United We Thread: A Baltimore Themed Quilt Journey
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July 28 – December 10, 2023
James E Lewis Museum of Art On the campus of Morgan State University 2201 Argonne Drive Baltimore, MD 21251 Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 11am – 4pm Free admission: free parking is available behind the Murphy Fine Arts Center in Lot Y Hours are subject to change, including possible expansion of hours. Please check JELMAmuseum.org for updates or call 443-885-3440. Opening Reception September 11, 2022 2-5 pm Members will be selling handmade wares during the reception. Download Flyer | Download Bookmark |
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Quilt Raffle:
64" high x 110" wide Drawing date is Saturday June 3, 2023 Winner does not need to be present to win. Ticket price: $2 each Anyone interested in the quilt should contact a member of the guild for tickets. |
BMA Violet Hour: Gee's Bend Quilting Bee
AAQB Presenters, Glenda Richardson, Rosalind Robinson and Suzanne Coley
March 31 · 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Free, Virtual Event
Join us for an interactive, community quilting bee in celebration of the She Knew Where She Was Going: Gee's Bend Quilts and Civil Rights exhibition. This program, produced in partnership with the African American Quilters of Baltimore, is open to all ages and skill levels. Attendees are invited to come together to create a community quilt to benefit Black Women Build.
Enjoy an exhibition presentation, step-by-step quilt-making instructions, learn about the culture and history of quilting, the Gee’s Bend quilting community, and the civil rights movement.
Materials are free! Pick up your complimentary quilting materials at the VSA desk in the East Lobby of The Baltimore Museum of Art on Friday, March 26, Sunday, March 28, and Wednesday, March 31 from 1:30–5 p.m. each day.
Register to Watch on March 31
Sign Up for Quilting Materials
About the Exhibition:
Gee’s Bend, Alabama, is home to generations of extraordinary Black craftswomen whose quilts represent a crucial chapter in the history of American art. Since the mid-1800s, women of Gee’s Bend have transformed worn clothes, sacks, and other fabric remnants into patterns that surpass the boundaries of the genre. Born out of necessity, the quilts provided warmth for family and friends while bearing witness to shared knowledge passed down among quilting groups and female lineages. But, in 1966, at the height of civil rights activism, the quilters transformed their artistic practice into collective action by founding the Freedom Quilting Bee. This cooperative championed the vision and production of Gee’s Bend quilters in national auctions and commercial partnerships, empowering the quilters and reworking systems of American quilting.
Free, Virtual Event
Join us for an interactive, community quilting bee in celebration of the She Knew Where She Was Going: Gee's Bend Quilts and Civil Rights exhibition. This program, produced in partnership with the African American Quilters of Baltimore, is open to all ages and skill levels. Attendees are invited to come together to create a community quilt to benefit Black Women Build.
Enjoy an exhibition presentation, step-by-step quilt-making instructions, learn about the culture and history of quilting, the Gee’s Bend quilting community, and the civil rights movement.
Materials are free! Pick up your complimentary quilting materials at the VSA desk in the East Lobby of The Baltimore Museum of Art on Friday, March 26, Sunday, March 28, and Wednesday, March 31 from 1:30–5 p.m. each day.
Register to Watch on March 31
Sign Up for Quilting Materials
About the Exhibition:
Gee’s Bend, Alabama, is home to generations of extraordinary Black craftswomen whose quilts represent a crucial chapter in the history of American art. Since the mid-1800s, women of Gee’s Bend have transformed worn clothes, sacks, and other fabric remnants into patterns that surpass the boundaries of the genre. Born out of necessity, the quilts provided warmth for family and friends while bearing witness to shared knowledge passed down among quilting groups and female lineages. But, in 1966, at the height of civil rights activism, the quilters transformed their artistic practice into collective action by founding the Freedom Quilting Bee. This cooperative championed the vision and production of Gee’s Bend quilters in national auctions and commercial partnerships, empowering the quilters and reworking systems of American quilting.
Special Events at the Reginald Lewis Museum
In 2019, the AAQB held several events at the Reginald Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture:
Address: 830 E. Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 443-263-1800
Website: lewismuseum.org
Address: 830 E. Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 443-263-1800
Website: lewismuseum.org
Quilting Community Craft Day – July 27, 2019
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Details, visit: Spend the afternoon viewing quilts and other textile artistry on display by local fiber artists and exhibitors from the region. This craft event included:
See the flyer with details.
- Art Trunk Show Talks
- Artist Talk with Fiber Artist Joyce Scott
- Fiber Craft Demos
- Storytelling for Kids about Gee’s Bend Quilts
- Dance Presentation by Dance Baltimore Repertory Ensemble
- Community Quilting Bee supporting the Baltimore Ceasefire. Visitor can create a quilt block for the community inspired quilt.
See the flyer with details.
Fabric Craft Work Shop– April 20, 2019
Greeting Cards (ages 5-12)
Artists Round Table – May 4, 2019
Special Event with Phyllis Lawson
Date: March 2, 2019
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Hunting Ridge Presbyterian Church, 4640 Edmondson Ave., Baltimore, MD 21229
Admissions: free for AAQB members,
$5.00 for non-members.
Nationally known author, Phyllis Lawson will be joining the AAQB Quilters on March 2, 2019 to discuss her book, Quilt of Souls.
The talk is open to the public. Copies of her book will be available for purchase.
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Hunting Ridge Presbyterian Church, 4640 Edmondson Ave., Baltimore, MD 21229
Admissions: free for AAQB members,
$5.00 for non-members.
Nationally known author, Phyllis Lawson will be joining the AAQB Quilters on March 2, 2019 to discuss her book, Quilt of Souls.
The talk is open to the public. Copies of her book will be available for purchase.
2016 Quilt Show, July 8th – September 8th 2016
“Peace by Piece”
This exhibit featured a range of exceptional quilts from the traditional to the contemporary. Members talents were also highlighted in art talks, workshops, video and market place sales.
James E. Lewis Museum, Morgan State University
2012 Quilt Show, Aug 19th – Sept 6th, 2012
“Enduring Threads: Fiber Stories of the AAQB”
More than 50 works of fabric art were on display, capturing and expressing a fantastic range of colors, shapes, textures and emotions.
James E. Lewis Museum at Morgan State University
2010 Quilt Show, Aug-Oct, 2010
“Twenty Years of Peaceful Passion”
The African American Quilters of Baltimore’s 20th Anniversary Show took place at the James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan State University.
“Peace by Piece”
This exhibit featured a range of exceptional quilts from the traditional to the contemporary. Members talents were also highlighted in art talks, workshops, video and market place sales.
James E. Lewis Museum, Morgan State University
2012 Quilt Show, Aug 19th – Sept 6th, 2012
“Enduring Threads: Fiber Stories of the AAQB”
More than 50 works of fabric art were on display, capturing and expressing a fantastic range of colors, shapes, textures and emotions.
James E. Lewis Museum at Morgan State University
2010 Quilt Show, Aug-Oct, 2010
“Twenty Years of Peaceful Passion”
The African American Quilters of Baltimore’s 20th Anniversary Show took place at the James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan State University.
Community Service Project
Morgan State University Women Anniversary Quilt Project
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Members of AAQB volunteered to help create an anniversary quilt to commemorate over 85 years of service provided by Morgan Women to the Morgan State University community. Guild members have provided valuable time, design, and quilting skills to help bring this project to fruition. The goal is to document the past and present and look to the future with continued support to the Morgan State University and the greater community. The AAQB volunteers are working closely with the Morgan Women members and hope to complete the quilt in 2021. Over ten AAQB members have participated on the project. The completed size of the quilt is about 80” by 90.”
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Members of AAQB volunteered to help create an anniversary quilt to commemorate over 85 years of service provided by Morgan Women to the Morgan State University community. Guild members have provided valuable time, design, and quilting skills to help bring this project to fruition. The goal is to document the past and present and look to the future with continued support to the Morgan State University and the greater community. The AAQB volunteers are working closely with the Morgan Women members and hope to complete the quilt in 2021. Over ten AAQB members have participated on the project. The completed size of the quilt is about 80” by 90.”
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Quilt Club
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Since 2018, AAQB members have been participating in a quilt club which includes students, faculty, and visiting artists. Completed quilts are raffled for student scholarships, and for causes such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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Since 2018, AAQB members have been participating in a quilt club which includes students, faculty, and visiting artists. Completed quilts are raffled for student scholarships, and for causes such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Sickle-Cell Project
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Members donate quilts to various hospitals who are treating Sickle-Cell patients, with a particular focus on children’s quilts.
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Members donate quilts to various hospitals who are treating Sickle-Cell patients, with a particular focus on children’s quilts.
Port Discovery
Annual event for children held at Port Discovery in Baltimore on Martin Luther King weekend.
The African American Quilters of Baltimore have a decades long history of hosting a children’s event at the Port Discovery Museum during the 3 days of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday weekend. Participants are lead in a quilt project which culminates in a display in the Port Discovery Museum.
Annual event for children held at Port Discovery in Baltimore on Martin Luther King weekend.
The African American Quilters of Baltimore have a decades long history of hosting a children’s event at the Port Discovery Museum during the 3 days of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday weekend. Participants are lead in a quilt project which culminates in a display in the Port Discovery Museum.
Comfort Pillow Project
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The African American Quilters of Baltimore has been making and donating comfort pillows to hospitals in the Baltimore area for over ten years, a practice started by Barbara Pietilla, our President Emeritus.
These 5 x 11 inch pillows are designed to provide comfort to men, women, and children who are recovering from cancer surgery. We typically give 50 to each location for a total of more than 500 every year
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The African American Quilters of Baltimore has been making and donating comfort pillows to hospitals in the Baltimore area for over ten years, a practice started by Barbara Pietilla, our President Emeritus.
These 5 x 11 inch pillows are designed to provide comfort to men, women, and children who are recovering from cancer surgery. We typically give 50 to each location for a total of more than 500 every year
Thurgood Marshall Quilt Project
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Civil Rights Lawyer and Supreme Court Justice
This quilt honoring Thurgood Marshall was made at the request of Rev. Charles Mercer, Rector of the St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church Baltimore, Maryland.
The quilt was designed using symbols, colors, pictures and actual Marshall quotes to convey a sense of who the American Hero was and what he stood for.
The pictures selected provide a snap shot of his legacy as a lawyer and Supreme Court Justice.
The colors purple, royal blue and white were chosen to represent law, his profession, Howard University, his school, and books to symbolize his quest for knowledge and love of learning.
This quilt was made possible by the talents and time of the African American Quilters of Baltimore Quilt Guild and the Quiltworks Studio.
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Civil Rights Lawyer and Supreme Court Justice
This quilt honoring Thurgood Marshall was made at the request of Rev. Charles Mercer, Rector of the St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church Baltimore, Maryland.
The quilt was designed using symbols, colors, pictures and actual Marshall quotes to convey a sense of who the American Hero was and what he stood for.
The pictures selected provide a snap shot of his legacy as a lawyer and Supreme Court Justice.
The colors purple, royal blue and white were chosen to represent law, his profession, Howard University, his school, and books to symbolize his quest for knowledge and love of learning.
This quilt was made possible by the talents and time of the African American Quilters of Baltimore Quilt Guild and the Quiltworks Studio.