt Museum page on Art Museum Touring.com (Link...)

For the third consecutive year, the Museum will be selling Artcards for Acquisitions! Artcards ranging from bright hues to muted tones in a variety of appliqué, embroidery and assorted designs have been created and donated by quilters from all over the world. These 4" x 6" cards will be sold in the Museum Shop. Proceeds will go to the Acquisitions Fund to help obtain new quilts for the permanent collection.

Support Your Local Galleries and Museums! They are economic engines for your community.

Sherrie