Dr. Joan M. E. Gaither, Documentary Story Quilter: News footage on the quilt theft with images of the quilt.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

News footage on the quilt theft with images of the quilt.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/12/27/african-american-artifact-stolen-from-museum/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Hi, are you able to post a picture of the back of the quilt? I'm thinking if the public sees both sides, the chances of finding the quilt would be better. Thank you.; December 28, 2011 at 12:17 PM

Now On Display

Exhibition Dates and Locations

Trails Tracks Tarmac
Ongoing
Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center
Annapolis, MD

The Airport Quilt (My American Series #4) and several 3 ft by 3 ft quilts created by Dr. Gaither or with her assistance documenting the lives of African Americans in Anne Arundel County as part of the exhibition Trails Tracks Tarmac.

Freedom Bound: Runaways of the Chesapeake

February 23, 2013-March 2, 2014

Historic Annapolis Museum

Annapolis, MD

Freedom Bound: Runaways of the Chesapeake is a story of resistance to servitude and slavery in the Chesapeake region. The exhibit begins in the 1720s, during the colonial period, and ends in the 1860s amidst the nation’s Civil War. You will meet people who were treated as property, and discover how they resisted that condition and asserted some degree of control over their lives and circumstances.

Freedom Bound features Dr. Gaither's Poulson Slaver Quilt, the third in the My American Series. For more information, click on the My American Series tab on the left side of the screen.

Ashe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery
February 15-May 26, 2013
Museum of Biblical Art
New York, NY

June 22-September 29, 2013
Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Baltimore, MD

October 20, 2013-January 5, 2014
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Memphis, TN

Ashe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery investigates the intersections and crossroads of aesthetics and belief in African American art. For more than two centuries, the Bible has been a catalyst for this multicultural and initially disenfranchised artistic community and has been inspiring the creation of sacred, spiritual, and religious spaces and identity. The exhibition's title takes its name from praise terms commonly used in African and African American communities. "Ashe", a Yoruba word, refers to the creative power of an artist to make something happen. "Amen" is an affirmation meaning essentially "so be it". The visual continuum on display in Ashe to Amen presents the inventive, deeply personal, and ongoing interpretations of the Bible created by artists from the African American community.