Saturday, August 10, 2013

This Aint Your Grandmother's Quilt

The Norcross Art Center opened the exhibit “Contemporary African American Quilts by the Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild” with an artists reception and a concert by “Main Street Strings”.

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Indeed, these are not what you might expect from the word “quilt”, these are glorious, colorful, imaginative works of art. Here some examples. Sorry, but taking photos in the midst of a party just can’t do justice to these works.

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The artists graciously explained there work.

Cranberry Galaxy - Cleme Cosby

Out of Africa III - Charmed I'm Sure - Jeanette Walton

On the left: Cleme Cosby with her quilt “Cranberry Galaxy”. On the right: Jeanette Walton in front of her “Out of Africa III – Charmed I’m Sure”.

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Desert Queen - Anita Crosby

Even a photo-realistic quilt, “Desert Queen” by Anita Crosby, here with the actual “model”.

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You really must see these delightful quilts for yourself. The exhibit will continue throughout the month of August. To see it call the Norcross Welcome Center & Museum to arrange a visit.

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© 2013 Ludwig Keck

3 comments:

  1. Beautiful workmanship by some very talented folks, Ludwig. Thanks for changing the settings so that those of us who are not using google+ could comment.

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  2. Mr. Keck - thank you so much for posting these photos from the exhibit! Your photography is stunning! It was a pleasure to meet you, and thank you so much for your lovely post!

    Warm Regards-
    Jeanette Walton

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  3. Thank you very much for your kind comments, Jeanette. My photos are only stunning because they show some marvelous workmanship and imagination by some very talented quilters. I am planning another visit to the exhibit at a quiet time so my photos can do better justice. Everybody who has seen these quilts has just been blown away! This is fabulous work!

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