quilts

The exhibition focuses on the quilts of Mary Lee Bendolph, and includes quilts by her mother Aolar Mosely, daughter Essie Bendolph Pettway, and daughter-in-law Louisiana P. Bendolph, found-object sculpture and assemblage by Thornton Dial and Lonnie Holley, and intaglio prints by Mary Lee and Louisiana Bendolph.

Shirley Johnson, a quilter, tells her children and their friend Charlie how she makes quilts, and explains how they were made in the past.

When her Mennonite family moves to Upper Canada to avoid involvement in the Civil War, young Selina is given a special quilt to remember the grandmother she left behind.

Grandmother Bones, grown old and lacking purpose or interest in life, revives when she begins to stitch a quilt that holds all her memories as well as those of her friends, neighbors, and children.

Brynne receives a bag full of colorful fabric from her grandmother and together they sew a Christmas quilt for a special child.

When Benjamin is afraid to go to bed by himself, he is comforted by the special quilt his grandmother makes for him. Includes instructions and patterns for making the quilt featured in the story.

Explains the art and craft of quilting among African-Americans and describes its roots in African textiles and traditions.

Worried that the coming of a new baby and her grandmother's serious illness will change the familiar life on her family's Vermont farm, ten-year-old Ariel combines her artistic talent with her grandmother's knowledge to make a very special quilt.

A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.