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

From Heart to Hand
African-American Quilts from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts | Jan. 28 – April 10, 2011
In 2004, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (Montgomery, ALA) inaugurated its collection of African-American quilts with an acquisition of 48 quilts created primarily by African-American women from West Alabama between 1945 and 2001. In late 2008, the Museum added ten more quilts to the collection. This exhibition includes select quilts from both groups, and features the work of Yvonne Wells and Nora Ezell, whose quilts showcase the variety of styles in the MMFA’s permanent collection. The exhibition is accompanied by a 2006 publication, Just How I Picture It in My Mind: Contemporary African-American Quilts from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts by Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff. Published 2006, 109 pages with color illustrations. Copies will be available for purchase in the Cameron Art Museum Shop.