Detroit Quilter Carole Harris - Urban Memories

Sistah Quilter Carole Harris' artwork was on display at the Ellen Kayrod Gallery in Detroit earlier this year. I just ran across this You Tube video (little long at 9 mins) by art professor Gilda Snowden. Visit Carole's website at charris-design.com. Enjoy!

Faith Ringgold Retrospective to open at Rutgers

A gala at Rutgers' Mason Gross Galleries is planned for Sunday, May 17 to launch a major retrospective of artwork by Sistah Quilter Faith Ringgold. Tickets are $125 per person. The next day marks the public opening of "A Declaration of Independence: 50 Years of Art by Faith Ringgold." The show goes until June 26, 2009.

"Yes I Can Playing Cards" are available at the opening and later to the public. (The custom card were printed by Ad Magic.) Enjoy!

Gee's Bend Quilts at The Cummer Museum in Florida

Twenty-one quilts by the Gee's Bend Quilters are on display at the Cummer Museum and Gardens in Jacksonville, FL through August 2, 2009. Click here to see local First Coast News segment of the exhibit. (Photo from museum website, Quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph) Enjoy!