Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild Exhibit
On displayfrom Feb 1st through 28th.
QuiltingDemonstrationon Sunday Feb 15th, from 1:00-4:00pm
The Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild continues its 30th anniversary commemoration with this exhibit, emphasizing learning from the past in building for the future. The quilts on display demonstrate traditional and modern aesthetics. Quilters will recognize traditional blocks–such as the 9 patch, half-square triangle, North Star, and blocks with sashing–but the use of African fabric(s) pushes a quilt towards a more modern look. Traditional patterns are modernized with the use of ethnic prints, geometric prints, and a bold use of colors, creating a more personal quilt.
Special Exhibit #1, Shine My Crown, spotlights women’s history. Participants chose females, past, present and familial, and focused on their accomplishments. Techniques used include: appliqué, picture transfers onto fabric, embellishments, and simple piecing.
Exhibit #2, Potato Chip Canvases, uses scraps called chips, fabric pieces 2.5 inches x 4.5 inches in size. Each time a quilt is constructed, there is waste, or scraps. These are then recycled into another work of art, pieced and quilted, and become potato chip canvases. These feature female silhouettes, Adinkra symbols and embellishments. Each canvas used up to 36 chips. Like potato chips: you can’t eat just one.
Quilts have long since moved from the basic utilitarian into works of art. Our quilters are always learning from the past and building towards the future, hoping to open up the art form to another generation.
About the Artists
The Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild (NHQG) was established to document and preserve the rich heritage of African American quilting. Since its founding in 1995, NHQG has encouraged and revitalized knowledge of this traditional craft and provided quilters in their community with a forum for sharing ideas. NHQG embraces the spirit of SANKOFA, choosing this Adinkra symbol as their inspiration to provide quilters of different generations with a forum in which learning from the past is connected to the task of building for the future. NHQG celebrates the legacy of African American quilting by educating others through quilt demonstrations, workshops, and gallery talks. NHQG also continues this legacy by transforming and expanding African-American, traditional and modern quilting techniques, and incorporating ethnic patterns and fabrics into their works. Guild activities include monthly meetings, challenges, charity projects, and quilt shows.
This exhibit features work by the following Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild artists: Marcella Booker-Tannis, Lynda Dubois-Jackson, Jannie Jones, Angela McClain, Vanessa McDonald-Hobbs, Minnie Melvin, Bernice Paschal, Catherine Sheffield, Glendora Simonson, Sheltry Ward
