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Dimensions in the African-American Quilt Tradition

November 1989
Michigan State University Museum; Cuesta Benberry Ephemera Collection; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project
United States
A list of quilts onn exhibit by the Women of Color Quilters Network at the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX.
Dimensions in the African-American Quilt Tradition
presented by
The Women of Color Quilters Network - an exhibition
International Quilt Festival
George Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas
November 1-5, 1989
Curated by Della Collins

Exhibitors

A Thousand Trips Around the World
by Minerva Mitchell, Houston, TX.

Log Cabin, Light and Dark Shadows
by Frances Mumford Larke
Collection of Geraldine Stepp, Denver, Colo.

Triple Octagon in Six
By Darlyne Dandridge, Los Angeles, CA.

Echoing Back
by Carole Harris, Detroit, MI.

The Annunciation
by Peggy Hartwell, New York.

My Christmas Star
Bow Tie
by Dorothy Holden, Charlottesville, VA.

Wheel in the Middle of the Air, ca. 1895
by Alberta Sanders
Collection of Harvey L. Johnson, Houston, TX.

Memories
by Wyrelene Mays, Columbus, O.

White Quilted Counterpane
Colorful Architecture
by Carolyn Mazloomi, Cincinnati, O.

Little Girls
by Barbara Pietila, Baltimore, MD.

Twist of Fate
by Mary Bradford Brewer, A.P.O. New York

Hour Glass Design, ca. 1925-30
by Nider Wade Cotton
Collection of Dr. T.D. Cotton, Houston, TX.

Lovie's Corner
by Love Joy Curtis, Houston, TX.

Ahmed's Quilt
by Rose Shipp, Denver, Colo.

Pineapple Log Cabin
by Ruby Jewel Ross, Houston, TX.

Tulip Garden
by Esther Yates Stepp
Collection of Geraldine R. Stepp

The Storm is Passing
by Joann Thompson, Columbia, S.C.

Hands Around Town
by Marie Wilson, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sepia Song
by Gotham Quilters' Guild, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Love's Memory Quilt
by Neidra Woods, Bay City, TX.

Pinwheels and Nine-Patch
by Rachel Clark, Watsonville, CA.

Emilye's Sunburst
by Hystercine Rankin, Jefferson County, Miss.

African Mask Adaptation
by Dorothy Nelle Sanders, Wauwatosa, Wisc.

Meadow Wreath
by Michelle Barnes, Houston, TX.

A Child's World
by Della Collins, Houston, TX.

Selected paintings by John T. Biggers, Houston, TX.
This noted African-American artist, who was the 1988 Texas Artist of the Year, features strong references to patchwork and quilting in his paintings.

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