Monday, July 26, 2010

African American Quilt Circle wins 2010 Indies Art Award

Congratulations to the African American Quilt Circle (Durham, NC) for winning a 2010 Indies Art Award for their extraordinary community contributions! The award is from the local community newspaper. The guild has about 60 members. Click here to read the newspaper story. Enjoy!

5 comments:

Big Mama said...

Kyra,
That was a very interesting article. Such an enthusiastic group!! Let us hope that their goal of a place of their oen becomes a reality.

Joyce E Braxton Coley said...

I wish I could have seen the quilts each lady was holding. What I did see is beautiful.
I belong to African American Quilter's Gathering in Harrisburg, PA. We formed in November 2009.
Check our blog at http://africanamericanquiltersgathering.blogspot.com or mine at
http://seldomidle.blogspot.com

Kristi's Book Nook said...

This is wonderful and what a great honor.

Lyric said...

Sew glad I stumbled upon this site. I was looking for Black people that quilt.

Beautiful lead-in photograph.

Cheers,

Lyric
http://www.sewandcro.com

every picture tells a story said...

Very nice blog you have heree